Not a parent. I am mentor to one of the pitchers, she did not pitch in this game, coach splits pitching assignments evenly, and as my student leads the team in innings pitched (barely), I've few grievences.Team fell apart. Wouldn't be surprised if the op daughter is a pitcher on the team one of the six.
Fortunately, the rains came, literally.
How come we don't take a batter who is being pinch hit for out to the circle and explain to her why she is being pinch hit for?I would be more insulted if the coach didn’t come out to the mound/circle to get me. I would feel like I was being shown up.
Yes much of what we see on the softball fields is a result of what we see in MLB. Arguing with umps is number 1 on the list. Why MLB allows their managers to act like 6 year old children when arguing with umpires while the NFL and NBA don't has always been baffling to me. You will never see a NFL coach go out on the field, stopping play for 5 minutes to argue a call, acting like a lunatic ranting and raving and kicking grass and dirt all over the referee's shoes. And so it rolls down to the lowest levels of softball where you see coaches acting just like the MLB managers act. While with the other amateur sports, you rarely see basketball or football coaches acting like a MLB manager does in regards to arguing with umpires/refs. Instead they emulate the head coaches in their respective sports.This whole "pitcher relief" ceremony comes from MLB. The MLB does it because, back in the old days, the coach had to go to the middle of the field to signal the bullpen to send in a pitcher.
My dd once played for a coach they would pull girls after 1 or 2 hits, a walk, but not his own DD she could walk the bases loaded even walk runs in that lost the game.I never made a big deal out of taking a kid out. I would rarely go out to the mound. I would just say from the bench, "Jody, go pitch. Suzie, go to 1B," and that would be it. And, I would take pitchers out quite a bit.
As a result, my pitchers didn't have psychological trauma from being taken out.
What I looked for:
1. When a pitcher gets a look of scared or frustrated.
2. Just before the game gets "out of hand".
3. After the second walk.
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I rarely pulled kids for getting hit. I had a strict "2 walk rule" I used for everyone, including my DDs.My dd once played for a coach they would pull girls after 1 or 2 hits, a walk, but not his own DD she could walk the bases loaded even walk runs in that lost the game.
He ruined several girls confidence including my DD, so glad we got her off that team.