Name on the jersey

[Vertigo]

Indifferent to names and/or just numbers on the back.

We put the grad year on the front left upper chest of the jerseys as we found that in the hot summer months, the girls would tend to roll their sleeves up.

 

[wazzy]

I love that our org does name, number and grad year. Girls love the way the uniforms look.

I hate that the grad year keeps getting closer and closer.

 

[CoachJD]

Every coach I asked about it says “you play for the name on the front of the jersey not the name on the back” as a reason for not doing it.

Except travel softball is explicitly about playing for oneself (which is fine; that's the whole reason for its existence).

 

[Towny9]

Old school stupidity. IMO

I always heard it as “the name on the front represents your community and the name on the back represents who raised you - do them both proud”

 

[quincy]

When we purchased the jersey nickname or anything appropriate could go on the back. DD was still #78.

In school balk she asked for the smallest uniform still available. We still needed to buy her own pants. None of the school pants were small enough. :

 

[YOCOACH]

Numbers only for my team and grad year on the sleeves. Why make it easier for all of the predatory whackjobs out there to find one of your players if they fixate on them. For second year 14U and up we'll do names, numbers and grad year on the sleeves. Doesn't make much sense to try and hide them when everyone and their brother can just walk by and grab a profile sheet if they pretend to be a college coach.

 

[FP26]

Numbers only for my team and grad year on the sleeves. Why make it easier for all of the predatory whackjobs out there to find one of your players if they fixate on them. For second year 14U and up we'll do names, numbers and grad year on the sleeves. Doesn't make much sense to try and hide them when everyone and their brother can just walk by and grab a profile sheet if they pretend to be a college coach.

I don't want to derail the thread, but isn't it sad that we have to think this way. I completely understand where you are coming from, but it just shouldn't have to be that way...

 

[quincy]

I disagree yocoach's reasoning but understand thier concerns. With my name they could track down my DD, with DD's name not so much. We were very protective of DD and she had a nickname on jersey, not for security concerns though.

She rejected putting Stone Hands on back of her jersey though I tried.

 

[sluggers]

In my experience teenage girls care more about how the pants fit (maybe boys too but I haven’t been around any teams with teenage boys in a long time..)

My DD says that the girls are constantly begging her for smaller size pants.

 

[Eric F]

My DD says that the girls are constantly begging her for smaller size pants.

My DD being a catcher, she prefers her pants a little larger than a little smaller. The majority of her team HATES white pants.