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Ok, I'm in a bind and I need some advice. My dd is an 8th grader. She really wants to play middle school ball to be part of the "school spirit". But, we have parent coaches with little to no softball experience as coaches. Against my better judgement I let her play last year. After all the private lessons and countless dollars spent on hitting and pitching, it all went down the toilet in one middle school season. With practices 6 days a week and closed to parents, the "skills" they were teaching were horrible. Took us a couple months to unlearn the muscle memory and get her back on track and her travel team suffered for it. I have talked to the athletic director several times, even got experienced softball people from outside the school district to volunteer to coach, and even got experienced softball parents from in our district to volunteer, (we are pay to play and middle school isn't even school sponsored even though AD makes decisions on coach). Did all this to no avail. Named same coaches again this year. And please, this isn't a personal issue about the coaches, I like them personally.
What do I do?
I understand her desire to be recognized in her school, but I also know that we can't let her go backwards like last year. Any advice out there?
What do I do?
I understand her desire to be recognized in her school, but I also know that we can't let her go backwards like last year. Any advice out there?