WE need more female coaches~

[_MIA_]

Think I'll be the 3rd female coach chiming in on this 11 page thread. That may say something?

Women have more important things to do then waste time on the internet?

 

[Fluid Fastpitch]

Women have more important things to do then waste time on the internet?

That's probably it. I'm an outlier yet again......

 

[_MIA_]

That's probably it. I'm an outlier yet again......

Women are also, in general, better at multi-tasking so I am sure you were simultaneously solving the traveling salesman problem, helping your DD with her HW and doing your DH's laundry when you posted that...

 

[BT3100]

If my DD can deal with me she can deal with anybody..

Hehe
Good parenting

 

[ChrisSB]

My 14 year old DD has been talking about how she wants to coach someday. She's has a pretty high softball IQ and is very vocal on the field so I think she'd be pretty good at it. What would you do to facilitate her love for it? See if she can help out with the younger age little league?

 

[radness]

Nope. They were successful with a certain type of player and didn’t know how to get the best out of a player like you.

@RADcatcher by headwinds I mean that some types of coaches have things hold them back that are completely inconsequential. Example: one of the best coaches either dd ever had was a basketball coach that couldnt get enough court time to coach basketball, the sport he loved the most. He learned to coach softball by reading books (probably because there wasn’t an internet yet).

Some people today would say that he can’t be an effective coach because he “never played the game.”

Nice glad i asked for clarification
Completely inconsequential.
( was thinking headwinds might have meant resistance)

 

[Vertigo]

My 14 year old DD has been talking about how she wants to coach someday. She's has a pretty high softball IQ and is very vocal on the field so I think she'd be pretty good at it. What would you do to facilitate her love for it? See if she can help out with the younger age little league?

That’s what my dd has done. She has assisted with youth softball clinics that were run by a local facility, taught individual and group pitching lessons to younger players, and will be teaching slapping to one of her former TB coach’s dd.

 

[uncdrew]

Yeah, we certainly have a hard time in this country breaking the 1960s shackles where women are supposed to be at home with the kids. I sure hope we can make progress on that.

As a dad, I too quickly jumped to volunteer with sports. Before being asked, even. My head simply went to "I have my evenings free, I can do it". Where I know my wife would think "in the evening I have to make dinner, get kids bathed, etc. etc." My wife is an equestrian trainer and trains about 5 kids, so she does go off with them often and I stay home with our other kids. So at least in my family it's a bit more even-steven than in others.

 

[uncdrew]

My 14 year old DD has been talking about how she wants to coach someday. She's has a pretty high softball IQ and is very vocal on the field so I think she'd be pretty good at it. What would you do to facilitate her love for it? See if she can help out with the younger age little league?

She needs to approach random parents and explain how they are parenting incorrectly. The verbal abuse she'll receive will be great training for her future coaching career.