We make it a rule to not ever use subs on our team and our not big fans of our girls subbing for others. As a coach, if I've made a commitment to your daughter to help develop her, that means I'm not bringing in others that I didn't commit to. And in return, I would hope our girls don't feel the need to go look for playing time elsewhere. We get so few weekends off, that it's a rarity for the girls to have time to go sub.
Last year I think we had 3 girls go sub elsewhere on off weekends.. 2 of those 3 didn't come back this year. We played about 120 games last season, so it's not like we didn't play enough softball, lol.
And yeah, I get that "that's softball, " but every time I hear that I scratch my head. It's not the norm for baseball. Why do we allow it to be the norm for softball? A few decades ago, when the sport was not as big as it is now, I could see why softball had such relaxed rules, it was necessary sometimes to have enough girls. But now...? I say commit to your girls and girls commit to your teams. Just my two cents, which ain't worth much, lol.
I have edited since my first post...
I would like to address a few items on the above post. I will say that my family was a part of the Teal team last year (our 10U season), and not sure if my daughter was 2 of the 3 that the Laserteal06 highlighted about. I will say that we for the most part enjoyed our time with the team. We weren't "those parents" who were always disgruntled, boisterous, or a rebellious "pot-stirrer." I will admit that I did call out the HC once for not playing the bench players during a 14-4 contest late in the game in the last tourney of the season. During the season, I calmly talked to the coaching staff 3 times, both in an open forum and closed meeting. There are some great people and girls on that team that we will miss dearly. I always respected that the HC would play the best 9 on Sunday, but my daughter would have the opportunity to compete for a spot during pool play.
Fast forward till this post, I do take issue when my "11-year-old" gets
possibly called out and the reason for my post.
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I hope our girls don't feel the need to go look for playing time elsewhere"
Does this statement include those not in the lineup during POOL PLAY? I understand BRACKET, play 9, but what if a girl isn't in the lineup at 10U during POOL PLAY, is it okay then?? I say this, because last year at multiple tournaments, qualifyiers and non-qualifiers, there were times that Teal decided not to bat roster during pool play. So "the starters" received more than triple the amount of at bats during the tournament and a kid who sat during Bracket and a pool play game would of saw, so is it not right to find more live at bats or pitching time somewhere else? Have a backbone and believe in what you are selling on your team, then you don't have to worry about them going somewhere else. I would welcome a person getting more looks, but again, obviously different coaching philosophy.
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We played about 120 games last season, so it's not like we didn't play enough softball"
Is it not true that some of the Teal girls also played REC also? (I might be mistaken on this) So it's okay to play rec to get more reps, but not okay to get tournament ball reps....
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"We make it a rule to not ever use subs on our team and our not big fans of our girls subbing for others"
Teal will be scrimmaging some of the top teams in Ohio on July 22nd in the Akron area and will be short a few players (scrimmaging against Ice,Silver and Ohio Lightning Gold). This is also a great opportunity to let the coaches get a look at the players who may want to try out for next year. Please contact 740XXXXXXX if interested.
Thanks ,
lasers teal 06
---- Someone must of hacked or it's some false news
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"Last year I think we had 3 girls go sub elsewhere on off weekends.. 2 of those 3 didn't come back this year"
If you don't see this as "piling on" or a jab at those who aren't there now, And the real reason for my post, there is something wrong--- some reason why the initial post had to have this quote in there, I don't have the slightest...
Look HC or wifey, you can explain and downplay why or why not my daughter should not have been a Laser, and thats fine, Or maybe you will blame my post on why I'm bitter since you won a championship yesterday . Or why or why not I'm wrong and you are right but why come on here and post some non-sense but since you are talking about others, since you are putting others on blast-
Let's turn the finger around....
Are you a true coach or a manager? Ask yourself, are you breaking down swings, are you critiquing fielding styles --- or is it come to practice and improve because the amount of reps you are getting in, and letting all the hitting/pitching coaches do the hard work. Are you running practices that involve fundamentals or is it come to practice and throwing the ball "around the horn 100 X" for fielding practice. Is there a means to your practice, do you have an individual session, partner session, small group session, and team session, could it possibly be a scripted practice??
Alright manager, tell me why I had to tell you to move the infield in to cut down the winning run at ASA/USA Losers bracket final --- we went two pitches with our infield back with 1 out and winning run on third, then subsequently had to tell you to move the outfield in for the line-drive and thrown home. I can keep going., keep coming on here and blasting 11 year olds for getting more reps in when you decide not to play them during POOL PLAY.....