- Sep 29, 2010
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Hi everyone. Been a while since I posted.
I wanted to run something by everyone in hopes that those who have been down this path can help us out.
My daughter just finished her freshman HS year. She did well against a pitcher in District playoffs whos father is a coach for a Gold team in our area.
I have since been getting emails from the Head Coach about my daughter guesting for this Gold team this summer and how it is a chance for both sides to see if it’s a good fit for next year. My daughter was invited to tryout for this Gold team last fall, but wasn't seriously looked at I believe because she was really too young at the time.
As my daughter continues to improve in her softball abilities and is entering her Sophmore year I have started conversations with her in regards to her softball future.
Through these discussions and knowing my daughter better than anyone, I am getting a good idea of her personal goals for softball.
1) She wants to play softball in College.
2) She doesn't care about the school being Div 1, 2, 3, NAIA, NJCAA or any of that.
3) She has no aspirations of ever being on TV or anything like that. Nor does she really care about national rankings. Its not important to her.
4) She doesn't want to go too far from home to go to school. What "too far" means, is yet to be determined. But lets just say there aren't any power house schools that I know of no matter the division within the range limits from home she is willing to consider.
5) She wants to be an impact player right away. She doesn't want to go to a school where she will be on the roster, but might not play until her Junior or Senior year.
6) As with any 15 year old girl any of the above is subject to change, frequently.
She plays on a very good Class A team that always plays the best competition they can find and frequently plays up from 16U to 18U. They will move up to 18U next season and they do plan to and have already played in a few localized showcases. However, due to having a Gold team within the same organization her team will probably never see the best showcases in the area especially the Gold team is in them. The organization I think has a rule that any show case the Gold team is in, none of the others can be present.
With all that said, does she really need to be on a Gold level softball to get where she wants to be?
This is our first athlete in the family and we're really in the dark here.
Thanks for any help.
I wanted to run something by everyone in hopes that those who have been down this path can help us out.
My daughter just finished her freshman HS year. She did well against a pitcher in District playoffs whos father is a coach for a Gold team in our area.
I have since been getting emails from the Head Coach about my daughter guesting for this Gold team this summer and how it is a chance for both sides to see if it’s a good fit for next year. My daughter was invited to tryout for this Gold team last fall, but wasn't seriously looked at I believe because she was really too young at the time.
As my daughter continues to improve in her softball abilities and is entering her Sophmore year I have started conversations with her in regards to her softball future.
Through these discussions and knowing my daughter better than anyone, I am getting a good idea of her personal goals for softball.
1) She wants to play softball in College.
2) She doesn't care about the school being Div 1, 2, 3, NAIA, NJCAA or any of that.
3) She has no aspirations of ever being on TV or anything like that. Nor does she really care about national rankings. Its not important to her.
4) She doesn't want to go too far from home to go to school. What "too far" means, is yet to be determined. But lets just say there aren't any power house schools that I know of no matter the division within the range limits from home she is willing to consider.
5) She wants to be an impact player right away. She doesn't want to go to a school where she will be on the roster, but might not play until her Junior or Senior year.
6) As with any 15 year old girl any of the above is subject to change, frequently.
She plays on a very good Class A team that always plays the best competition they can find and frequently plays up from 16U to 18U. They will move up to 18U next season and they do plan to and have already played in a few localized showcases. However, due to having a Gold team within the same organization her team will probably never see the best showcases in the area especially the Gold team is in them. The organization I think has a rule that any show case the Gold team is in, none of the others can be present.
With all that said, does she really need to be on a Gold level softball to get where she wants to be?
This is our first athlete in the family and we're really in the dark here.
Thanks for any help.