Switching Teams?

CMMom1740 said:

Right, and parents hear from colleges that they want to see things on the athlete's resume other than softball. OK, how are they supposed to do that if they are literally occupied every weekend? My DD desperately wants to be a CIT this summer at the summer camp she's attended for years, but it's a 3-week session and you know how much a HC would like his primary catcher missing 3 weeks and possibly three tournaments. So, summer will likely wind up being all softball, all the time again. It's hard to be well-rounded when a sport is so demanding of a kid's time.

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YOCOACH said:

Orange Socks, you and I see eye to eye on most things. I don't know if you're just being contrary to the post or to the turn this thread has taken. However, there's "committed" to a team in all different facets of the game as you well know.
Some girls are committed to the team, and softball in general, to the exclusion of everything else. These players are usually, but not exclusively, committed to playing for the top major D1 colleges. Even then, the girls will make commitments outside of the SB TB team.
What would you say to a pitcher that committed to play with the Junior Olympic team for 6 weeks over the Summer and went to Africa to play in a tournament? It happened with a girl from my area years ago.
I can name several more instances if pressed. The point is, a blanket statement like that which was made is unrealistic; especially in today's society.
Many girls want to play at the next level; just not to the detriment of family functions and being able to have a minimal social life. Many of these same girls also go on to play college ball.
Let's be honest, most of the recruiting done nowadays, since most Athletic departments' funding decimation and the loss of college scouts, is due to personal marketing. The majority of a showcase teams' duty is to play showcases where the players' coaches will hopefully be once the coaches themselves have been contacted and the players have expressed interest in their program. It now becomes the players' responsibility to be there. If for whatever reason they prioritize some other function over being at said showcase, then it's on them. Most assuredly, something will come up at one time or another whether it's a death in the family or something else that they feel the need to participate in other than SB.
It doesn't mean that they aren't "comittted" to the team or playing at the next level. JMHO

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