Do any other 8u coaches struggle evaluating potential? Does anybody have any tips?
Last year was our first year and we ended up being very successful. It was rough at first but we ended being one of the better teams in our area. I look at where we ended up vs what we have coming in and there is an obvious gap. Now part of that is these girls being young and not having the reps, maybe some are just getting into softball. Our previous team having 7-9 months worth of practices and 50 games to work on things.I would love to think it’s all a credit to coaching but im not that arrogant. We ended up light years ahead of where we started. I’m having a hard time with whether to take girls or not. I don’t want to be too picky but I don’t want to cut us short if we can get some better talent. Which is another issue at times, is just simply finding girls at this age group.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Last year was our first year and we ended up being very successful. It was rough at first but we ended being one of the better teams in our area. I look at where we ended up vs what we have coming in and there is an obvious gap. Now part of that is these girls being young and not having the reps, maybe some are just getting into softball. Our previous team having 7-9 months worth of practices and 50 games to work on things.I would love to think it’s all a credit to coaching but im not that arrogant. We ended up light years ahead of where we started. I’m having a hard time with whether to take girls or not. I don’t want to be too picky but I don’t want to cut us short if we can get some better talent. Which is another issue at times, is just simply finding girls at this age group.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.