I have to admit I probably spend more time thinking about if my daughter will get picked up for the (B) travel team this summer than she does. She does love playing but i think I love watching her play even more.
So while we wait and see if she'll make it I'd like to get some opinions about about speed and overall athletic ability versus pitching and power.
My daughter is not very athletic. She's the slowest runner on the team and the only sport she's any good at is softball. She won't slide and I'm actually OK with that because I'm afraid she would hurt herself. She's an average to maybe below average fielder. Her hitting for average is about middle of the pack. However the two things she has going for her are her hitting for power. She hit's harder than anyone else on the team when she does hit it. If she could just decrease her strike out rate by a little she would be a tremendous hitter because she hits so hard when she does hit. She's also arguably the best pitcher trying out. Some may argue that she only has two pitches (drop and off speed drop) while others have more pitches but I know that's not that important. Her stats this year shows shes the most effective pitcher and she's the fastest in the league with a cruising speed of about 48 MPH.
Supposing my analysis of her is correct would you pick up a girl like that? Would you choose another pitcher maybe not quite as effective but who is also fast and is a better defender?
**Edit
This is for a 12UB team.
So while we wait and see if she'll make it I'd like to get some opinions about about speed and overall athletic ability versus pitching and power.
My daughter is not very athletic. She's the slowest runner on the team and the only sport she's any good at is softball. She won't slide and I'm actually OK with that because I'm afraid she would hurt herself. She's an average to maybe below average fielder. Her hitting for average is about middle of the pack. However the two things she has going for her are her hitting for power. She hit's harder than anyone else on the team when she does hit it. If she could just decrease her strike out rate by a little she would be a tremendous hitter because she hits so hard when she does hit. She's also arguably the best pitcher trying out. Some may argue that she only has two pitches (drop and off speed drop) while others have more pitches but I know that's not that important. Her stats this year shows shes the most effective pitcher and she's the fastest in the league with a cruising speed of about 48 MPH.
Supposing my analysis of her is correct would you pick up a girl like that? Would you choose another pitcher maybe not quite as effective but who is also fast and is a better defender?
**Edit
This is for a 12UB team.
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