We got our DD's pitching coach a embroidered softball. I got one for being the assistant to the assistant to the assistant coach on my DD team last year.
I have to agree with everyone else, better safe than sorry! For a very short time my DD gave us grief about wearing one in her first year of 12U. That was until she saw first hand for herself in a game her cousin was playing in. Line drive into the facemask of an infielder. My DD said "if she...
We just went thru all this tryout stuff with my dd. She tried out for 4 teams and got offers right on the spot for all but one. The one that she really wanted. What I liked the most was exactly what you were saying. This coach came right out during the private tryout and basically asked "What...
In our last tournament of the season my DD's 14U team played another team that was more of a rec team than a travel team, going by the discussion of their coach to ours. Their coach told our's that they traveled 4 hours to get there and some of their parents didn't want to travel that far and...