Did you look into where the money football raises goes?When we raise money for softball, we have to give some to football. It stinks.
Did you look into where the money football raises goes?When we raise money for softball, we have to give some to football. It stinks.
Did you look into where the money football raises goes?
Every kid/player has a different story and process. Yours tossed in 12 HR right before Sept. 1st and had a down year in HS for whatever reason, that would stick out like I stated about pitching or big bat previously being able to find the other side of the fence. Some coaches as you said, don't care..... but they all will post in the press release after signing day your HS accolades and awards.HS ended travel began and she went on to hit 12 HR in 30 games and had an average over .500 playing at TNJ, IDT and PGF in CA. Who knows what her deal was in HS but she just didn't perform at all. Come Sept 1 got an email from her future coach and was recruited, visited & committed and not a word was ever said about HS ball - none. Coach didn't care one bit and that's good because she prefers to never discuss last HS season again. Ever. FYI she is also the only 2023 on her HS team committed at this point and had the lowest HS stats out of all of them.
So maybe it's antidotal only for our one experience but my daughter is 100% living proof that some coaches don't give one rat's butt about HS ball performance because if they did she would be out.
Thank you. You're right I did throw that in because what she does in HS didn't define her at all. Others have also made the statement on this thread unilaterally that D1 recruited players are good in HS and that simply isn't always the case. It wasn't in my DD's case. Man I hope her Junior HS season is better now that all the pressure is off, lol. Otherwise they won't have a dang thing to put on any press release at signing about HS, lol.Every kid/player has a different story and process. Yours tossed in 12 HR right before Sept. 1st and had a down year in HS for whatever reason, that would stick out like I stated about pitching or big bat previously being able to find the other side of the fence. Some coaches as you said, don't care..... but they all will post in the press release after signing day your HS accolades and awards.
Congratulations to your player
This is just crazy. Every sport at our school does a fundraiser to help fund their program.I've gotten a bit involved in the inner-workings of my DD's high school team. When we do fundraisers, a healthy portion of the money we raise goes to the football program.
I was flabbergasted.
With kids there are so many things in play mentally. My middle DD had a similar thing happen years ago. Her HS coach for her freshman year is a legend in our area. He retired that year & the change was unbelievable. She always had a good bat & hit like 0.450 as a freshman. Her soph year hitting dropped significantly and was a total head case. I can remember giving her more reps, talking about what was going on, and finally saying, "Just hit the damn ball! You know how to hit!" LOL. (bad dad moment for sure) Her response had a lot to do with not buying into what the new coach was selling. The team was a mess and underachieving. The new coach was only going to be there one year & it was devastating to the program.Thank you. You're right I did throw that in because what she does in HS didn't define her at all. Others have also made the statement on this thread unilaterally that D1 recruited players are good in HS and that simply isn't always the case. It wasn't in my DD's case. Man I hope her Junior HS season is better now that all the pressure is off, lol. Otherwise they won't have a dang thing to put on any press release at signing about HS, lol.
Depending on your tone, that could have been the best thing you could have said at that moment..I can remember giving her more reps, talking about what was going on, and finally saying, "Just hit the damn ball! You know how to hit!" LOL. (bad dad moment for sure)
Well, it was in the cage and I was being an a-hole .Depending on your tone, that could have been the best thing you could have said at that moment..
No need to explain to me..unfortunately.Well, it was in the cage and I was being an a-hole .