School Ball or No?

[mike_dyer]

on a positive note.... the less reps she gets hitting fielding and listening to a coach that has nothing to offer.... less is better in this situation. (?) What if she got tons of reps doing things the wrong way or HIS way etc.... that would be even worse. maybe there is a positive end to it somehow. less is better! Maybe you will get run ruled in every game making a lot less reps. Sounds like the least amount of time he spends with any student athlete the better! There is something positive in everything.

You know man, I've had this exact conversation with a few of the other parents. I've said the exact same things you just said.

 

[poden-smoden]

Buddy,,,, read any of my other posts.

We work. All the time.

She has her fielding footwork mapped out with blue tape on her bedroom floor, it's how she walks into and out of her room. Even when she isn't working she is.

I am not at every practice, I am at plenty of them though. I wasn't at yesterday's, but what she tells me happened was not much different than what I have seen for 2 seasons with my own eyes.

It was inside, I haven't actually laid eyes on one of those.

This is how an outside practice goes , every single time:

They do some football team warm up that doesn't really make a lot of sense, but whatever. I've got no problems with it, I just don't know why, of all things, it's that.

Then they go to the spot on the field where they play and he either pitches to each batter or has a pitcher toss flat fatties over the white to each of them. They get a hit or they don't. They run bases or get back in line and they do that until they get their 3 or 4 at bats. And that's practice. You field what ever is hit to you on D, you get thrown out on base or you score. There's not much, if any, instruction or feedback.

Didn't know that why I asked! I don't usually scroll through anyone's post prior to commenting to get any history. I don't think that far in advance. So basically practice is doing nothing for her. Since she works on her own and once the weather breaks, she will have mostly games and can go kill it on the field. I hope she can find some sort of happiness in the season even if it is just having fun with some friends win or loose!

 

[Hilliarddad3]

Only red flag for me was the coach asked her to do something and she said no....... He asks you to move over to other side of the plate, you do it period, whether she, you, or mom like it or not. He's the coach of that team right or wrong and should have that respect. As long as he doesn't ask them to do something that will endanger them during a practice, they are his to do whatever with. If she doesn't like that she can sit and watch the ones who do....

What is she going to do to other travel or college coaches should she make it that far.....?

 

[mike_dyer]

What is she going to do to other travel or college coaches should she make it that far.....?

Her telling him no was 100% her.

Now, name for me the college coach who is going to tell her "Hey, you're probably the best hitter on my team. I think you need to **** can what it took you 8+ years to learn how to do and learn 8 years worth of hitting mechanics in the next 9 days. That'd be great."

She would probably have no problem batting left handed for him, if say after that last out of their last game last season he said something like "Be at the field tomorrow after school" and they started working on it then. I explained how much "extra" stuff he likes doing upstream though.

Hey, here's an idea. Take one of those kids with decent wheels but about a .125 average and put her on the left side.

 

[Hilliarddad3]

I'll mark my calendar now for her ESPN debut.......

 

[mike_dyer]

I'll mark my calendar now for her ESPN debut.......

Early 2019.

You may need a PAC12 subscription.

I'll be sure to keep ya in the loop.

 

[CoachB25]

My daughter swung her bat 6 times at practice yesterday. She caught 4 fly balls. She fielded 4 ground balls.

That is roughly how many reps everyone at practice got.

This is a typical practice for her, give or take a rep or 2.

Her coach used zero of his 10 days of contact. Her coach worked with zero kids in the off season. It starts on the first day of practice, it ends with the last out of the last game. If there is a game on Saturday you can plan on practice being cancelled on one of the weekdays because "We only do this 5 days a week."

She's right handed, but one thing he did do is try like hell to get her to do is bat left handed and slap and all that. He wanted her to learn how to do this exactly 9 days before their first game and was angry/shocked/surprised when she told him no.

I'm sure to every supercoach here who reads this post this proves that she's "uncoachable."

I say it proves she's not an idiot.

They did hire 2 new JV coaches, the varsity team they coached was 0-28 last year. Ironically, they are better coaches and run better practices than the coach does.

The odds of her playing next year are slim, but I'd like for you to tell me, specifically, what "opportunities" would her not being there present to someone else?

Mike, I am neither a "super coach" nor did I suggest that your dd was "uncoachable." As a HS Coach, I've always marveled at Dads who feel that HS Softball does more harm than good for their dd and yet, allow their dds to play HS. So, I suggested that you save your dd the horrible experience and pull her. Then, you can coach her yourself to ensure progress. I've said the same in every parent meeting I have ever had.

Take care,

Darrell