Your mileage may vary. My DD played travel softball and started in Vollyeball and Basketball for her HS varsity. She sure missed out on schoolwork (valedictorian), and activities (marching band, wind ensemble, NHS, Student government,)
Power 5 coaches can look at players who are 16 and recruit them based on them playing other 16 year olds, Or look at players who are 20 who have been playing 18-22 year olds in the competitive college atmosphere.
Mid Majors are becoming the new HS for top programs to recruit from.
That’s all the info. Ok. Where she helps the team the most. And that could mean at her weaker position if there is another strong candidate for the other.
Agree completely. And you wind up developing a pitcher who has learned that batters will also swing at balls. And a pitch doesn’t have to be over the heart of the plate to be a good pitch.
I can see a coach who has never played hearing that a player who keeps her bat in the hitting zone a long time is good thing. So how do you guarantee the bat is in the zone for a long time? Stop the swing.
I never understood the stopping the bat drills.