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I dont think that anyone here is talking about "all" high school coaches. ?We know that there are some good ones out there. ?And we know that there are some bad travel coaches out there as well. ?The difference is that the bad travel coaches tend to get weeded out faster than the bad HS coaches.
In another post, I put up a scenerio that was presented to me and asked how others would have handled it. ?In a continuation of that - the same girl approached me last night, very upset. ?Seems the HS coach, whom she is trying to please, has had her completely break down her hitting mechanics (and she was a solid stick, with high onbase percentage for us) because what we have taught her is "wrong". ?Seems that girls should swing with their arms and leave the hip still. ?I havent figured that one out yet. ?He also has changed her pitching mechanics, because they are "wrong" too. ? This same coach had the pitchers pitch blindfolded to prove some point as well. ?I asked her to ask the HS coach to call me at his convenience so that he and I could get on the same page - I dont want to put the player in the middle. ?I'm not adverse to learning something new that can help my teams, but I also dont want a player who left us solid, to come back with mixed up mechanics and no self-confidence. ?
She was at my place last night, working on her own and trying to do what the HS coach wanted her to do. ?The problem was that she KNEW that what he wanted just wouldnt work against better pitching and was trying to come up with a way to do what he wanted and still be effective. ?I was watching her and questioned her (which brought up the whole topic).
The college coach changing you has no bearing here. ?When you are playing in college, either by scholarship or grant package - its no different than having a job. ?You are being "paid" to perform, and you do it their way. ?That is NOT the case in HS ball. ?AND she has to get to the college team first.
I suggested that she stick it out a little longer, but past experience has shown that if she does, we'll end up with a project in late May. The good news is if she does stick it out, we will get her back early enough in May to hopefully have her back on track for our season.
I dont think that anyone here is talking about "all" high school coaches. ?We know that there are some good ones out there. ?And we know that there are some bad travel coaches out there as well. ?The difference is that the bad travel coaches tend to get weeded out faster than the bad HS coaches.
In another post, I put up a scenerio that was presented to me and asked how others would have handled it. ?In a continuation of that - the same girl approached me last night, very upset. ?Seems the HS coach, whom she is trying to please, has had her completely break down her hitting mechanics (and she was a solid stick, with high onbase percentage for us) because what we have taught her is "wrong". ?Seems that girls should swing with their arms and leave the hip still. ?I havent figured that one out yet. ?He also has changed her pitching mechanics, because they are "wrong" too. ? This same coach had the pitchers pitch blindfolded to prove some point as well. ?I asked her to ask the HS coach to call me at his convenience so that he and I could get on the same page - I dont want to put the player in the middle. ?I'm not adverse to learning something new that can help my teams, but I also dont want a player who left us solid, to come back with mixed up mechanics and no self-confidence. ?
She was at my place last night, working on her own and trying to do what the HS coach wanted her to do. ?The problem was that she KNEW that what he wanted just wouldnt work against better pitching and was trying to come up with a way to do what he wanted and still be effective. ?I was watching her and questioned her (which brought up the whole topic).
The college coach changing you has no bearing here. ?When you are playing in college, either by scholarship or grant package - its no different than having a job. ?You are being "paid" to perform, and you do it their way. ?That is NOT the case in HS ball. ?AND she has to get to the college team first.
I suggested that she stick it out a little longer, but past experience has shown that if she does, we'll end up with a project in late May. The good news is if she does stick it out, we will get her back early enough in May to hopefully have her back on track for our season.