Hey, y'all! I'm obviously a newbie here. My dd, 11 (turned in the Spring), is playing her 2nd year of rec league. This year, we had a phenomenal group of coaches, as well as players, and took the league championship. She was chosen for All-Stars, which we have agreed to do. At the end of the State tourney, we were ranked 8th, which is a far cry from last year when we were at the bottom of the heap!
We are also allowing our dd to play on the Varsity's B-team, which is a good thing for a girl going into the 6th grade, I think. They have very rigorous practices - a lot more "physical" activity than what she was used to with rec ball.
She is a southpaw. At the beginning of the season, they played her at 3rd. She worked really, really well with the 1st baseman and the catcher. However, watching her, it seems awkward for her to be there - it's like she has to make too many motions to get the ball in the first place and then to make the play.
She wants desperately to work on pitching. She mentioned it to her coach. He said something about it to me early on - how she had speed and needed to work on her accuracy. She is probably one of the biggest girls on her team - built like a brick house. She has height and power, both things that I figured would make a good pitcher. He has begun to work with his child, who is 9 and small (well, not that size matters, but still). I have told my dd to tell him she wants to do this - at least maybe he'd work with her. She said she wasn't going to do it - she'd rather gripe to me about it. Should I mention something to him? He's a phenomenal fella - really down to earth and absolutely HATES to lose!
We have a girl on our team who has been working on the side with a pitching coach. She is a sweet child, but during the State tourney, walked winning runs in - one inning, walked all 5 runs. We were still on vacation during that game. My phone was ringing off the hook with parents calling to complain about the pitching. I know we have another girl on the team who is fully capable of getting strikes in there - fast and without an arch. The girl pitching, bless her, gets stuck in a rut and is more slow pitching than fast...a lot of arch. I called the coach and left voicemail. Later in the day, after the obvious stomping, he called and said he knew he should have put in the other girl, but one of the other coaches kept telling him to let the pitcher ride it out. Sure, ride it out and cost us a game!
I'm just asking all of you fastpitch enthusiasts out there what you think I should do as a parent. Should I ask the coach to work with her or just forget it? He wants to keep this team together and forgo the whole rec league thing next summer, as it is nothing but a major catastrophe in our area - very, very unorganized and just a joke. What my dd is getting from varsity practices is FAR more than what she has gotten otherwise, but she'd like to do both. I am, for now, letting her do that - going from one practice to the other and on Mondays, it's 4 hrs of practice for her with no complaints. When she practices at the school, I don't say a word to the coaches - she belongs to them in the fence. I do think that she'd make a wonderful pitcher and would like for her "rec league" coach to start working with her. I don't, however, want to push it on him or step out of bounds.
Thanks, in advance, for any advice y'all could give me. I'm learning here but SO enjoying this ride! I never knew what fun this was going to be - watching these girls get all down and dirty and having fun all the while!
We are also allowing our dd to play on the Varsity's B-team, which is a good thing for a girl going into the 6th grade, I think. They have very rigorous practices - a lot more "physical" activity than what she was used to with rec ball.
She is a southpaw. At the beginning of the season, they played her at 3rd. She worked really, really well with the 1st baseman and the catcher. However, watching her, it seems awkward for her to be there - it's like she has to make too many motions to get the ball in the first place and then to make the play.
She wants desperately to work on pitching. She mentioned it to her coach. He said something about it to me early on - how she had speed and needed to work on her accuracy. She is probably one of the biggest girls on her team - built like a brick house. She has height and power, both things that I figured would make a good pitcher. He has begun to work with his child, who is 9 and small (well, not that size matters, but still). I have told my dd to tell him she wants to do this - at least maybe he'd work with her. She said she wasn't going to do it - she'd rather gripe to me about it. Should I mention something to him? He's a phenomenal fella - really down to earth and absolutely HATES to lose!
We have a girl on our team who has been working on the side with a pitching coach. She is a sweet child, but during the State tourney, walked winning runs in - one inning, walked all 5 runs. We were still on vacation during that game. My phone was ringing off the hook with parents calling to complain about the pitching. I know we have another girl on the team who is fully capable of getting strikes in there - fast and without an arch. The girl pitching, bless her, gets stuck in a rut and is more slow pitching than fast...a lot of arch. I called the coach and left voicemail. Later in the day, after the obvious stomping, he called and said he knew he should have put in the other girl, but one of the other coaches kept telling him to let the pitcher ride it out. Sure, ride it out and cost us a game!
I'm just asking all of you fastpitch enthusiasts out there what you think I should do as a parent. Should I ask the coach to work with her or just forget it? He wants to keep this team together and forgo the whole rec league thing next summer, as it is nothing but a major catastrophe in our area - very, very unorganized and just a joke. What my dd is getting from varsity practices is FAR more than what she has gotten otherwise, but she'd like to do both. I am, for now, letting her do that - going from one practice to the other and on Mondays, it's 4 hrs of practice for her with no complaints. When she practices at the school, I don't say a word to the coaches - she belongs to them in the fence. I do think that she'd make a wonderful pitcher and would like for her "rec league" coach to start working with her. I don't, however, want to push it on him or step out of bounds.
Thanks, in advance, for any advice y'all could give me. I'm learning here but SO enjoying this ride! I never knew what fun this was going to be - watching these girls get all down and dirty and having fun all the while!