You have coached her since 5th grade. This is most likely not new behavior but learned behavior. This should have and could have been dealt with much earlier. If after playing for you for 4-5 years they should absolutely know this behavior will not fly.
When they make it rule no travel ball during season that pretty much takes away the choice doesn’t it? Whether it means there is no teams specific practices or whether that means there are no tournaments allowed in the state for high school age players it takes the choice away from them. It’s...
Since you said the decision was easy, I would like to know why you think that? It’s well known that the vast majority of all softball scholarships come from travel ball. You are playing with talent developed by tournament ball coaches. Unfortunately you just aren’t going to develop any players...
That TB coach put in 4 years to developing your kid and sticking with her. The middle school coach isn’t going to do anything for her in just 2 seasons of 2 months per season. Why risk alienating the 1 person that has put in the time and effort for someone who hasn’t? Skip Saturday, let him...
Pop times are a metric to isolate the catcher’s skills. If you incorporate the pitcher then you are adding variables you can’t control. By using this method a terrible pop time would look good with a kid throwing 62 vs one throwing 52 and vice versa. I was always told the whole reason it is...
Agree with others, know the role your dd will play. That's a lot money and time. Is she needed or is she just backup to have fresh legs? She may be used exclusively in pool games and sit or be pinch runner for bracket. Situations like this need crystal clear clarity on both sides or else people...
I actually see this quite often. I saw something curious this weekend too, something that I had to bring up. So I walked over to the fence and spoke with ump in-between innings. (DD was picking up with a team that wasn't even playing at the time so it was pure curiosity). They had wet the...
I have read a lot of these and I would like to point out that there is a huge difference in experience for the families and player when playing A or Gold ball. (Not just in name only) If you are playing Rec, C, or B, your experiences will vary greatly and most of those experiences will not be...
At one point in tournament ball, it was considered a bad thing to be a team hopper. Guess some people got over that quickly. I have had the same 6 girls for 5 seasons, 2 girls for 3 seasons, and 1 girl is a floater. We play A ball and gold and beat the nationally known orgs more than we lose to...
By reading this it sounds as if you will be playing against your teammates, which of course you won't. You will be playing against the same teams regardless of which team you are on. So same age division, same birthday until you hit 14u division or until you decide to switch to another program...
I agreed with everyone saying NAIA right up to the point you said you were in Alabama. Is that DI that you got 50% offer from Alabama or Auburn?? That would change some things for me. Just how I rate the cities
Auburn
Tuscaloosa
Troy
Mobile
Talladega
Birmingham
Montgomery