A fellow that I know called me up the other day and asked me to watch a practice of a group of girls that he wants to play travel ball.
He is kind of inexperenced.and wanted to get my opinion of their basic skills.Now I had to go to them some 40 or so miles. I watched them field and hit and pitch. they practiced about 2 hours or so.
Bear in mind that this team will not really play any games untill next season.
But still after watchinh them he asked for my HONEST opinion.
After everyone had left I told him bluntly:"They are not ready for travel ball". I told him to seriously consider making a Little League team first, I told him that it would be a better guage for there ability.
He was pretty insulted, He said "We will not stoop to LL standards". I then told him that he asked me a LL coach. I reminded him that he has about 2-3 girls that might make the middle of the road travel teams and that is not good enough.
I told him play 1 season of LL if you kill every one ine the local league go travel. But I warned him that the girls wont enjoy themselves in travel if they are not ready,AND THEY ARE NOT.
Should I have told him what he wanted to hear?
First I am not like that and second those girls dont deserve to play above their readyness.
What do you guys think?
He is kind of inexperenced.and wanted to get my opinion of their basic skills.Now I had to go to them some 40 or so miles. I watched them field and hit and pitch. they practiced about 2 hours or so.
Bear in mind that this team will not really play any games untill next season.
But still after watchinh them he asked for my HONEST opinion.
After everyone had left I told him bluntly:"They are not ready for travel ball". I told him to seriously consider making a Little League team first, I told him that it would be a better guage for there ability.
He was pretty insulted, He said "We will not stoop to LL standards". I then told him that he asked me a LL coach. I reminded him that he has about 2-3 girls that might make the middle of the road travel teams and that is not good enough.
I told him play 1 season of LL if you kill every one ine the local league go travel. But I warned him that the girls wont enjoy themselves in travel if they are not ready,AND THEY ARE NOT.
Should I have told him what he wanted to hear?
First I am not like that and second those girls dont deserve to play above their readyness.
What do you guys think?