Here's a way to save some money. Strap your daughter into a chair. Force yourself to spend some time with her. Watch a Major League game. Talk about how the big leaguers field, hit and throw and why they do it that way. Listen to the analysts. Joe Morgan is excellent on ESPN. He explains things for people who might not have a deep baseball background. Discuss the variations that make softball somewhat (but not very much) different. Practice what you see.
Do this on a regular basis and you'll be very surprised at how her I.Q. for the game and her fundamentals will improve. The SINGLE MOST SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE between boys and girls when it comes to learning to play the game is that girls don't sit and watch the game being played properly by others. The second most significant difference is coaching. There are simply too many well-meaning, but under-qualified people in charge of travel teams. They follow their own daughters, in most cases, up through the age brackets. The rest of the team suffers. This is what leads to what we see so often in high school games: girls who don't know how to run the bases; girls who don't know how to take a throw at a base; girls who don't know how to slide; girls who don't know how to catch a popup in the sun; girls who don't know how to bunt; girls who don't even know how to turn their shoulders and shift their feet when they throw; etc., etc, etc., etc., etc., etc.
It's all right there on your TV every night (if you have cable).
