Often, there's a mix of good and bad that must be weighed. However, if it's clearly bad, that's easy. Nobody in their right mind would encourage someone to stay in a clearly bad work environment or relationship. Don't know why a sports team would be any different.
Can't say I knew many who were happy with the HS softball experience. This included highly competitive programs where their kid was a starter. Can't imagine who would tolerate riding the bench on a crappy team.
Not knowing where she regularly plays, I'm going with CF. Putting someone in the OF who isn't familiar can be a problem, but putting someone at 1B who isn't familiar can be a disaster.
Grandfathers can be some of the worst offenders from Rec league on up. Some people really lose their filter as they get older.
From what I've seen, opposing teams and their fans are usually pretty polite. I've had nothing but good conversations with visiting parents, players, and occasionally...
You mean your kid got to a D1 roster, and into the circle against Texas, on the strength of practice alone? Actually getting out there during travel and school ball and getting people out in real games had nothing to do with it?
"The incidence of female to male is 3.5 times greater in basketball and 2.8 times greater in soccer. The typical mechanism of injury is a rapid but awkward stop and anticipation of lateral movements."
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I sometimes used TCB baseball-sized heavy balls for warmup, but always tossed them. A team DD picked up with one time used the softball-sized ones, and we both HATED them. IMO, they're a wrist injury waiting to happen. I'd never use them on a T or otherwise. Use regular softballs, a T, and a...
In every activity my kids were ever engaged in, softball or otherwise, their personal fundraising effort directly offset their participation cost. Having individuals pay and THEN requiring them to individually raise more money for the "organization" is BS. Even worse, forcing younger teams to...
No, not out of the question, but committing and even joining the team isn't the same thing as playing and/or lasting past the first year. I know of a couple of D1s who committed as 2Bs. Why the team took them on, I'm not sure. They aren't nearly as good as the converted SS who starts there...
If you're wanting to play D1, being a 2B isn't a reliable path. As D1 teams are often able to put a former SS there, being primarily a 2B is not drawing much, if any, athletic money. There are mid-majors where even the 1B was the SS on a pretty good TB team. Those who can't play another...
"...an effective pitcher and is apparently teaching what the vast majority of top pitchers do, and generating positive results..."
While having direct experience with what you teach doesn't guarantee good results, I believe it's an essential building block. Having practical experience builds...
Interesting how the kid's pitching coach, who was apparently an effective pitcher and is apparently teaching what the vast majority of top pitchers do, and generating positive results, can be so thoroughly second-guessed. It parallels the hitting threads where the "mechanics" of top college...