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  1. J

    Can a coach tell a kid at a tryout they know she is trying out for other teams and name them?

    Thanks I appreciate the different perspectives. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. J

    Can a coach tell a kid at a tryout they know she is trying out for other teams and name them?

    She's a teenage kid and it's a power play. End of story. He didn't ask, he told her where she was trying out, on the field during the tryout. Ethics is about doing the right thing. This was not the right thing. The more feedback I get here the more unethical I think it is. Sent from my iPhone...
  3. J

    Can a coach tell a kid at a tryout they know she is trying out for other teams and name them?

    If it was an immature or new coach I may not have been so alarmed. I fully assume coaches will do their due diligence on a player, gathering information they can. My issue is with putting the player on the spot at the tryout, asking if they are tryout out for other teams then stating which teams...
  4. J

    Can a coach tell a kid at a tryout they know she is trying out for other teams and name them?

    There are better ways to get to know a player than saying "I know you are trying out for so-and-so's team". Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. J

    Can a coach tell a kid at a tryout they know she is trying out for other teams and name them?

    Player is trying out for a couple teams for next season. In her first tryout one of the coaches, a very seasoned coach comes up to her and tells her he knows she is trying out for other teams and names them. He is right about one, wrong about another but approaching a teenage kid and putting...
  6. J

    Hello from CT

    Hi all, I’ve been coaching softball for about 8-9 years last 4 as a a multi-team coach on my two daughters teams. One is HS Jr (a pitcher so we can commiserate) the other is in 8th grade. GC expert, AGL clown - I’ve spent the last year + trying to figure out how to stream games and get good...

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