Most out of touch parent story

[Hawk_]

The dad who brings his "Incredible pitcher" daughter to try outs, talks my ear off for 20 mins hyping her up. Once I have her pitch I think "meh she is ok" then let my batters face her only for the first girl to go yard on her and the rest spray them all over the field. Then Dad continued to message me for a week asking about committing. Sorry we are good thanks.

 

[Orange Socks]

You guys talk to too many people.

My DD says I will talk to anyone and everyone who will listen. How do you think I get the best gossip...ahem..knowledge? I was lucky to find this group when DD was in 7th grade right before she got into "real" TB. I discovered that parents on that 14U had no clue whatsoever and then it continued for the next 4 years.

 

[_MIA_]

I discovered that parents on that 14U had no clue whatsoever and then it continued for the next 4 years.

I went in with that hypothesis and my limited experimental evidence has backed up that hypothesis.

 

[quincy]

I do not appreciate you guys and girls talking about me.

 

[marriard]

You guys talk to too many people.

DD says it takes me an absolute minimum of 30 minutes to leave a field between 'let's go' and reaching the car because I end up talking to people on the way out.

My DD has spent a LOT of time at the fields.

 

[quincy]

I started to drive myself to games under an hour. I never knew DW and DD knew some many people.

 

[Orange Socks]

I went in with that hypothesis and my limited experimental evidence has backed up that hypothesis.

However, I met a dad on that team that really schooled me on recruiting and all things competitive softball since his older DD went on to play 4 years at a mid major. His DD2 is at another mid major. We would talk for hours on the phone usually with cocktails in hand and after the 2nd hour we forgot what we talked about.

As I look back at that 14U team which was a one and done team since it dissolved at tryouts. We joined that team not knowing the history of that team, which was a learning experience in itself. DD got to practice with the older kids in the program like Baylee Klingler, Janae Jefferson, Alyssa Denham, Kelly Maxwell and more. She really grew as a player that year and I grew as softball parent. As I think back at the players on that team that went on to college softball. 2 D1's, D3, 1 JUCO. The rest got flushed out.

 

[Orange Socks]

DD says it takes me an absolute minimum of 30 minutes to leave a field between 'let's go' and reaching the car because I end up talking to people on the way out.

As a coach that is the problem. You will constantly run into old friends and parents that want to update you on the status of DD, gossip, venting, or whatever.

But there was one delusional dad that I couldn't shake. If I saw him pulling his wagon off in the distance, I had to take tactical maneuvers to avoid him at all costs. Sometimes those pinch points at the fields would have me stymied. He is one of my bullet points above.

My wife and her mom would drive herself to games. She would show up minutes before games and leave immediately after the last pitch. She did not engage with the other parents. If games were running late, she would get mad that I wouldn't text her the game time status'. I would tell her, why don't you just join the rest of the parents and get social.

 

[Top_Notch]

What about the kids tagging P5/SEC coaches on Twitter while playing 'B' level travel ball.

 

[_MIA_]

I would tell her, why don't you just join the rest of the parents and get social.

She is smart?