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On a lighter note... What the heck is a birdmoken?? :-?

;D ;D ;D ;D

 

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Take it from a Kat to find humor in a Bird. (or was it dinner?)

 

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Take it from a Kat to find humor in a Bird. (or was it dinner?)

LOL---Both!!!

 

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I'm gonna eat yer baby!!

 

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I'm gonna eat yer baby!!

Was that a complete hijack?? :-? Sorry!! :-/

 

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Girls have to feel good to play good. Is rec for fun w/her friends and travel to play better teams?? Also, something to ponder, the game is one of failure. 7 out of 10 at bats is a out and the other 3 are hits and check out cooperstown to see who is in there that meet those stats..Hang in there, having vcoached girls in 3 sports, including 2dd's cutting back might be a good idea until she makes up her mind. As a parent step back and relax, enjoy the time you have with her. Don't force yourself on her, allow her to make the choices she wants to then hold her to them or she will end up hating the sport and your relationship will suffer for a GAME.. Best of luck

 

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Last night her and I talked and talked and talked some more. She doesn't want to give up rec. Reason:She will never get better. She doesn't want to give up travel. Reason: she loves it. We talked about having a couple catching lessons to refresh the motions of it all. She said it will do her no good because when she gets outside she will suck. I need to find a way to rebuild her confidence in herself. I like the idea that we stick with rec to build her back up but the problem with that is that she will keep thinking that she isn't good enough for travel so she had to give it up. By the time she started to let her self come out of her head the season would be over. Back to square one. See it is a lose/lose situation. She just gave up on herself. We will get through this but hopefully sooner than later.

oh, I have tried to explain to her about everyone else making errors and others striking out. At all levels. Doesn't seem to really sink in.

Her teammates are very supportive of each other, especially when one is down (last year she didn't have that).

 

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The one thing I am getting from your posts is your frustration in not being able to restore her confidence in herself. As parents, one of the hardest things we have to learn is that we can't fix everything. Maybe [i]you [i]can't[/i][/i] restore her confidence. This is something she needs to do learn to do for herself. It sounds like you are trying to give her options and help her through this, but she is giving you excuses at every turn. I like the suggestion posted previously that maybe you need to tell her she is going to have to adjust her attitude if she wants to continue this, and then let her live with her decision. She can choose to have a more positive attitude and to work through her problems on the field. Let her decide whether or not she wants to do that, and then follow through with consequences. Girls this age are very hard on themselves. If you notice this is a recurring problem, maybe talking to someone(professional) is in order. Good luck.

 

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The trick is never getting to high and never getting to low. It is what it is, a slump nothing more. I see this out of the NWO high school board the parents live and die with every win or loss. Take a step back and allow the natural progression to take course. It only takes one good game to start feeling good about yourself again.

Good luck!

 

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Every player professional and otherwise makes mistakes it doesn't mean they s**^*#. Find examples of professionals and how they are not perfect and demostrate that mistakes occur in every game at every level. A player trully only has control over their effort and attitude.
Self confidence has to come from the person and cannot be given by someone else. Do not know if this will help or not but it is my 2 cents.