- Sep 22, 2024
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Can any other 8u softball coaches or parents with experience shed some light on this for me…A first year 8u team with a lot of drama- head coach and assistant coach were two of the only three players removed from a team playing last year and went on to form their own team. The team has lost the “manager” and another assistant coach to drama now. Some of the drama has been financials. $325 player fee per kid (12 kids). $3900 total We were given a jersey, hoodie, socks, belt, helmet. We started week one with a calendar fundraiser $5940 total and are expected to now complete calendar payments two weeks early in order to run two more fundraisers before the end of October. Played in two tournaments with a 1-6 record. When the team lost it was usually by 10 plus runs. Sometimes more than 15. Head coach has 12 girls on the team and continues to only sit three girls out in a rotation. Several girls on the team even with deplorable attitudes noticed by parents at tournament games have never set out. Some of these girls who play and play strike out two times in the same game…coach pitch (5 pitches/3 strikes) yet this last tournament the head coach chose to not let one girl play in the field the entire game, one girl to not get to hit the entire game, and one girl to not get to hit or play the field the entire game. All three girls are on par with the other kids on the team. One girl hit 2-2 and then was not allowed to hit in the lineup though we can hit everyone. Another girl had the most consistent solid hit in a prior game driving in three RBIs and going 2 for 3 and she did not get to hit or play the field. These three girls have good attitudes and can certainly hold their own with other girls getting much more playing time. The girls are playing about 3-4 innings each out of 14 innings. This has stayed consistent for two tournaments now and these 3 girls are crying in the dugout and/or leaving the tournament crying. Is there anyway this is justified?
