We've got our first tourney this weekend -- got very lucky in March for Colorado -- but my daughter had academic problems this week that had us questioning whether she should be allowed to play. She's one of two pitchers, so that would make things hard on her team if I didn't let her go at all. She got her grades up enough where we feel okay about it, but it got me wondering what guidelines other parents follow when balancing being a good kid/student and responsibilities to the team. in HS, it's easy -- if you're failing classes you can't play. But with club ball it's all more fluid, so I just though I'd toss it out and see what people thought.
On the good side, missing a practice this week because of it, and just the threat of not playing got her in gear, but if she hadn't been able to fix things it would have put us in a really difficult spot. So how do you handle it when the kid is being a kid, and how do you balance it with the team?
On the good side, missing a practice this week because of it, and just the threat of not playing got her in gear, but if she hadn't been able to fix things it would have put us in a really difficult spot. So how do you handle it when the kid is being a kid, and how do you balance it with the team?