mike_dyer
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I started to post this in the "reset button thread" but I kind of hope it grows some legs of its own and I didn't want to hijack all of the other posts.
If I could hit the reset button I would put more emphasis on avoiding daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS in all of its various forms at all costs.
For example:
- Personally, I wouldn't have chewed my own kid's *** so much whilst coaching her. Naturally, I used all of the excuses you hear from every daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS coach out there and they seemed to make perfect sense at the time. "I'm harder on her because I know what she's capable of",and other assorted garbage like that. Bottom line, it was daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS and I was 100% responsible for creating it. If you find yourself saying or even thinking crap like that to justify your behavior do everyone around you, especially your kid, a huge favor and take a few big steps back. You will thank me later, and in turn she will thank you later.
- When the score keeper's kid goes 0-4 in a game and then the ole game recap email shows up afterwards and "someone" has 4 quality at bats there's a strong possibility that you've waded into some daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS. I'm not saying that quality at bats aren't a thing, but when the same score keeper never tracks them any other time, well......
- When you're at a tryout and there are 4 kids there better than anyone on the team but your kid is the only 1 who gets offered a spot DO NOT take it. There is no doubt that you're about to step in some daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS.
- When the coach is giving hitting lessons to his 4 hole hitter in front of the dug out right before the game because she is 0 - the last 2 months it's a sure sign of some daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS.
- When there is a part of the game that can be measured -- bat speed, foot speed, pitching speed, overhand throwing speed, etc., etc. -- and not only do multiple parents on your kid's team have every single one of them memorized down to the thousandth of a second but they're are also all insanely good you're probably neck deep in a pile of daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS.
- When the only thing you tell them to remove from the rough cut of your kid's skills video is the voice of another parent who can't keep their mouth shut about what a stud their kid is or at least have the decency to walk away from the camera,,,, well, you know.
Fell free to add to it, ignore it completely, call me an a-hole, whatever.
If I could hit the reset button I would put more emphasis on avoiding daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS in all of its various forms at all costs.
For example:
- Personally, I wouldn't have chewed my own kid's *** so much whilst coaching her. Naturally, I used all of the excuses you hear from every daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS coach out there and they seemed to make perfect sense at the time. "I'm harder on her because I know what she's capable of",and other assorted garbage like that. Bottom line, it was daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS and I was 100% responsible for creating it. If you find yourself saying or even thinking crap like that to justify your behavior do everyone around you, especially your kid, a huge favor and take a few big steps back. You will thank me later, and in turn she will thank you later.
- When the score keeper's kid goes 0-4 in a game and then the ole game recap email shows up afterwards and "someone" has 4 quality at bats there's a strong possibility that you've waded into some daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS. I'm not saying that quality at bats aren't a thing, but when the same score keeper never tracks them any other time, well......
- When you're at a tryout and there are 4 kids there better than anyone on the team but your kid is the only 1 who gets offered a spot DO NOT take it. There is no doubt that you're about to step in some daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS.
- When the coach is giving hitting lessons to his 4 hole hitter in front of the dug out right before the game because she is 0 - the last 2 months it's a sure sign of some daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS.
- When there is a part of the game that can be measured -- bat speed, foot speed, pitching speed, overhand throwing speed, etc., etc. -- and not only do multiple parents on your kid's team have every single one of them memorized down to the thousandth of a second but they're are also all insanely good you're probably neck deep in a pile of daddy ball / 10u rec ball BS.
- When the only thing you tell them to remove from the rough cut of your kid's skills video is the voice of another parent who can't keep their mouth shut about what a stud their kid is or at least have the decency to walk away from the camera,,,, well, you know.
Fell free to add to it, ignore it completely, call me an a-hole, whatever.
