- May 18, 2010
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For the 2nd time in the past three seasons, our high-school coach is pregnant. She's in her last tri-mester ( 8th month ). In her past 3 seasons she has an over-all record of 9 wins/ 45 losses.
The team has a solid core of 7 players, 6 of which also excel in club ball. Core avg-
.300, it drops to .200 with the 5 "other" players. Her asst. coach is green..."very very green". Here's the problem.
Because of her "condition", she spends the majority of the time sitting on the bench. The players are under minimal supervison during warm-ups, and she offers no instructional aide, making the paractices look like something you would see at the 3rd-4th grade level.
She openly discourages putting in extra time batting or fielding, stating that this would cause "over-use" fatigue. So each day the girls gather on the practice field for their 1-1/2 hour long elementry education on softball.
She personally takes charge of infield practice, hitting the ball to each player at speeds that any 5 year old can easily handle.
The players want more. They need more. On game day they get plummeted because they lack the game speed and timing. They aren't phyically or "mentally" prepared to face their opponents.
I've also personally witnessed the team practice being stopped so her 2 year old could run around on the field on day.
Some of the players have lost focus of the game, others have begun making comments like when they miss the ball they'll say " sorry, I'm pregnant". They refer to a loss as "getting knocked up", a hit has become "banging the balls around" and other discusting comments that has lowered the over-all integrety of the game that they loved and enjoyed.
The pregnancy has become a major distraction. It's caused a virus on the bench and through-out the players both on and off the field.
Parents have discussed it with their own players, and I with mine, but lets face it, these girls are 15-17 years old girls, that understand "safe sex", "planned parent-hood", and are very aware of their own phyical maturity.
The coach is eligible for disability, but she has no intentions of stepping down until she actually goes into labor. She tells parents she has no problems, but it's apparent that she has more than she realizes.
With 3 weeks left, the team is 1-14 and 10 games to go. They want her gone, the parents agree.
The question is: How?
The team has a solid core of 7 players, 6 of which also excel in club ball. Core avg-
.300, it drops to .200 with the 5 "other" players. Her asst. coach is green..."very very green". Here's the problem.
Because of her "condition", she spends the majority of the time sitting on the bench. The players are under minimal supervison during warm-ups, and she offers no instructional aide, making the paractices look like something you would see at the 3rd-4th grade level.
She openly discourages putting in extra time batting or fielding, stating that this would cause "over-use" fatigue. So each day the girls gather on the practice field for their 1-1/2 hour long elementry education on softball.
She personally takes charge of infield practice, hitting the ball to each player at speeds that any 5 year old can easily handle.
The players want more. They need more. On game day they get plummeted because they lack the game speed and timing. They aren't phyically or "mentally" prepared to face their opponents.
I've also personally witnessed the team practice being stopped so her 2 year old could run around on the field on day.
Some of the players have lost focus of the game, others have begun making comments like when they miss the ball they'll say " sorry, I'm pregnant". They refer to a loss as "getting knocked up", a hit has become "banging the balls around" and other discusting comments that has lowered the over-all integrety of the game that they loved and enjoyed.
The pregnancy has become a major distraction. It's caused a virus on the bench and through-out the players both on and off the field.
Parents have discussed it with their own players, and I with mine, but lets face it, these girls are 15-17 years old girls, that understand "safe sex", "planned parent-hood", and are very aware of their own phyical maturity.
The coach is eligible for disability, but she has no intentions of stepping down until she actually goes into labor. She tells parents she has no problems, but it's apparent that she has more than she realizes.
With 3 weeks left, the team is 1-14 and 10 games to go. They want her gone, the parents agree.
The question is: How?
