How do you know what they're looking for?

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bad thing is, truthfully, most of the teams already know who they want...not to bust a bubble or anything

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really every team is hoping that #1 stud pitcher shows up, unless the head coach and his #1 assistant both have daughters who are pitchers.

 

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Some know who they want but there is always the possibility of a really good unknown player showing up who could really help out the team. Why not give EVERYONE the opportunity to give it a try?? Just like this is the time of the year for frustrated unhappy parents, it is also the time of the year for tears and broken hearts from not making the teams you had your hearts set on. It isn't fun for the coaches to hurt feelings but if we aren't honest and take any girl who cries or really wanted it, there would be even more frustrated parents posts this time of year.

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Some know who they want but there is always the possibility of a really good unknown player showing up who could really help out the team. Why not give EVERYONE the opportunity to give it a try?? Just like this is the time of the year for frustrated unhappy parents, it is also the time of the year for tears and broken hearts from not making the teams you had your hearts set on. It isn't fun for the coaches to hurt feelings but if we aren't honest and take any girl who cries or really wanted it, there would be even more frustrated parents posts this time of year.

Hi Klump, What do you do with your next summers team after you pick them in 3 weeks? What do other teams do? What do you do if a "stud" pitcher shows up in the middle of May, 2011? TIA

 

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Hi Klump, What do you do with your next summers team after you pick them in 3 weeks? What do other teams do? What do you do if a "stud" pitcher shows up in the middle of May, 2011? TIA

You ask them to show up for tryouts in the fall if you already have the players you need. I had a number of players (including pitchers) contact me throughout this year, but I wasn't going to go back on my word and add another player. I committed to the ones I had, and you stay by that commitment. Could we have added another stud? Maybe. But I can promise you that I would have lost any credibility I had with my team, and that is not something I would do. If you are willing to risk going into the season short-handed, then maybe you hold off on that 11th player to see what turns up. But I'd rather have my team in place if possible. Maybe you overestimated the ability of some players, and they didn't turn out to have the drive you envisioned. You try to instill as much as you can in them during the time you have them, and then make changes at tryout time.

 

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You ask them to show up for tryouts in the fall if you already have the players you need. I had a number of players (including pitchers) contact me throughout this year, but I wasn't going to go back on my word and add another player. I committed to the ones I had, and you stay by that commitment. Could we have added another stud? Maybe. But I can promise you that I would have lost any credibility I had with my team, and that is not something I would do. If you are willing to risk going into the season short-handed, then maybe you hold off on that 11th player to see what turns up. But I'd rather have my team in place if possible. Maybe you overestimated the ability of some players, and they didn't turn out to have the drive you envisioned. You try to instill as much as you can in them during the time you have them, and then make changes at tryout time.

I agree 100%. This is called commitment and coaching. Teach, instruct, and grow them all year!. Good job!

I also don't post what our team needs till the season is over.

 

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luv:

Would like to think that we would never say all positions were open when they were not. Hope things are going really well in North Carolina. What's up with the oldest?

 

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Hi Klump, What do you do with your next summers team after you pick them in 3 weeks? What do other teams do? What do you do if a "stud" pitcher shows up in the middle of May, 2011? TIA

My team is usually pretty complete after try-outs. It has to be, we play fall ball. If I didn't find a position I needed, I will hold out until I find one. Unless I have injuries (which I had quite a few this year), I don't add to my roster in the middle of the year...stud pitcher or not.

 

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The really big question is if the number 1 pitcher is the head coaches daughter and the number 2 pitcher is the assisant coaches daughter. Your DD could be Jenny Finch on Steroids and still ride the pine.

Amen!

 

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"Originally Posted by jbennett53 View Post
The really big question is if the number 1 pitcher is the head coaches daughter and the number 2 pitcher is the assistant coaches daughter. Your DD could be Jenny Finch on Steroids and still ride the pine."


that's where Tonya Harding comes into play.... she tried to take out a knee cap and couldn't even do that right... Nancy still skated...

Daddy Ball is a curse upon those that aren't the coaches kid

 

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After two years out here in Washington of seeing how the Washington and Oregon teams do it, I still much prefer the integrity that most Ohio teams show. One team out here disbanded its 18 Gold team two weeks ago and sent the 16-U eligible players on that team to its 16-U team. Then they allegedly released some of the girls on that 16-U team to make room for the girls moving down. This type of thing is not uncommon out here.

At tryouts, there are no guarantees about roster size or anything else. Most of the teams here will be picking up two players for ASA Nationals at all age levels and nobody really complains because that's just the way it's done. So when you play one of these teams, understand it's the original team plus one or two studs, often at pitcher. Roster sizes are usually 14 to 17, player fees are extremely high and travel is extensive. As a result, the tough love and the competition provide a mentality among players and families that results in better softball at the high end of the scale, but it comes at the price of integrity and, often, honesty. I simply couldn't run a team or organization the way that some of the people out here do it and sleep at night. Not all of the top teams and organizations out here do things this way, it's maybe half, but that's enough to make it seem like about all of them.

Getting back to the point of the thread, at 16-U on up, if you are trying to build a top team or add to an already good team, it's not typically coming at tryouts. It's done over the phone. If you are a good player trying to get on a really good 16-U or 18-U team, call the coach. If he/she hasn't heard of you it's going to be tough, so ask for a personal tryout, sooner rather than later.

 

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Marion Diamonds 14u (96) We need a pitcher and a catcher, but we told all are players that tryouts are open, if someone beter comes to tryouts we will offer them a spot.
We have great speed at the top and good power in the middle of are lineup. For more info go to mariondiamonds.com