Should I say anything?

[riseball]

Not really the pitchers place to call out her catcher to the coach...

My DD certainly missed that memo!

 

[JJsqueeze]

i have complained about 1 catcher in my pitching DDs life. I have never complained about a pitcher in my catching DDs life...so in my experience pitcher's parents are more apt to blame a catcher than vice versa

 

[Eric F]

I can't believe any halfway competent coach wouldn't have noticed this already. Stinks for your daughter though. Having a good catcher is so important.

I suspect this ^^^ might be the issue.

 

[Crystal Brown]

My daughter has had more not so good catchers than actual good catchers…I remember one girl never caught in her life, knew nothing about blocking nor framing…she didn't even own a catchers glove…what she was athletic and had heart. If the ball got behind her, she would jump up and move…and she was quick. She had run down many girls…My daughter actually liked her because she had heart…skills was something she could work on if she was interested in continuing being a catcher.

 

[WinThemAll]

If your daughter takes pitching lessons, can you invite the catcher to come along? The pitching coach might be willing to coach up the catcher a little.

 

[csuttonthompson]

Not really the pitchers place to call out her catcher to the coach.

Lol- my daughter definitely didn't get that memo-one of her catchers is her best friend and I distinctly heard her ask the girl one time if she fell asleep or someone had glued her a$$ to her knee savers. The girls should expect the best out of each other and if they are a good teammate should be able to say something when they are slacking. That scenario is very different then a parent complaining to a coach imo

 

[djcarter1966]

My DD certainly missed that memo!

and [MENTION=13096]csuttonthompson[/MENTION]

I am 100% OK with pitcher calling out their catcher, I am not OK with whining to the COACH.

Do you want the catcher going to the coach and telling them that your DD, the pitcher, is missing all her spots or not throwing what's called or whatever. Players should police themselves amongst each other to hustle more or get their head in the game don't go tattle to the coach.

 

[CoogansBluff]

As a coach, I would have no problem with a pitcher expressing to me her discomfort with a particular catcher, as long as the purpose of her doing this was to help the team. That is information that a coach needs to know to make the team better. There's a difference between, ''The catcher sucks, she's lazy, it's her fault,'' and, ''I don't have faith in my catcher (which is not a criticism, but a fact), and what can I or we do to address this and make our team better?''

 

[JAD]

Unless the coaching staff is pulling a "Buttermaker" in the dugout, they are keenly aware of the issue. I would not bring it up directly, but if you have "coaches meetings" (adult beverages and cigars at the hotel after dinner) it is a great time to casually discuss things the team can do to improve.

 

[djcarter1966]

Agreed as long as it is 100% constructive. I think getting that pitcher catcher rhythm going is a good thing but no whining.