Cannonball
Ex "Expert"
- Feb 25, 2009
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I made the following post in another thread:
I wanted to start a new thread asking that all of you talk to your dd's about injuries. Your dd's have to understand that they need to communicate with both parents and coaches when they think that they are injured. Sure there is a difference between being sore and injured. This year, my team and the varsity have had an unusual breakout of injuries. Some were not ball related and some were. What troubles me is that the ones that were ball related were injuries that got worse over time and could have been avoided. An example is that I have a catcher who is one of two catchers who knew that she was in a tough battle for a starting position. So, she attempted to hide an arm injury. She was doing the pre game throwing during infield when I noticed her wince as she threw down. Naturally, I stopped her from throwing. I confronted her and she said that her arm had been hurting for two weeks but she didn't want me to know so she was taking ibuprofen before practice and trying to make it though practice and games without me noticing. That is crazy talk and I told her so. She said that she felt that if she told me, she would not play. The reality is, after I noticed this, I sent her straight to our trainer and she had allowed it to get so bad that she was told that she was done playing for the rest of the season. Come to find out, our trainers said that she had a history of this as he is now working with her to get her back healthy. Again, open communication can make such a difference.
We have been rained out the final games of our HS season and so, the JV is done. I had to call them in to tell them. We have been beset with injuries. We had such a great year going. Then, we were short gamed our last two games due to the injuries and had to play with 8 a couple of times. (Started a 9th player and then, took the injured player out.) Most of these girls started crying that it was all done. At least half of the team asked if they could keep practicing. The catcher showed up at the varsity practice to catch the pitchers knowing she is not going to get to play an inning and asked if she could do that the rest of the year as the varsity is headed into the state playoffs. There are good things happening in HS ball. My school isn't alone at this.
Side note and I won't hide the fact that I am very proud of these girls. We have had so many injuries and when we were to face our conference rival, we lost another starter to the varsity since they lost a starter. I had my pitcher, catcher and center fielder play their normal position. We were short gamed. We were losing 10-0 and down to 2 outs in the bottom of the 5th when my catcher hit a home run. So, we entered the 6th. The other team scored 5 more runs. We simply could not make a play. However, in the bottom of the 6th, we scored 4 more runs. I stood there in amazement as they pulled for each other. One of my subs who had not had a hit all year hit a double. After the game, they were all so excited about their comeback. As I mentioned, the varsity had a huge come from behind victory to win our conference outright. That is what HS ball can be.
I wanted to start a new thread asking that all of you talk to your dd's about injuries. Your dd's have to understand that they need to communicate with both parents and coaches when they think that they are injured. Sure there is a difference between being sore and injured. This year, my team and the varsity have had an unusual breakout of injuries. Some were not ball related and some were. What troubles me is that the ones that were ball related were injuries that got worse over time and could have been avoided. An example is that I have a catcher who is one of two catchers who knew that she was in a tough battle for a starting position. So, she attempted to hide an arm injury. She was doing the pre game throwing during infield when I noticed her wince as she threw down. Naturally, I stopped her from throwing. I confronted her and she said that her arm had been hurting for two weeks but she didn't want me to know so she was taking ibuprofen before practice and trying to make it though practice and games without me noticing. That is crazy talk and I told her so. She said that she felt that if she told me, she would not play. The reality is, after I noticed this, I sent her straight to our trainer and she had allowed it to get so bad that she was told that she was done playing for the rest of the season. Come to find out, our trainers said that she had a history of this as he is now working with her to get her back healthy. Again, open communication can make such a difference.