- Mar 27, 2017
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DD is a freshman, playing Varsity and catching as well. She has played for a few different coaches in her TB/MS days, and likes the hard but fair type coaching. Was all excited to get to HS to play ball with girls she has played TB with and against.
We have heard from parents that the HS softball staff leaves something to be desired, but we are the types that try to wait and make our own decision, based on our own experiences. So we went into this season with our hearts set on having a good and fun HS season, with or without the win totals.
Well 1/3 into the season and I have never seen such a negative program in my life. The coaches are extremely negative, which filters down to the players, then the parents. Some of the Seniors and Juniors are so nasty to the rest of the girls, every game is miserable. The coaching staff are such control freaks, even if a girl does something right, they get lambasted for something, just so the coaches feel like they are "offering good coaching". There is absolutely no positive reinforcement what so ever. We even saw a girl on our team hit a HR, and get yelled at from our coaching staff for being congratulated by the other team as she rounded the bases.
Some of the parents are the worst of the worst. Their kid is the best ever, no matter what. If their kid makes an error, or has a bad game, it is because of all the other kids around on the field. Now, I know my kid isn't the best, but she is a damn good ball player, and a great leader on the field and in the dugout. Always positive and cheers for her team mates, along with a few other girls, most of whom are lower classmen. It is seriously taking its toll on my daughter who is starting to not enjoy softball anymore because of this. And this is something I will not stand for. If she wants to stop playing, that is on her, but I will not have someone else make her stop by stealing the fun from it.
Does anyone else have similar issues with this? I know mental toughness is required to play this wonderful sport, but damn, how much does a kid have to take?
We have heard from parents that the HS softball staff leaves something to be desired, but we are the types that try to wait and make our own decision, based on our own experiences. So we went into this season with our hearts set on having a good and fun HS season, with or without the win totals.
Well 1/3 into the season and I have never seen such a negative program in my life. The coaches are extremely negative, which filters down to the players, then the parents. Some of the Seniors and Juniors are so nasty to the rest of the girls, every game is miserable. The coaching staff are such control freaks, even if a girl does something right, they get lambasted for something, just so the coaches feel like they are "offering good coaching". There is absolutely no positive reinforcement what so ever. We even saw a girl on our team hit a HR, and get yelled at from our coaching staff for being congratulated by the other team as she rounded the bases.
Some of the parents are the worst of the worst. Their kid is the best ever, no matter what. If their kid makes an error, or has a bad game, it is because of all the other kids around on the field. Now, I know my kid isn't the best, but she is a damn good ball player, and a great leader on the field and in the dugout. Always positive and cheers for her team mates, along with a few other girls, most of whom are lower classmen. It is seriously taking its toll on my daughter who is starting to not enjoy softball anymore because of this. And this is something I will not stand for. If she wants to stop playing, that is on her, but I will not have someone else make her stop by stealing the fun from it.
Does anyone else have similar issues with this? I know mental toughness is required to play this wonderful sport, but damn, how much does a kid have to take?