My DD tried out and made one of the top 12U teams in our area last august. They had a core of returning players and my wife and I now feel she barely made the cut. She is a powerful hitter. She is really a first basemen but on this team they have her in left field. Where she is a little weak defensively. Coaches daughter is 1B too.
To make a long story short... they only have 10 and bat the lineup. DD basically plays every other inning in left field on Saturdays. Sundays she rarely starts and maybe she pinch hits or runs. They are in competitive tournaments and win a lot but rarely have any practices in the spring because most play school ball or LL during the week. They also have players coming from all over so the coach says its hard to schedule practices during school ball in the week.
Last Sunday she only got a chance to pinch hit in the finals and after sitting on the bench for 3 innings... she struck out on 3 pitches. I'll admit she has a problem against better pitching; but if she gets a hold of one she can rip it.
There are only 10 players... 8 girls dont come out. its just my kid and the other girl. the other girl has been hitting more so she seems to get to start more often. Is it typical that no one else ever comes out of the game?
Why would a coach do this? On Sundays everyone else is in the field and my kid is alone on the bench for 3 or 4 games. Then she's expected to perform when she's cold and come in and hit some stud pitcher. They rarely hold practices so I don't know how she is going to get better. All they care about is winning. We are thinking of leaving this team. Theres about 4 tournaments left. They are also going to Nationals (12 hours away for a week) and I dont want my DD sitting on the bench the whole time. She needs to play or she wont get better. We paid the same as everyone else. I think she deserves to play. Thoughts?
To make a long story short... they only have 10 and bat the lineup. DD basically plays every other inning in left field on Saturdays. Sundays she rarely starts and maybe she pinch hits or runs. They are in competitive tournaments and win a lot but rarely have any practices in the spring because most play school ball or LL during the week. They also have players coming from all over so the coach says its hard to schedule practices during school ball in the week.
Last Sunday she only got a chance to pinch hit in the finals and after sitting on the bench for 3 innings... she struck out on 3 pitches. I'll admit she has a problem against better pitching; but if she gets a hold of one she can rip it.
There are only 10 players... 8 girls dont come out. its just my kid and the other girl. the other girl has been hitting more so she seems to get to start more often. Is it typical that no one else ever comes out of the game?
Why would a coach do this? On Sundays everyone else is in the field and my kid is alone on the bench for 3 or 4 games. Then she's expected to perform when she's cold and come in and hit some stud pitcher. They rarely hold practices so I don't know how she is going to get better. All they care about is winning. We are thinking of leaving this team. Theres about 4 tournaments left. They are also going to Nationals (12 hours away for a week) and I dont want my DD sitting on the bench the whole time. She needs to play or she wont get better. We paid the same as everyone else. I think she deserves to play. Thoughts?