Our travel coach has all our girls trying this new/different approach with limited success. My opinion is that if the old way wasn't broke then it doesn't need fixing.
If the guy makes you crazy then he makes you crazy and you have to deal with it... I've been there a couple of times. Your options are to grin and bear it or confront the guy and then you run the risk of your DD losing playing time. You my friend are in a no win situation. All you can do is...
My 16u daughter played last year for one of those coaches that sucked the fun out of softball. This year she switched teams and has been totally rejuvenated. Sometimes a change of scenery is required.
We are playing for a coach 16u who when confronted about his f-bomb dropping in his fits of rage can't see that there is anything wrong with his behavior.
These are the kind of questions that depending how you answer say a lot about you as a person. First off, these are young girls and the example you set for them will stay with them all their lives. I would have to guess that if you took a poll of all the times a team came back from a 12-0...
Softball teaches our daughters about life. I told my daughter that she can never be complacent about her position because someone else always wants to take it away from her. This lesson (sad but true) applies to your entire life. Better learned now than later. Softball teaches our daughters...
Whew, I feel your pain! My daughter has moved a couple of times in her career and we knew when it was time to go... It seems that you have a lot of good things going on but the benchwarming thing is really unacceptable. If you and your daughter feel that she should be starting then you should...
You have done a great job of defining the skills required to coach. The only thing I would add is that to do those things objectively, it is really hard to have a conflict of interest (Dad Coach). There are teams that have women coaches who have played college ball and just love the sport...