This came up because it appeared when rosters were being put together for fall and a best friend family chose another kid over ours and the kids are somewhat comparable although the other kid is a year older and admittedly stronger, faster, better overall player at this point.
But, the thing is is the stuff I hear over the last couple of years.
Coach of her Spring team a year+ ago. Your daughter can't become a pitcher she's too small, doesn't throw hard enough, blah, blah, blah. (she's 10 at this time, yes 10). She didn't hit very well either on that team, I think the coach didn't help her much and she regressed in that part of her game. She always has been a pretty good fielder.
Full regimen of pitching clinics, other clinics, worked on her hitting a lot last winter taking her down to the University of Minnesota for a hitting clinic five Sunday mornings.
She hit well this Spring. She hit safely at our regional Nationals or whatever you want to call them more than any other player on the team (only one 10U team this Spring was fielded). She also pitched well but admittedly has always played second banana to another girl that is just much faster and better than she is. But, she was a better number two pitcher than that girl had the last year IMO.
And what does this years Spring coach say. She probably won't be a pitcher.
Now the story from other folks is she isn't committed to the game. She's there for friends. She doesn't want to be a softball player. And that's what this other dad tells me when he's picking the other player.
What? No one worked harder than my kid over the winter.
Where I think this comes from is my kid is the quiet kid who only screams with glee if she's playing with the other girls. On the softball field she's just quiet and does her job. She's also not flashy. She's not really that quick so she's not the fastest girl. She's a good fielder but not the best. She's a good singles hitter but doesn't hit the big bomb.
An objective analysis of the players from last Spring to this pas Spring says that she made the biggest jump in her stats.
But, evidently according to past coaches, and some other parents she's not good enough or committed enough.
I don't get it. It's frustrating to watch how other players are advocated for by other parents and coaches while your kid is just whitewashed.
Anyway I was wondering what other parents have done when they have a kid that's been good enough to make the top team every year in tryouts but just hasn't found a way to stand out.
But, the thing is is the stuff I hear over the last couple of years.
Coach of her Spring team a year+ ago. Your daughter can't become a pitcher she's too small, doesn't throw hard enough, blah, blah, blah. (she's 10 at this time, yes 10). She didn't hit very well either on that team, I think the coach didn't help her much and she regressed in that part of her game. She always has been a pretty good fielder.
Full regimen of pitching clinics, other clinics, worked on her hitting a lot last winter taking her down to the University of Minnesota for a hitting clinic five Sunday mornings.
She hit well this Spring. She hit safely at our regional Nationals or whatever you want to call them more than any other player on the team (only one 10U team this Spring was fielded). She also pitched well but admittedly has always played second banana to another girl that is just much faster and better than she is. But, she was a better number two pitcher than that girl had the last year IMO.
And what does this years Spring coach say. She probably won't be a pitcher.
Now the story from other folks is she isn't committed to the game. She's there for friends. She doesn't want to be a softball player. And that's what this other dad tells me when he's picking the other player.
What? No one worked harder than my kid over the winter.
Where I think this comes from is my kid is the quiet kid who only screams with glee if she's playing with the other girls. On the softball field she's just quiet and does her job. She's also not flashy. She's not really that quick so she's not the fastest girl. She's a good fielder but not the best. She's a good singles hitter but doesn't hit the big bomb.
An objective analysis of the players from last Spring to this pas Spring says that she made the biggest jump in her stats.
But, evidently according to past coaches, and some other parents she's not good enough or committed enough.
I don't get it. It's frustrating to watch how other players are advocated for by other parents and coaches while your kid is just whitewashed.
Anyway I was wondering what other parents have done when they have a kid that's been good enough to make the top team every year in tryouts but just hasn't found a way to stand out.
