Maybe because it makes people think its ok to toss a 9 year old girl off of a team because she cried 3 times.
lol. sad but true.
Maybe because it makes people think its ok to toss a 9 year old girl off of a team because she cried 3 times.
Different poster, but the girls are still learning the basics of the game at that point. From what I can gather TB is insanely expensive, so to have eight and nine year olds having that type of money spent is silly.
What it seems like there's a lack of is what one poster described as 'travel ball lite', programs for those girls who are simply wasting time - or worse, regressing - playing standard rec ball, yet who are not ready for the rigorous demands of the competitive TB world.Different poster, but the girls are still learning the basics of the game at that point. From what I can gather TB is insanely expensive, so to have eight and nine year olds having that type of money spent is silly.
Heaven help for anyone between me and my DD if she is crying.
What it seems like there's a lack of is what one poster described as 'travel ball lite', programs for those girls who are simply wasting time - or worse, regressing - playing standard rec ball, yet who are not ready for the rigorous demands of the competitive TB world.
Maybe you can keep more girls playing softball longer if the game becomes better quality or more competitive without forcing them to become one of the 'softball is life' robots we see their parents talking about here.
One thing posted on this thread got to me a bit. A girl crying after the game and after the after game meeting, gets berated by the coach? That's wrong.
So what you're telling everyone is that you are an enabler when it comes to emotional manipulation by your child.
Why would you think that is ludicrous?