Not being ugly towards the young lady and her mom, nor being wise towards you OP, but read your rule book ... there are procedures for dealing with such matters.
I will say, as a coach, you MUST do all you can do to help a player - too often, coaches assume the players know "how to play the...
Just the conversation and the progression of matters. No particular "stats" to support but generally, "safety concerns" typically end up being implemented.
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This topic reminds me of the days as a kid playing football in the streets/church yard ... On the kickoff, my buddy would yell "steakanary" - rather than "stationary" (indicating a fair catch). The opposing team thinking they heard "stationary," would therefore, not tag/tackle him. Touchdown...
As a rec league coach, I tend to believe that mixing TB and rec is a bad idea for a couple of reasons. One being, more often than not, there is conflicting schedules and to whomever the loyalty is given, the other suffers. Secondly, it has been my experience that a fair amount of TB coaches...
It is unfortunate to sign in and read a thread on "truth" and have to admit that it is true.
As part of a current and ongoing addressing of some questionable acts of a rec league, instructions to correct have been "complied" with by .... wait for it, more falsities (i.e., manipulation and...
Cheridan Hawkins, junior pitcher on what she'll most remember from the wild afternoon.
"Probably running across home plate and ruining my roommate's first home run (laughs). Obviously I'm happy to throw a perfect game, but yeah, that's my roommate and she hits her first home run, and I'm a...
I have seen this in both softball and high school wrestling. I think it is a part of their age and hormonal imbalance - both genders!! lol
I have however, also learned a few things: One is that we coaches, older and having been there and done that and able to reflect on what was, what could...
IMO, turning 6-4-3 or 4-6-3 double plays is not something I'm concentrating on for a couple of reasons. One, I'm not confident that, despite instruction and example of, the 5 or 4 is going to recognize a ball hit hard enough to warrant the double play attempt. Secondly, I find more often than...
And this is exactly what the situation has evolved into - like you couldn't see it coming. Remember, OP states that the "expansion" team was the previous seasons major division team that advanced to LLWS play and placed in the top five in the WORLD. Yes, in Oregon in 2014.
Thus far, this...
You have here, captured the very essence of what this thread is all about. An entire team and coaching staff has been catered to at the expense of at least two DESERVING teams. It is not an argument or discussion of all things being equal and everybody getting a trophy. That, IMO, is total...
I totally respect this perspective however, any attempt to satisfy all credible arguments/viewpoints, whatever the topic, is simply never going to happen. Nonetheless, the draft process becomes, if I may, the imposed manner of [preferably] untampered selection. They try (i.e., tryouts), we...
Ironically, a fellow coach and I had a conversation last night with one of the "execs" of our league about this subject matter. It was explained (or attempted to be ...) that they (the League), "... has to do what LL says they have to do by the rules." Further explanation of what 'that' is that...