Mind your own business rec ball coach!

SVOP1621 said:

About Three months ago the local Rec ball coach approached my 12u soon to be 13 year old DD to say the following.

"Why don't you quit travel ball and come play with your friends"

This for sure made my head EXPLODE!

Why?
My DD is with a new travel ball team, that she doesn't know anyone yet. She is soon to be turning 13 and facing many changes and popularity contests. That might sound like a good idea to a girl her age, but I know she is best off where she is. It is obvious to me that this is a coach that is in it for all the wrong reasons.

What do you think, and has this happened to you?

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Mad Hornet said:

Was threatened last fall by the rec director of softball who also coaches the middle school team that if DD continued playing travel ball she might not make the middle school team.

How do you like that? Her exact words were "I'm not saying she won't make the team, but you guys (wife and I) need to think about that?"

Talk about your head exploding. My dd will play 70 quality games this season versus 20 or so with a team with half the players that can't put a glove on the correct hand - but hey she might not be good enough for the middle school team.

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wildfire said:

Heaven forbid a coach tries to recruit a kid that can make the team better. Would it be any different than a small town private college coach saying, "Why go play somewhere far from home when you could play here in front of mom & dad?"



Now this one is just stupid on the ms coach's part.

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Mad Hornet said:

Was threatened last fall by the rec director of softball who also coaches the middle school team that if DD continued playing travel ball she might not make the middle school team.

How do you like that? Her exact words were "I'm not saying she won't make the team, but you guys (wife and I) need to think about that?"

Talk about your head exploding. My dd will play 70 quality games this season versus 20 or so with a team with half the players that can't put a glove on the correct hand - but hey she might not be good enough for the middle school team.

All that aside I am a firm believer that these kids forge strong friendships with their travel teammates. They still see their local friends at school, in the neighborhood or at other functions. This coach was out of line talking directly to your daughter about it however and I would tell him so.

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Mad Hornet said:

Was threatened last fall by the rec director of softball who also coaches the middle school team that if DD continued playing travel ball she might not make the middle school team.

How do you like that? Her exact words were "I'm not saying she won't make the team, but you guys (wife and I) need to think about that?"

Talk about your head exploding. My dd will play 70 quality games this season versus 20 or so with a team with half the players that can't put a glove on the correct hand - but hey she might not be good enough for the middle school team.

All that aside I am a firm believer that these kids forge strong friendships with their travel teammates. They still see their local friends at school, in the neighborhood or at other functions. This coach was out of line talking directly to your daughter about it however and I would tell him so.

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toledoted said:

School ball = rec ball jmho....my dd had to tell a girl how to run the bases yesterday at school ball.:lmao:
I dont see to many collage recruters at school games

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patjohn86 said:

In our town, the travel team is nothing more than a glorified rec team. Tournament ball is where it is at. When my dd played travel and tournament in the same season, the travel coach could not accept that my dd's priorities were with the tournament team. Actually he was quite the baby about it. I am a firm believer that you play up to your competition and if you want to get better, you have to compete against the best. Since we have left "travel" ball and soley play tournament ball, there isn't one girl in the local travel program that could carry my daughters bat bag. Stick with the tournament team. If your rec coach is understanding of your committment to the tourney team, he will gladly accept your dd to better his team and have fun. As far as the MS coach, well, there are an awful lot of college scouts at various tournaments and there probably isn't as much politics on tourney teams either.

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