I'm simply guessing but if the coach knows what they are doing and they have come to a breaking point of frustration over this, I'd say it's obvious that coach and staff are totally convinced the girl is incapable of hitting pitchers at this level because she's late with her swing due to the bat being too heavy. I'd advise the coach to talk with the parents, and then have a conference with the family to convince this kid to try something different. I know there are a few coaches that can simply be on an ego trip but this sounds more like a coach at the end of their string.
If all this is a ****ing match to get her way, the kid will soon find herself on the bench or worse----looking for another team. Good points JoeA.
It's upsetting to coaches, particularly male coaches, when the girls have a sentimental attachment to a piece of equipment that no longer is functional or practical. Just a quick anecdote; my daughter was a sophomore in high school when I noticed during a spring scrimmage she was running like she had hurt herself. After the scrimmage, I asked her what was wrong. She finally fessed up her cleats were too small and were hurting her feet. Of course like a good parent I had my moment of glory to jump on my soapbox and declare this wasn't my fault because I asked before the season if she needed anything and she told me "no." "Then why didn't we get you new cleats?" Her answer was that these were her favorite because she remembered how much trouble I went thru to find and buy them for her the year before and they were good luck to her. She didn't want me to worry and go thru all that trouble again---just 1 year later. All this went down just weeks after my Dad passed away and the 2 of them were very close.
I hate it when I help her make me look like an a**.
Maybe this kid has an attachment to her bat we aren’t aware of but that still doesn’t mean it’s right for her now. Life goes on and there may be more to the story.
