What does it accomplish to ask the coach what needs to be done to get more playing time?
I don't want my daughter asking that. For one, it's a self-centered. Coach doesn't care about giving one player more playing time. How does that help the coach? That only means less playing time for somebody else. The coach has no rooting interest in that. Coach cares about accomplishing team goals. So ask the coach how you can help accomplish team goals, not personal playing-time goals. And besides, I can already tell DD the answer to what she needs to do to get more playing time. It's almost always the same:
Change the coach's opinion, which is that the current lineup and rotation gives the team the best chance of accomplishing its goals, which is usually to win. You must convince him that playing you more than somebody else is a better strategy to accomplishing those goals. You must hit and/or field better than at least one of your teammates that currently is deemed superior by your coaches.
Simple as that. No need to ask.
I don't want my daughter asking that. For one, it's a self-centered. Coach doesn't care about giving one player more playing time. How does that help the coach? That only means less playing time for somebody else. The coach has no rooting interest in that. Coach cares about accomplishing team goals. So ask the coach how you can help accomplish team goals, not personal playing-time goals. And besides, I can already tell DD the answer to what she needs to do to get more playing time. It's almost always the same:
Change the coach's opinion, which is that the current lineup and rotation gives the team the best chance of accomplishing its goals, which is usually to win. You must convince him that playing you more than somebody else is a better strategy to accomplishing those goals. You must hit and/or field better than at least one of your teammates that currently is deemed superior by your coaches.
Simple as that. No need to ask.