- Dec 20, 2023
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Funny you say this, first roster team practice today, I don’t know the girls well at all yet. My DD is a pitcher, Coach’s DD catcher, I know Coach can coach, we’ve lucked out and have multiple former collegiate athletes coaching these girls. Coach’s daughter I’ve only seen stats on, she’s very good, and is versatile and is amazing at bat too, but I was shocked today to hear my daughter say that her teammate (head coach’s daughter) didn’t want to catch her because she “throws too fast.” For reference, it’s an 11U team just moved up to 12inch balls, lots of changes for most of them and my DD is new to a relatively established group. I didn’t expect the coaches daughter to have any reservations catching anyone, after all her mom was a collegiate catcher, my expectation was she would be the most skilled and most confident to step in the catchers box with any girl her age. So yes, in your scenario, as a parent with a daughter trying out, I would have some serious reservations about quality coaching because I have those expectations of a coaches kid. They better deserve the position they play in.