- Apr 11, 2016
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DD is the starting pitcher for her travel team (playing Div B). She is also one of their top 3 batters. Now that softball just started, and their first tournament is coming up, we will resume pitching lessons 1x a week and batting lessons 2x a month. We just moved to this area and found it hard to schedule lessons, as there aren't that many good PC and BC in this area. Her PC is an hour away, but we make it work.
Now middle school ball just started. They practice Mon-Thurs right after school. Her travel team practices 2x a week at night from 6-7:30.
Her school ball team consists of 4 girls who play travel (including DD), 2 rec ball, and 7 who's never played softball before, so you can imagine the practices are very fundamental. Her school ball coach originally mentioned that DD can miss school ball practices to go to lessons, since she gets enough practices from her travel team anyway.
But another MS girl "protests" that players (a.k.a DD) are missing school ball practices, so the coach just implemented no 3 missed practices or you are out. It's already difficult to schedule lessons, esp. pitching lessons, around her travel team schedule. If she can't miss school ball practices also, then she wouldn't be able to take lessons at all.
It is between lessons or playing school ball and forgoing lessons til June. My feel is that TB is #1 priority, so private lessons are #1 priority, and she should not play school ball.
What would you do?
Now middle school ball just started. They practice Mon-Thurs right after school. Her travel team practices 2x a week at night from 6-7:30.
Her school ball team consists of 4 girls who play travel (including DD), 2 rec ball, and 7 who's never played softball before, so you can imagine the practices are very fundamental. Her school ball coach originally mentioned that DD can miss school ball practices to go to lessons, since she gets enough practices from her travel team anyway.
But another MS girl "protests" that players (a.k.a DD) are missing school ball practices, so the coach just implemented no 3 missed practices or you are out. It's already difficult to schedule lessons, esp. pitching lessons, around her travel team schedule. If she can't miss school ball practices also, then she wouldn't be able to take lessons at all.
It is between lessons or playing school ball and forgoing lessons til June. My feel is that TB is #1 priority, so private lessons are #1 priority, and she should not play school ball.
What would you do?
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