- Jul 29, 2016
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Let me preface with this. My daughter is a very good student. She is a 2022 grad, and is being recruited by a few D3s. She has her heart set on a mid-major D1. One of the coaches there is watching her. He asks about her to a friend he has already offered. He follows my daughter's Twitter feed, and frequently "likes" her softball posts. That's about all he can do until 9/1.
Daughter is a catcher, and she loves it. Her secondary position is 1B. She's a lefty. Back in Fall, her pop time was around 1.8, and she routinely caught runners stealing. Her travel team hasn't played very much, so she's a little deconditioned. Yesterday, her pop-time was measured at 2.06, so there's been a little regression.
Her current team is a part of a very good organization. Due to team dynamics and some plain old bad luck (an untimely injury), my daughter's time on the field has been falling off. Last week, they played five games, and she caught 3 innings with 3 plate appearances. Daughter just wants to play, and she wants to play for a "good team."
So, even though our season isn't over, we're trying out. She has a very good out of state organization that has offered her a spot as their primary catcher. Good opportunity, but logistics of playing and practicing would be tough. She also tried out for a local "big name" team, and looked rusty behind the plate. She looked very good with the bat (unusual, because she's hardly swung the bat in a real game over the last four months). The coach, who is very direct, basically said he would like her to come to the team, but she'll play first and have very little time behind the plate.
She's thinking about it. She would still catch 90% of her school ball innings (which starts in a month).
So what do you think? Is it going to hurt her recruiting chances switching from catcher? This is a great team that will get her noticed by lots of college coaches. I've asked her to email the D3 coaches she's talking to and ask them out-right. What do you all think?
Daughter is a catcher, and she loves it. Her secondary position is 1B. She's a lefty. Back in Fall, her pop time was around 1.8, and she routinely caught runners stealing. Her travel team hasn't played very much, so she's a little deconditioned. Yesterday, her pop-time was measured at 2.06, so there's been a little regression.
Her current team is a part of a very good organization. Due to team dynamics and some plain old bad luck (an untimely injury), my daughter's time on the field has been falling off. Last week, they played five games, and she caught 3 innings with 3 plate appearances. Daughter just wants to play, and she wants to play for a "good team."
So, even though our season isn't over, we're trying out. She has a very good out of state organization that has offered her a spot as their primary catcher. Good opportunity, but logistics of playing and practicing would be tough. She also tried out for a local "big name" team, and looked rusty behind the plate. She looked very good with the bat (unusual, because she's hardly swung the bat in a real game over the last four months). The coach, who is very direct, basically said he would like her to come to the team, but she'll play first and have very little time behind the plate.
She's thinking about it. She would still catch 90% of her school ball innings (which starts in a month).
So what do you think? Is it going to hurt her recruiting chances switching from catcher? This is a great team that will get her noticed by lots of college coaches. I've asked her to email the D3 coaches she's talking to and ask them out-right. What do you all think?