Hey, y'all! Softball season has begun again here in North Mississippi. I have a problem, parentally I guess. This is my dds 3rd season playing (12 now). She absolutely adores it and is working with a pitching and batting coach. I bought her two bats last week from Ebay - both brand spanking new. One is 34/23 and is a Demarini Ultimate Fastpitch. I figured I'd see what I could find on Ebay before going out and dropping the major bucks in a sporting goods store. Regardless, she whipped out the Demarini at practice Thursday night. Our coaches have the girls hitting off of a pitching machine (NO, doesn't practice the pitchers during practice). My dd swung the bat like a man - knocking the balls to the outfield every time they came across the plate. After she was finished, she put her bat against the fence. Another player walzed up and grabbed it (she is about 4" shorter than my dd) and declared she was going to use the bat. My dd told her she didn't think so. One of the coaches looked at me and asked what the problem was with allowing the child to use my dds bat. I explained to him when I could afford to supply all of the girls with their own equipment, I would but until then, my daughter's bats are to be used by her only. We have several girls on the team who do not have their own bats and they are constantly wanting to use whatever my dd has in her arsonal. It aggravates me because they aren't willing to go out and purchase their children bats. My dd also plays for the varsity team at our school, so we need to get as much use out of the bats as we possibly can. She'll be playing again in the fall with the school. Could someone please give me an answer I can give without being "ugly" about the whole bat situation? I know it is going to come up again. Quite frankly, the girl who picked up the bat in the first place probably couldn't get it around to even hit the ball. I was quite surprised that my dd hit as well as she did - first time using the bat. I just get so frustrated, as a parent, when we have money invested in equipment for her (batting gloves, helmet, bats, etc.) and these other children just seem to think they are all there for the taking - ALL OF IT! I made my dd go to 2nd base during practice to get her helmet off of a child who pulled it out of her bag to use! Same with her batting gloves (different girl put on her gloves) - just unreal! She is very meticulous about putting all of her equipment in her bag in between innings, so they are going thru her stuff to get out her equipment.
HELP me before I go ballistic on these folks!!
HELP me before I go ballistic on these folks!!