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There's a delicate balance between being psyched-up and being in "fight or flight" mode.
DD is a good ballplayer and she is really into it. She has great skills and reflexes for her age, but lately she has been trying too hard and making mistakes as a result. This has probably been exacerbated by being in "The Playoffs".
I am one of her coaches and I try to get her to relax but once the bat hits the ball she goes into hyper mode.
When she is pitching, it means "easy" grounders for her to field get bobbled and runners make it to 1B. when we are behind and this happens a few times, she will start walking batters.
When she's at 3B, and there's a runner on 2B, she will try to play every ball and forget to cover 3B.
At SS or 3B, she will field a hit and have the runner dead-to-rights at 2B, but then tosses it underhand from too far away, allowing the runner to beat the throw. (She has a good arm and that is why we have her at 3B).
I yell at her at the time a) to make sure she knows what she did wrong and b) to make sure she hears me- but there's also c) I'm yelling because I'm frustrated that she is making a mistake again that we have explained to her before. I feel bad about it, but if she wasn't trying so hard, she wouldn't be making these mistakes.
She also gets very down on herself and blames herself for her whole team's performance. She's only 9 fer cryin out loud! I want her to have fun and not be so concerned about winning "the championship".
She's too competitive. Any recommendations on how to slow her down and enable her to just enjoy the game?
DD is a good ballplayer and she is really into it. She has great skills and reflexes for her age, but lately she has been trying too hard and making mistakes as a result. This has probably been exacerbated by being in "The Playoffs".
I am one of her coaches and I try to get her to relax but once the bat hits the ball she goes into hyper mode.
When she is pitching, it means "easy" grounders for her to field get bobbled and runners make it to 1B. when we are behind and this happens a few times, she will start walking batters.
When she's at 3B, and there's a runner on 2B, she will try to play every ball and forget to cover 3B.
At SS or 3B, she will field a hit and have the runner dead-to-rights at 2B, but then tosses it underhand from too far away, allowing the runner to beat the throw. (She has a good arm and that is why we have her at 3B).
I yell at her at the time a) to make sure she knows what she did wrong and b) to make sure she hears me- but there's also c) I'm yelling because I'm frustrated that she is making a mistake again that we have explained to her before. I feel bad about it, but if she wasn't trying so hard, she wouldn't be making these mistakes.
She also gets very down on herself and blames herself for her whole team's performance. She's only 9 fer cryin out loud! I want her to have fun and not be so concerned about winning "the championship".
She's too competitive. Any recommendations on how to slow her down and enable her to just enjoy the game?