I am about to lose my mind with DD. I know this is her game but she is selling herself short and hurting her team in the process.
Background...she plays on one of the best teams in our area for her age group. She has been lead off batter (for 2 different coaches) since the day she decided to play TB. She was the only freshman on her HS varsity team last year (only her and 5 juniors and 5 seniors). She batted 2nd all season. She is kind of a slapper... what do I mean by that? She doesn’t usually soft slap...she can lay down a bunt and she can hard slap or power slap and she can seriously place the ball so well. Everyone comments on how well she reads the defense and knows exactly where to place it. She can bloop it between infield and outfield, she can send it over the OF...she can pull it right or put it down the LF line. She slaps the ball hard enough to force errors too. Her avg and OBP were great.
This year in HS she is lead off. She refuses to slap. She wants to hit away. And it is not working for her at all. Last night she hit 2 times and popped up 2 times. Slapped once and hit a triple to the left center fence. And then goes right back to trying to hit and pops up. He coach tells her to do what she wants. Her coach is only familiar with soft and chop slaps. I told her - your job is to set the tone and get on base. It doesn’t matter how...her club coach came to watch her play and was so confused. Said she isn’t the player he knows. Her team is almost all sophomores this year. Her same age - and they were all JV last year. Not sure why she is acting this way...
She is in her head and I don’t know how to get her out. She is frustrated and wants to talk about everything but then yells at me if I offer a suggestion. I am no expert- I just know what I see...the pitching in HS is not better than what she sees in club - maybe worse at times.
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Background...she plays on one of the best teams in our area for her age group. She has been lead off batter (for 2 different coaches) since the day she decided to play TB. She was the only freshman on her HS varsity team last year (only her and 5 juniors and 5 seniors). She batted 2nd all season. She is kind of a slapper... what do I mean by that? She doesn’t usually soft slap...she can lay down a bunt and she can hard slap or power slap and she can seriously place the ball so well. Everyone comments on how well she reads the defense and knows exactly where to place it. She can bloop it between infield and outfield, she can send it over the OF...she can pull it right or put it down the LF line. She slaps the ball hard enough to force errors too. Her avg and OBP were great.
This year in HS she is lead off. She refuses to slap. She wants to hit away. And it is not working for her at all. Last night she hit 2 times and popped up 2 times. Slapped once and hit a triple to the left center fence. And then goes right back to trying to hit and pops up. He coach tells her to do what she wants. Her coach is only familiar with soft and chop slaps. I told her - your job is to set the tone and get on base. It doesn’t matter how...her club coach came to watch her play and was so confused. Said she isn’t the player he knows. Her team is almost all sophomores this year. Her same age - and they were all JV last year. Not sure why she is acting this way...
She is in her head and I don’t know how to get her out. She is frustrated and wants to talk about everything but then yells at me if I offer a suggestion. I am no expert- I just know what I see...the pitching in HS is not better than what she sees in club - maybe worse at times.
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