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    angry looks from pitcher. intimidation tactic?

    this is 12u. my dd was guesting for a travel team this past weekend. the other team was winning 5-0. they had a pretty dominant pitcher. she threw hard for a 12yo. Whenever the pitcher had the ball she had a scowl and a mean look. if a runner got on base she would give them a dirty look. when my...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    I don't think anyone here really knows how it is to see your kid on the bench by themselves inning after inning; game after game. It's terrible. At 12u is it really so wrong to expect coaches to give a damn? This isn't college ball. I don't think we've done anything to really deserve being...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    So should we quit now? Or play it out? I dont want my daughter crying after every tournament and 'm afraid I might say or do something crazy.
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    playing time on a competitive team

    i'd say having her sit alone on the bench for 3 or 4 games is unfair.
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    playing time on a competitive team

    i let her go on that team because that was what she wanted. it was the best team in the area with the supposedly best head coach. but when your kid is treated unfairly by coaches that dont care about 12/13yo girls and dont give them a chance its tough to swallow. we have a tournament tomorrow...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    the examples you give of teams that dont practice are all older. this is a 12u team! this isn't girls playing in college! are top 12u tb teams really like this? in the tournaments we go to when the other team is losing i see their subs come in. when our team is winning by a lot on sunday my dd...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    How is it an opportunity if she hardly plays? How is it an opportunity if the team never practices anymore and only go to tournaments? When does she get better?
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    playing time on a competitive team

    I admit. I could probably have practiced with her more. Maybe taken her to a "PRO" instructor or whatever. But what is the purpose of a coach then? Aren't they expected to give them playing time and teach the players something? Or do top teams just put a bunch of studs together and go play? and...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    So you are saying the coaches don't have any responsibility here? Maybe they shouldn't have taken her if they were going to treat her like this.
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    playing time on a competitive team

    After rereading all your posts I might begin to understand. I guess its hard to see things sometimes for what it is. We went to a team that was at a level of play and commitment we were not prepared for. As a parent I feel terrible when my kid is upset. The last tournament she was a sub on...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    How can a parent who only wants the best for his daughter be insane? Don't all parents want that for their kid?
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    playing time on a competitive team

    I know most of the girls on this team hire professional instructors on the side. I never did that growing up. I played varsity HS baseball and never had a pro give me a hitting lesson. We can afford it; but that is just silly for 12/13 yo girls to have a pro hitting coach. How common is that...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    When they qualified for Nationals they didnt even ask the parents. they just assumed we were all going and telling us which hotels and fundraisers we were doing. these coaches didn't even care enough to ask the parents if we were going. they also don't coach in the game. my dd has a problem...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    When my DD tried out for this team we knew it was one of the best teams in the area with what I thought was supposed to be a good coach. The head coach was a former college head coach. Do good coaches not give players playing time? Or team practices? It cost us a lot of money to watch my kid sit...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    These girls are 12 and 13. Shouldn't they have more fun than only think about winning?
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    playing time on a competitive team

    Thanks. Thats what I thought too.
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    playing time on a competitive team

    Thanks for the advice. Most of the other kids have private hitting, pitching instructors. They practiced a lot during the fall/winter as a team but once the season started they hardly ever practiced as a team anymore. I knew her role would be left field and power hitter from the beginning. I...
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    playing time on a competitive team

    My DD tried out and made one of the top 12U teams in our area last august. They had a core of returning players and my wife and I now feel she barely made the cut. She is a powerful hitter. She is really a first basemen but on this team they have her in left field. Where she is a little weak...

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