- Jun 18, 2013
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I'm not real sure where to put this one.
My DD, Cricket, is getting ready for her first serious tryouts for travel ball. We have gone through one tryout before her first season in 10U, Spring '13, just for her to get a feel for it. The organization was well known and I had been approached about possibly coaching a new 10U team. I didn't due enough research ahead of time though and the tryout was horrific. The guy who ran the organization was a drill sergeant type and gathered the girls in a circle and told them that they would need to make the decision to commit to softball and stop playing other sports. I had to convince Cricket to play rec ball again the following season because it was such a traumatic experience.
I have been talking with a coach that is about to move up to 12U with his daughter in an organization close to us for the last few weeks. We have emailed 12-15 times and spoken on the phone a few times. Cricket and I met him Saturday at a tournament where his current 10U team is playing and he is a much more appropriate coach for us. We have discussed my coming on as an AC with him if everything works out and so far everything seems to be falling into place. My concern is, Cricket is getting nervous about tryouts already. She has always been a gamer. She doesn't do as well in tryouts as she would like and gets caught in quicksand. I know that the coach is trying to arrange a machine for the girls to hit off of so I am going to take her to some cages that will throw the same speed to get her used to that, but what tips do you have to help get her over the evaluation jitters? I've never liked tryouts either so I am not the best person in the world to offer her advice on hiding the nerves.
My DD, Cricket, is getting ready for her first serious tryouts for travel ball. We have gone through one tryout before her first season in 10U, Spring '13, just for her to get a feel for it. The organization was well known and I had been approached about possibly coaching a new 10U team. I didn't due enough research ahead of time though and the tryout was horrific. The guy who ran the organization was a drill sergeant type and gathered the girls in a circle and told them that they would need to make the decision to commit to softball and stop playing other sports. I had to convince Cricket to play rec ball again the following season because it was such a traumatic experience.
I have been talking with a coach that is about to move up to 12U with his daughter in an organization close to us for the last few weeks. We have emailed 12-15 times and spoken on the phone a few times. Cricket and I met him Saturday at a tournament where his current 10U team is playing and he is a much more appropriate coach for us. We have discussed my coming on as an AC with him if everything works out and so far everything seems to be falling into place. My concern is, Cricket is getting nervous about tryouts already. She has always been a gamer. She doesn't do as well in tryouts as she would like and gets caught in quicksand. I know that the coach is trying to arrange a machine for the girls to hit off of so I am going to take her to some cages that will throw the same speed to get her used to that, but what tips do you have to help get her over the evaluation jitters? I've never liked tryouts either so I am not the best person in the world to offer her advice on hiding the nerves.