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Often hear about how watered down the teams are now, but it seams like lots of coaches have had enough and are calling it quits by 14u????? Thoughts?
I think there are a coaches that feel they have enough knowledge to get thru 12u and then they feel they can't take the team any further. IDK.
I think there are a coaches that feel they have enough knowledge to get thru 12u and then they feel they can't take the team any further. IDK.
After talking to many who used to coach but don't anymore, I think coaches just get sick of volunteering all their time and money to get cr@pped on year after year by unrealistic parents and decide it's just not worth the trouble or the stress. Parents sometimes forget that 90% of the coaches out there are volunteering their time and are NOT getting paid for coaching and putting up with all the bull that comes along with it.
Combining cores from 2 or more teams to produce a "super team" is good in theory, but has alot of potential for problems. Usually your cores have the strongest players who are generally part of the battery and infield. When you combine 3 teams worth of cores, depending on who the coaches are, somebody is going to be upset about not only playing time but positions also. Why stay and play left field on the super team when you could be the starting shortstop for another good team? That is when the problems start and you start losing players. To make that work you need 12-13 players and parents who are more concerned with the development of the team than what is best for each player and that is a hard thing to find!!!
Not to ruffle feathers but parents also spent a lot of time and energy and money with regard to travel ball. No, many coaches dont get paid monetarily but do get a kick back by allowing their dd to play every inning of every game throughout the season at the position of their choosing. And honestly, I'm not sure how many parents are more concerned with the development of the whole team vs the development of their own dd first.
Combining cores from 2 or more teams to produce a "super team" is good in theory, but has alot of potential for problems. Usually your cores have the strongest players who are generally part of the battery and infield. When you combine 3 teams worth of cores, depending on who the coaches are, somebody is going to be upset about not only playing time but positions also. Why stay and play left field on the super team when you could be the starting shortstop for another good team? That is when the problems start and you start losing players. To make that work you need 12-13 players and parents who are more concerned with the development of the team than what is best for each player and that is a hard thing to find!!!
Not to ruffle feathers but parents also spent a lot of time and energy and money with regard to travel ball. No, many coaches dont get paid monetarily but do get a kick back by allowing their dd to play every inning of every game throughout the season at the position of their choosing. And honestly, I'm not sure how many parents are more concerned with the development of the whole team vs the development of their own dd first.
I'm with you on this one, Klump. Right down to the last letter. I've seen coaches go overboard trying to avoid the stigma only to see parents re-direct their negativity to some other issue. There will always be critics for the reasons you mention regardless of the issue.Parents absolutely put in alot of time, money, and energy to travel ball...without them there would be no players. But just imagine multiplying that time, money, and effort by a million AND being responsible for all the other players, parents, paperwork, team performance, problems and issues, equipment, practice facilities and times, tournament schedules, etc....and doing it all for nothing. Most parents who sit back and complain about every little thing has NO idea what coaching in travel ball entails because if they did, they wouldn't be so quick to gripe.
The kickback of having your kid play every inning of every game in the position of your choosing only works if you are a daddy/mommyball coach. There are alot of very good coaches out there who are NOT daddy/mommyball coaches and are more concerned about the success of the team than the individual success of their dd's. Alot of times those coaches will sit their dd's first even though they shouldn't be the ones sitting just to avoid the stigma.
That is the problem with the super teams and why Ohio can't quite catch up to the year round states, most parents ARE concerned with the development of their own kids as opposed to the development of the team. It's the nature of the beast.
I think the head of the nail has been hit!^After talking to many who used to coach but don't anymore, I think coaches just get sick of volunteering all their time and money to get cr@pped on year after year by unrealistic parents and decide it's just not worth the trouble or the stress. Parents sometimes forget that 90% of the coaches out there are volunteering their time and are NOT getting paid for coaching and putting up with all the bull that comes along with it.