The cold weather is killing me..

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Am I the only one who is crushed when DD started playing school ball??
My oldest DD is a 7[SUP]th[/SUP] grader and this is her first year of school ball. I couldn?t be more proud and excited for her. With that said, I have been her coach her entire life and I knew this day would come that I have to let her grow without me being there, but it?s still hard. Because of the cold weather and the team having to practice inside, all I can do is drop her off for practice and pick her up 2 hours later. And just hope that I get more details than "it was good" when I ask her how practice was tonight. Haha. It kills me everyday not to be able to atleast watch. Her coach doesn?t seem to mind that some of the parents come sit on the bleachers during practice, but I don?t want to be that parent because I know the coach in me might end up blurting out instructions accidentally. LOL

I just need the weather to warm up so the team can practice outside and I can sit at the top of the hill and watch my little girl grow.​

 

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My dd went to FL with her college team and I didn't. I still wish I could sit on the top of the hill and watch her grow.
What a great image.

 

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I know not everyone has the ability to do this, but during my DD's junior high, high school and college career, I only missed two games (a college doubleheader), and that was only because they scheduled a rained out make up date the next week when I was out of the country on business. But I too wish I could still be sitting at the top of that hill ...

 

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My husband had the same withdrawal symptoms and still does to this day!!! He misses coaching terribly, but he does participate a little by running the pitching machine at every hitting lesson. So, that's something at least, but I have seen first-hand - it's a hard transition.

I wish we could sit on a hill as well, but her practices are closed. Enjoy that time when it comes! Once I actually drove to a nearby parking lot to get my fix, but left shortly after as I was too afraid of being seen ha ha! (I don't want to embarrass the poor kid too much.) This is my daughter's last year of HS and I want the games to arrive yet I want time to drag on. First scrimmage next Saturday!


PS - my daughter loves telling me that practice was "good" or it was "practice-like"! argh that was so frustrating but after 4 years of this I have learned to laugh it off!

 

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Try asking her, about a hr after practice, what was one good thing and one bad thing about practice. I find if I don't ask, my dd tells me everything in her own time. By the way ya'll need to start coaching again, maybe the 4 yr olds back in rec league

 

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Lol i was in Florida and seen a team playing so i pulled and and just watched for like 45 minutes.

 

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Lol i was in Florida and seen a team playing so i pulled and and just watched for like 45 minutes.

I did the same thing in Texas 2 weeks ago.

 

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Yes my wife has coached my oldest DD since she was 8. So I always got a great report (well detailed...LOL)

HS tryouts started Monday and all I can tell from my DDs reports are that they are trying out for Softball and she does participate.

 

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I know what everyone is saying re: the adjustment of turning over the coaching to someone else, but all I can say is that it's much, much easier to adjust to that when they start playing school ball than to when they stop playing school ball ... enjoy it while you have it ...

 

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Yes my wife has coached my oldest DD since she was 8. So I always got a great report (well detailed...LOL)

HS tryouts started Monday and all I can tell from my DDs reports are that they are trying out for Softball and she does participate.

I can see it now... her rattling off the details, I can relate. My wife played collegiate ball and it's great having that in our relationship... problem is she was way more talented and went further... and since she doesn't get on this forum I can say that out loud. Shhhhhh..... lol. JK, I tell her everything. :cap:

 

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This is my daughter's last year in HS and she is not playing college level next year. So this is it. I have enjoyed watching her grow and not need Mom and Dad anymore. I give lessons and I was stuck on something so I asked her and her face lit up that she got to teach me. It made me proud that I had coached her well enough to get this point.

The senior night this year is going to be hard, but the last game is going to kill us. I am looking forward to finding that one game where I can "sit on that hill" and just watch her-away from everyone. That game will mean the most to me. We have don't nothing for the past 10 years but go to games and practices all year. I noticed that I have all this vacation ti,e and couldn't figure out why. Then I rememberred that she is not playing travel ball this summer. Sad thing is I have no idea what to do with those days.

Us 10 year veteran parents really need a support group to figure out how to live life after softball. LOL

 

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Try asking her, about a hr after practice, what was one good thing and one bad thing about practice. I find if I don't ask, my dd tells me everything in her own time.

Not a bad idea.. I might have ot try that approach. Maybe I'll get something out of her.

 

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...Us 10 year veteran parents really need a support group to figure out how to live life after softball. LOL

It's called "Umpiring".

 

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10 days before 1st scrimmage and its snowing.

good thing they use yellow ball.

 

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Good thing I bought my kid the cold weather batting gloves!

 

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We scrimmage in 6 days...going to be interesting to say the least.

 

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Probably be a lot of non league games canceled due to weather thats to bad because thats were you get a lot of practice from to be ready for the league play.

 

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This is my youngest son's senior year so I know how some of you feel. Luckily for me my dd is only 12 so hopefully the wife and I have many years of ball left. When dd is finished maybe we'll have grandkids from older kids to work with. We can only hope to be that blessed.

 

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I have a 12yr old and a 7yr old daughter. Youngest one is playing 8u coach pitch this year. Maybe if I can have a daughter every 5 years or so the daddy's little girl that they keep growing out of will never end.