Mommy ball

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Has anyone ever noticed there is no "mommy ball" phrase? Why is that? Maybe because girls work better as a group, want to fit in and do not exclude others automatically to succeed? Is it testosterone?

While I know there are mothers out there just as passionate, do we have a different and/or better approach?

 

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I'm a mom of a 13 year old player. I'm more into it than dad because I played travel & school ball back in the day. I feel the best way for me to contribute is to work with her one on one. I know what her level of commitment is & how hard she wants to work at it. Not every girl on her team shares that level of passion for the game.

 

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In todays "female dominated" society I'm just glad that I still have the opportunity to coach fastpitch softball. ?LOL ?

 

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My next door neighbors have a great thing going!

The dad coaches his son's baseball team. The mom coaches her daughter's softball team.

I had a chance to see the daughter's team play a few innings last week, as I had just finished umpiring a game on the next field. Guess who was pitching?

Mommy ball lives!

 

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I managed my daughter's team last year and although she is a pitcher....she never pitched in a tournament for that team. She simply wasn't good enough. Some of us can actually see their children's talent for what it is.....at least she's a heck of a shortstop!!

 

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In our personal experience we have played on teams with daddy and mommy coaches...Guess what??? It didnt matter if the coach was male/female their dd's were always pitchers. bretman is right..mommy ball lives...

 

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I know of many, many teams where the coaches' daughters do not pitch. With that being said, there is no doubt a higher percentage of parents who coach who have pitchers as daughters. But instead of assuming that they are all coaching so they can pitch their daughter, has anyone bothered to make the connection yet that it takes a lot of dedication and time (and $) for girls to be successful pitchers, and that the same people willing to do this with their daughters are also willing to take the time and dedication (and $) to be coaches?

There's no doubt that there's mommy and daddy ball out there, but people who jump to conclusions everytime that they have some self-serving interest are really being unfair. Oh by the way, on most of the teams I've seen that have parent coaches with DD's pitching, their DD truly was the best pitcher on the team.

 

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Well said coach . . . .