- Oct 22, 2009
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We found another team.
Hate to say it but, yeah.
I had a 9yr old last year that only received 3 innings of pitching time over the entire spring season, and every inning she pitched she pitched well. But daddy coach would make no moves about giving her more time even after his own DD hit 6 batters in a row one game.
Her mother and I talked and decided that the league where she played was all daddy ball. It wasn't going to change and those same coaches were going to be the coaches again this year and nothing was going to change.
So she signed her DD in the neighboring league, much bigger organization, from 4 teams in her old league to 9 teams in this one. She's the only pitcher on the team (the head coach DD's was actually a pitcher but is out with an injury), she pitched every game in the pre-season tourney and came in 2nd. Only losses were to the #1 team, season has started, she's undefeated including beating the #1 team.
It took a move, and she's a fantastic pitcher for it, not just from getting more mound time, but emotionally as well.