End of summer season thoughts

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I feel blessed, my oldest and Middle DD are 9 years apart. I have a total different perspective this time through. I was always looking forward in my oldest years, while in Jr. High I was looking forward to her playing high school ball, at 14u I was looking forward to 16u ball, 16u ball I was looking forward to her playing college ball. With my middle DD, I'm just looking forward to the next 1 on 1 workout, I've learned to enjoy the now. I've tried to pass that along to my 10u parents. At nationals I requested they attempt to refrain from talking about tryouts and plans for next year and enjoy the now.

 

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Btw between work and softball my only free weekends this summer are the last 2 in August lol

 

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@Uber, "enjoy the now"...exactly. Wish it was as easy to do as it sounds.

 

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This season I will not miss. It is probably our daughter's last year of travel although she was 16U. She spent 5 of our 8 tournaments on the bench due to injuries and the frustration, disappointment, sadness on her face is something I never want to experience again. It was also a very frustrating season team-wise. Girls were great girls, coaches were wonderful, but our record spoke for itself. It was not what we were expecting by any stretch of the imagination. If she doesn't play next year, I'm sure there will be times that I will miss coolers, and pop-up tents, and folding chairs and cooler food and concessions and "mom, can I get a t-shirt?" and smelly cars and my son saying "do I have to go?" and bugs and porta-pots(OK...maybe not porta-pots)and irritating people from the other teams and so on...BUT!! I will be getting her ready for college, will be able to enjoy my son's baseball games without worrying about not being there. I'll get to go on a real vacation for the first time in 6 years. I won't have to worry about whether she's going to get hurt again. It will be different, that's for sure!

I will miss my cooler food...I pack a mean cooler!

 

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After looking back at the season as a whole. Getting all our recruitible age kids to school, and having a great team with fantastic parents that kept us coaches in water food and beer lol. It would be almost impossible to do a repeat of the season and it makes me think its time to hang everything up and just follow the youngin in college.
No more being at the ball park at 6am for a 8 am game. No more cramming 5 days of work into 3 days to get pool games in on Fri. My swimming pool would actually look like a pool, not a place where frogs come to make tadpoles. I could actually find my mower and cut my grass so I could find the rest of the stuff Ive lost in the yard over the last 8 years of travel ball.

All you 16 and below parents........... enjoy the time you have at the fields with your dd,s, before you know it . It will be gone and you will be wondering what the hell you are going to do with your time. Its a bitter sweet time, but for some reason its not as easy to walk away as I thought it was going to be lol.

Tim

You are correct about it not being easy to walk away. So-I chose to coach and I am so happy that I did. I was excited for about two seconds that I would get my weekends back, but then it all hit me at one time-"Get my weekends back for what?" My husband told me that I would just be at the fields watching games anyways. ;&

I will once again be on the fields with my DD, but this time as coaches. Hanging up the cleats is a hard battle that I will never win. Plus, I thought that my family owed Ohio travel ball back for all those great experiences and awesome friendships made. I love my choice more an more every day. Excited to get started again.

 

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Watching my oldest play for Carol (cgs) and the Buckeye Heat family at the Dayton Metro. Seeing her come off the field with a smile from ear to ear.

 

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Going the other way - as I said in another post - will miss it for sure. But putting my kiddo in a situation that will be a better one - loved the last two years though

Coach Murph

 

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Don't waste your Money!!!.. IF for some reason you decide to go, plan on being there for at least 5 days. They stretch it out as much as possible, then play non-stop Friday & Saturday.(As long as you keep winning).
Best place to eat and (drink) Miller's Ale House. Musty drug me there 4 different nights.
Also show up at least 2 hours before game time. 15 mins to find parking spot or wait in traffic, 20-30 mins to unload (Love the DW new wagon) and walk to field. 15 mins. to recoup before warmups start.
Like Musty said bypass opening ceremonies, unless you enjoy sitting around in 100 degree weather for 3 hours just to see your kid walk by for 2 minutes and wave at you.

Frontrow found Miller's Ale House and it was the best, $7.95 for a bucket of beer in the land of bend over for Mickey is outstanding. Food was priced right too and very good. And hearing the girls cry "not Miller's again" was priceless. lol

 

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We're gonna miss Sugar Sugar!

 

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SO.... have any of you folks went thur your DD bat bag yet......let me just tell you!!! There were 14 half drank bottles of water and gatoraid in there, socks that we thought we lost after our first tourney(that smells like....uck!). A mushed candy bar, and more gum wrappers than I could count!

And I hate say it, but I will miss Sugar to!!!!

 

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SO.... have any of you folks went thur your DD bat bag yet......let me just tell you!!! There were 14 half drank bottles of water and gatoraid in there, socks that we thought we lost after our first tourney(that smells like....uck!). A mushed candy bar, and more gum wrappers than I could count!

And I hate say it, but I will miss Sugar to!!!!

A few years back I went through her bat bag and found $35. I asked her how she had that much money in her bat bag, she told me it was change from T-shirts, water/Gatorade and food through the course of the year.

 

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bags are empty, no cooler to fill for the weekend, no map quest, no cases of water and gatoraid, and no tourney this weekend, what is a dad to do, the dreaded "honey do" list I miss it already

 

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bags are empty, no cooler to fill for the weekend, no map quest, no cases of water and gatoraid, and no tourney this weekend, what is a dad to do, the dreaded "honey do" list I miss it already

You are bumming me out! Stop it!

 

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Let me just say this year was unforgetable, we missed our game time at compuware by 2 hours because coach didn't look at the board with game times posted. In the 6 years my daughter has been playing I have never seen a coach make a player stand outside the dugout in 90 degree sun during the game (this was our starting pitcher also). I am also not a fan of swearing at the girls as this coach did for an entire game (then blamed the girls for losing and having no heart during the game). I could go on and on but I would come off as a angry parent and that is not what I am. My daughter and several other's on this team have decided to walk away from softball. After this year I dont blame them. Anyhow that is how our year went with the 15u team

 

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Let me just say this year was unforgetable, we missed our game time at compuware by 2 hours because coach didn't look at the board with game times posted. In the 6 years my daughter has been playing I have never seen a coach make a player stand outside the dugout in 90 degree sun during the game (this was our starting pitcher also). I am also not a fan of swearing at the girls as this coach did for an entire game (then blamed the girls for losing and having no heart during the game). I could go on and on but I would come off as a angry parent and that is not what I am. My daughter and several other's on this team have decided to walk away from softball. After this year I dont blame them. Anyhow that is how our year went with the 15u team.

Where was the parents of the pitcher that had to stand in the sun for an entire game?

 

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Wow the team's name even???

I agree with Must-where were the parents? Parents need to take some responsibility. If a coach was cussing at my DD-I would need to step in right away. There comes a time that you have to think that maybe two wrongs don't make a right.

I'm sorry but while the coach (in this post) was completely wrong-so were the parents. there comes a time when the parents need to take the blame. There are many more teams if your DD is good enough. This team's coach should get on here and complain about the parents allowing the coach to do this stuff. Just a thought.

One more point-while I would never act like that coach (cussing would never be allowed), I would also expect a parent to tell me if their DD maybe upset about something else. Girls all have different personalities and it may take awhile for a coach to learn them all. Some girls react in different ways. The parent needs to be open with the coach so that they are aware of what is going on. Sorry went way off topic.

 

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Let me just say this year was unforgetable, we missed our game time at compuware by 2 hours because coach didn't look at the board with game times posted. In the 6 years my daughter has been playing I have never seen a coach make a player stand outside the dugout in 90 degree sun during the game (this was our starting pitcher also). I am also not a fan of swearing at the girls as this coach did for an entire game (then blamed the girls for losing and having no heart during the game). I could go on and on but I would come off as a angry parent and that is not what I am. My daughter and several other's on this team have decided to walk away from softball. After this year I dont blame them. Anyhow that is how our year went with the 15u madness white team.

That's too bad, I hate to see any girls quit....especially because of a bad experience with a coach.

 

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Wow the team's name even???

When that happens this thread may be taking the off ramp to Closureville.

 

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When that happens this thread may be taking the off ramp to Closureville.

yep...pretty soon. Which is what should happen. Two sides to every story. I don't like seeing someone's name (org or person) getting bashed. Even if they may deserve it. We will never know if they do or not.

I don't even know this team, but when I hear bashing I always wonder if the the other person is even a member on her to defend themself???

 

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yep...pretty soon. Which is what should happen. Two sides to every story. I don't like seeing someone's name (org or person) getting bashed. Even if they may deserve it. We will never know if they do or not.

I don't even know this team, but when I hear bashing I always wonder if the the other person is even a member on her to defend themself???

I disagree in this case. The team should be named for 2 reasons. One so they can give their side and two so unsuspecting families can avoid a possible bad situation. I wouldn't name names if it involved a girl or girls specifically but this is about a coach. Wouldn't a public bulletin board be just the place to spread the word, help others avoid being a victim? If I was a coach I would want the forum to publicly explain.

I don't think the issue is swearing or the mistake causing a missed game. Just those shouldn't be put on a forum, that should stay between the coach and the players. Requiring a child to stand an entire game is wrong, requiring a child to stay in the sun an entire game is wrong and dangerous. Both together is abuse. Others need to know if that happened and be warned if it did. JMHO