DD was approached about an opportunity to play with a well established showcase team. Here is the dilemma:
Showcase team benefits:
Get to travel and play in some of the bigger tournaments.
Get seen(many girls get signed to play college from this team).
Already knows the catcher(they played together before and had great chemistry.)
Down fall:
Most likely will be #2 or possibly #3 pitcher on the team.
Have to re establish herself(which is hard for someone who is naturally shy).
B team benefits:
They played against showcase teams and have down remarkably well(losing in close 3-2 games).
DD has stepped outside of her comfort zone and became a leader on and off the field. I think this has been the most noticeable change, especially considering how shy she is normally.
DD feels like her B team has been loyal to her and allows her to make calls on the field. They trust her to make these calls(example: pitch calling or calling time outs to settle the team down after making errors).
She has formed a bond with all the girls on the team.
She don't want to be a team hopper.
Again the biggest benefit that she keeps bringing up:Loyalty...they are just as loyal to her as she is to the team. The reason she keeps bringing this up is due to having a history of being on teams that would bring in guest pitchers to play in tournaments and sit her on the bench while playing maybe 4 complete innings all weekend long and still lose every single game.
They play local tournament only with 1 of them being a showcase on the schedule(about 3 showcases a year). DD is a Junior so she don't have much time left before graduating high school.
Showcase team benefits:
Get to travel and play in some of the bigger tournaments.
Get seen(many girls get signed to play college from this team).
Already knows the catcher(they played together before and had great chemistry.)
Down fall:
Most likely will be #2 or possibly #3 pitcher on the team.
Have to re establish herself(which is hard for someone who is naturally shy).
B team benefits:
They played against showcase teams and have down remarkably well(losing in close 3-2 games).
DD has stepped outside of her comfort zone and became a leader on and off the field. I think this has been the most noticeable change, especially considering how shy she is normally.
DD feels like her B team has been loyal to her and allows her to make calls on the field. They trust her to make these calls(example: pitch calling or calling time outs to settle the team down after making errors).
She has formed a bond with all the girls on the team.
She don't want to be a team hopper.
Again the biggest benefit that she keeps bringing up:Loyalty...they are just as loyal to her as she is to the team. The reason she keeps bringing this up is due to having a history of being on teams that would bring in guest pitchers to play in tournaments and sit her on the bench while playing maybe 4 complete innings all weekend long and still lose every single game.
They play local tournament only with 1 of them being a showcase on the schedule(about 3 showcases a year). DD is a Junior so she don't have much time left before graduating high school.
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