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BRAVO , Honor:yahoo: and glory finally a post were someone actually wants there DD to have some fun with the High School season instead of trying to hurry it along to get to the ,wait a minute , one more second, OHHH YAA the prized winning travel ball season were all the rich and'' EARNED ARROGANCE'' people can gather together to talk about how there DD is going to play d1 softball , plus the other parents who are trying to act rich ,And i seem to have forgotten:lmao: all the great travel ball coaches who are so worried that there players are going to pick up bad habits, it seems like all the d1 schools would be playing for a NCAA Championship if all these great travel ball coaches would coach some college ball in Ohio , just saying . Good luck to every High School softball player may you stay injury free and may you'r season be a great memory.:cap:
Really? First off, I'm thrilled for Honor&Glory's dd. She worked her tail off to get where she is. So I hope she throws out a girl, blasts a HR, etc and have that fist pump that she's back. I would love to be a fly on the wall to watch his reaction to this as well.
So what is wrong with travel coaches being concerned that girls lose some of their edge, pick up a bad habit, etc? They put in countless hours teaching a game they love even if they are daddy ball coaches (which some of us bash). Maybe travel ball worked their tails off to get a college coach to see the girls play the second weekend tournament. They say first impressions are the most important. So if the player makes the travel ball look bad, do you think that college coach is going to listen to that travel coach? A bad habit takes at least six weeks to break. A perfect swing takes 10,000 hours to develop. But a good habit can be broken in no time. You take a piece of white chalk and rub it against a piece of black chalk, which looks more blemished? Better yet, how many coats of white paint do you need to completely make a dark wall completely white and compare that to how many coats of dark paint to cover a white wall?
How many high school coaches say the same thing about travel coaches? I?m sure there are some who care who those girls play with; especially the ones who compete for that almighty state championship constantly (had to throw that in there). I just recently talk to a girls' basketball coach who expressed concerns about what I just said.
Next, how many of those travel girls are only doing this because they want to win a state championship? They're not about fun, but work. I'm fairly sure they're all over the girls who only want to have fun. At the same time, I'm sure those girls are telling those travel ball players to chill out. Or maybe they don't want to play high school what-so-ever but have to do this because they don't want to explain to a college coach why they didn't want to play ball.
As for thiose who are "rich" or act like their rich, MAYBE they're doing it because their daughter loves the sport and are doing whatever it takes for them to do the sport they love; so they'll willing to extend a little beyond their means. Maybe they're doing everything they can to help their dd's achieve their dream, regardless how unrealistic it is.
You're last sentence, class act. I'm serious. My oldest DD had a heart problem her 7th grade year that stopped her from running track the rest of the 7th grade year and all of 8th grade. Her freshman year injury free from softball. Sophomore year, had her knees (yes both) taken out while sliding into 2nd. A player covering all of second and no way of getting around her unless she went Cobb on her. Winter her junior year at a winter league got nailed with a concussion, sliding into 3rd and the catcher made a perfect throw height wise but slightly offline. Then last season as a junior lost her starting position to a girl who wanted it more and my DD was only doing this for fun. Needless to say, the second half of the season wasn't fun. But she is able to look at key moments and was able to smile like winning their first ever playoff game.
I'm just saying is this, travel coaches have as much right being concerned about girls playing high school and coming back with issues as those girls who just want to have fun playing ball. You have two worlds clashing into one world which can create issues. Those issues aren't fun. But just so you know, my oldest DD is playing her last year to have fun. She's the only player this year who isn't a travel player or local travel player. She could easily play mid-major DI as she can run home-to-first in under 3.0. If she works at it, she can be a triple threat. She chooses not to and I respect her for that. But my younger DD is the exact opposite and I'm the parent you just described and I explained. So I have the best of both worlds. So before you blast someone, look from another point of view without being PC. Maybe, you're being sarcastic and threw a hook with some bait looking to catch the big fish; well you got it. Not only did I swallow that hook, but the sinker as well.
