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  1. M

    Travel Ball Woes

    If it's the wrong fit you should get her out of there ASAP. That doesn't sound like a beneficial situation to any kid who wants to improve her game. Frame it however you want to the coach, IMO.
  2. M

    My daugther regressed after High School

    Unfortunately Georgia is backwards and high school season is just starting to ramp up. Still adjusting to a fall softball season.... I'm glad it's not just my daughter suffering from the part in bold...
  3. M

    Coach, not coaching

    If it's to the point that you want to bench a player for something she can't control you might as well just cut her from the team. Sadly, I've seen it come to that before.
  4. M

    Individual Stat app (batting/fielding)

    Agreed. I've kept the scorecard before LOL. I'm not doing that I'm going to log stats that don't generally make it onto the scorecards. In most of the games I've been at there's little more on the scorecards than whether each AB was a hit or an out and of course the tracking of which...
  5. M

    Individual Stat app (batting/fielding)

    I'll check those out and maybe try one if they're relatively bug free and user friendly. I've kept the scorebook before and definitely hear you on that one LOL. I'm not doing that this season I'm just going to log stats for our team.
  6. M

    "Class" of teams going up as classification does

    Sounds like a great experience. Ours has varied greatly. We've been in similar situations and then been in situations where parents from different teams are talking trash and almost getting into fights unfortunately. As has been mentioned the real barometer will probably be how a 14U team...
  7. M

    Individual Stat app (batting/fielding)

    LOL yeah maybe not... I know the coach pretty well and we've discussed it before. Of course I'll bring it up again because I'm not going to do it if somebody else has already offered. What I offered is a little more in depth than what we had last year as I was planning to record more data...
  8. M

    Individual Stat app (batting/fielding)

    I'm seriously considering just bringing out a notebook and a pencil and doing it the old fashioned way for the whole team this season. We had a guy collecting stats last year with some app or another; after the season ended I asked for my daughter's stats and he had deleted all of the team...
  9. M

    Ejection Threshhold and Rules

    Hopefully never.
  10. M

    Too Cold To Practice?

    Early November morning games around here will generally be in the lower 40s. 49 is definitely not too cold. IMHO if the wind chill is above freezing you can be outside. Just make sure everybody wears layers.
  11. M

    daddyball issues as an assistant coach

    If there is a clearly better option for 1st base that he's passing over then I'd bring it up to him. Maybe he makes the ultimate decisions but there's nothing wrong with you saying something. He's the head coach of a softball team for crying out loud, not an Army platoon leader. It's...
  12. M

    Coach, not coaching

    We've been in this scenario too when my daughter was still playing rec ball. I don't know how it is in Texas but coaching around here tends to be a good ol' boy network so the third person in that situation was just a buddy who gets to 'coach' despite not being able to be there 3/4 of the time...
  13. M

    Rise of select teams

    A kind of 'middle ground' league is something desperately needed in this area. Besides the schedule demands there are plenty of girls who are rec all-stars but aren't good enough yet to break through on a lot of the area travel team rosters. They just end up catching on where they can and not...
  14. M

    What would you do?

    I'll check them out for sure. I'm definitely not making a decision on what's 'correct.' Just my observations. I don't coach but my daughter's always been coached to flip the helmet off and not to sit back on her heels. She's 13 so at this point I think the injury risk from the helmet being...
  15. M

    What would you do?

    I'm open to being convinced on the footing but nothing will convince me that a catcher shouldn't rip the mask off to locate and catch a pop up. I've seen it make a difference too many times. I've also seen catchers sit there with a ball basically dropping right behind or beside them because...
  16. M

    Escalation of Commitment

    Great call. Kids are smart and if your reasons for pushing them are selfish they'll figure it out eventually. Giving space can be tough but I've learned myself that it's pretty important. I learned that my daughter really did want me to pay attention but on her terms LOL. I'm still guilty of...
  17. M

    What would you do?

    I agree with others who are telling you you should leave that organization immediately. A good catcher will have her choice of multiple teams most likely. It's highly unusual for a team to just use one catcher. Sadly plenty of organizations seem to care more about winning immediately than...

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