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She actually prefers a male HC because in our experience male coaches push the girls more. Females tend to try and be more friendly and just not as productive especially younger female coaches.With due respect to everyone, this isn't about me. And I had no problem with MadBandit's kid preferring a female coach. I'm just a little taken aback by the "anti male" attitude she seems to have, considering the role that men do have in the fastpitch world. You're right, they aren't on ESPN like the women. But who's head coach of the Olympic team? Ken Eriksen, former US Men's National team player. Who throws batting for the Women's National team? That's right, male pitchers who can do considerably more with the ball than most. This of course helps train the hitters for anything. What is your DD going to do if her best college offer is with a male coach? Choose a DIII school instead of a DI because of the coach's gender?
How can you possibly say the highlighted portion: I just prefer watching watching women play when you've also claimed you've never even seen a men's game? And you don't care about it. Isn't that like a kid saying he doesn't like what's for dinner having never tried it?
MadBandit, it may sound like I'm attacking... I assure you I'm not. Emails, texts and posts can sometimes give off an unintended "tone" that gets misunderstood. I'm truly just trying to understand. It sounds like your thoughts and feelings about men and men's softball have been transferred to your DD. And that's ok, we teach our kids our thoughts on politics, religion, etc. and they grow up believing the same as we do (usually). But I am truly curious of the genesis of your distaste for men in the softball world.
Bill
I like the dynamic of having both male & female coaches to cover all the bases.
I prefer male HC and female assistants. HC takes care of X’s & O’s and AC’s deal with personalities and specific skills.
Not that a female can’t take care of X’s & O’s they most certainly can but just my preference.
Given a choice of watching quality college Fastpitch or MLB I would watch FP every time. Probably due to still trying to learn and pickup nuances of the game I can pass along.
Keep in mind Bill my twin DD’s are 14. They usually don’t give a reason why they like or dislike something. It just is.