Travel vs. School vs. Private Coaching Conflicts

[Cannonball]

the sanest way to make it thru the season is to adjust now that most of what happens you will not agree with, accept it now. get good lawn chair, sit out away from field (solo), and cheer for entire team. Resign yourself to the fact that neither DD or you parents have any control or input in the way HS coach does anything. from the lack of rotating players, players in 'wrong' positions, defensive alignments, batting philosopy, selective enforcement of rules, etc, etc,

Silently pray for the return of travel ball as soon as possible.

Best of luck.

Or take your daughter off of the team. You can practice them as you want and not let that hideous ignorant HS coach ruin your child.

 

[Towny9]

Heard yesterday that a local HS coach who was hired because he had over 12 years of experience as a travel ball coach is having his team do wrist flicks as part of throwing warms-up.

It is all about where you live. My daughter’s middle school team would run the table on a vast majority of travel ball teams.

 

[Rolling Hard]

It is all about where you live. My daughter’s middle school team would run the table on a vast majority of travel ball teams.

Sounds like a challenge!

 

[kibadbo]

I love this topic because it is always filled with drama. I know a guy who is talking with the athletic director of his school district to have the coach replaced. The season starts Monday.

He's got a point, the coach has almost zero softball experience. He's been flying his DD around the country to expensive college camps and would rather not have some noob coach her for 3 months.

But what the hell, my thought is either let the girls have fun and play some crappy softball or just let her take a break for a few months. HS softball is relatively unimportant for any recruiting purposes.

 

[Towny9]

Sounds like a challenge!

Haha. Not a challenge. Admittedly just get a little defensive when high school softball is casted like it is all bad or bad everywhere.

 

[GunnerShotgun]

I love this topic because it is always filled with drama. I know a guy who is talking with the athletic director of his school district to have the coach replaced. The season starts Monday.

He's got a point, the coach has almost zero softball experience. He's been flying his DD around the country to expensive college camps and would rather not have some noob coach her for 3 months.

But what the hell, my thought is either let the girls have fun and play some crappy softball or just let her take a break for a few months. HS softball is relatively unimportant for any recruiting purposes.

Hopefully the AD tells that parent to kick rocks.

 

[Cougars]

Haha. Not a challenge. Admittedly just get a little defensive when high school softball is casted like it is all bad or bad everywhere.

I really think most of that comes from a lack of control.

Your daughter joins XYZ travel team, and even if it's a complete disaster, it's at most, one season and you can move on to another team.

In high school, if it's a bad "fit", you are looking at 4 years of dealing with it. It's not always bad coaching or teammates either. Could be as simple as depth chart issues. Player happens to be in a class with a few decent pitchers, could be 4 years without many innings. In travel, a decent #2 or 3 pitcher on one team can always find another team to be their #1 or 2.

 

[Lance Steckler]

I really think most of that comes from a lack of control.

Your daughter joins XYZ travel team, and even if it's a complete disaster, it's at most, one season and you can move on to another team.

In high school, if it's a bad "fit", you are looking at 4 years of dealing with it. It's not always bad coaching or teammates either. Could be as simple as depth chart issues. Player happens to be in a class with a few decent pitchers, could be 4 years without many innings. In travel, a decent #2 or 3 pitcher on one team can always find another team to be their #1 or 2.

you are right. zero control over a plethora of factors and that's why parents have issues. you throw in a potential variety of not field related issues (politics), favoritism, 'good ol' boy network', ad nauseum.

Not saying all HS programs or coaches are bad. but i have witnessed more than just a couple over the years.

 

[Towny9]

I really think most of that comes from a lack of control.

Your daughter joins XYZ travel team, and even if it's a complete disaster, it's at most, one season and you can move on to another team.

In high school, if it's a bad "fit", you are looking at 4 years of dealing with it. It's not always bad coaching or teammates either. Could be as simple as depth chart issues. Player happens to be in a class with a few decent pitchers, could be 4 years without many innings. In travel, a decent #2 or 3 pitcher on one team can always find another team to be their #1 or 2.

So it’s like real life? Haha.

 

[Orange Socks]

Janae Jefferson played for a crappy Non Softball High School Program. Somehow she became an All American at UT.