Hopefully all of you can give me some advice. My daughter plays on a 10&U traveling team. She tried out last year and didn't make it, but made the team this year. She had a really good season on regular league last year at the catcher position and many felt she should have made the travel team. She's not a natural athlete, but she is tall, lean and very strong. She's definitely not the best player on the team, nor the worst. At the risk of sounding like a whinning parent complaining about her child's playing time, that is the issue. She plays one inning a game, if she's lucky, in right field. They have 13 girls on the team, so 3 girls sit out each game. It just seems like she sits the most. With the limited playing time, some of her bad habits are returning. She has become a streaky player. My husband tries to work with her, but they tend to be like oil and water. Nonetheless, we go to her games and watch the starters who play the entire game, drop balls, miss plays and make multiple mistakes while DD sits on the bench. Our son also plays on a traveling team too, so we are doing double duty trying to support and watch both kids. Because of this, we are between fields many times, so we haven't really bonded with the other parents as some of them have. The regular league just started, on opening day she had a fairly decent game. She played 1B, catcher and LC making several outs and good plays. She batted so-so, she had one strikeout, a single(not sure if out at 1st) and a triple. Both kids played at the same time, and I had to help in dugout of son's team. Her traveling team coach was at that game too. At her last travel team game, I let everything get the best of me. I had a stressful day at work, my hormones seemed to be raging, it was raining, the starters were making their usual mistakes and my daughter was on the bench until the 4th inning. To add insult to injury, she struck out twice and got out on 1st. She has clearly stopped trying to do her best. I was quiet during the game, but I'm sure a conversation between my husband and I might have been heard, or was attempted to be heard. I am not very good at hiding my feelings, so I am sure my body language showed my displeasure. Also during the course of the evening, I was talking to another coach, and he commented on how DD didn't seem to be doing as well this year. My response was that she is only playing one inning a game, the practices have been scarce due to the weather, and even in my limited knowledge, I felt she is not playing enough to not backslide and when she does play she's going out cold due to sitting until the 4th. I made sure to say I wasn't trying to criticize anyone, but to me baseball/softball seems to be a game where repetition is important. This was overheard by one of the coach's best friends, so I'm sure it will get back to her. Many people have asked us why she's not catching. We simply answer that we don't know, it's up to the coach. The coach also has a rep of having favorites, picking kids based on friendship, etc. My husband has gone back and forth on the issue telling DD to ask for more playing time, to catch, only to change his mind telling her not to ask. Should we approach the coach, ask what she can do to improve or why she isn't catching or playing much? Should we let DD ask? There are only about 4more regular season games prior to tournaments, so there doesn't seem to be anything to loose. I don't think she can sit out any more than she already does. Am I all wrong in thinking this is not right? I have also had a major discussion with DD, asking her if she wants to play, if she wants to do other things. I would never let her quit in the middle of a season, but if her interests are going in other areas, I definitely would not get into a possible confrontation for nothing. But she says she wants to play, so we discussed practicing at home more, harder, working on bad habits, etc. Sorry this is so long, but any advice would be greatly appreciated.