- Jun 20, 2015
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High school softball is a crap shoot of luck. You roll the dice to get a decent coach, you roll the dice for the actual high school, you roll the dice for teammates, roll of the dice for conference. Any 'craps' roll and player can be in for a long year. Or 4.
Example, I live near Cincinnati. There are numerous school districts that if you are even a marginal player, you will start on Varsity all 4 years and basically 'glow in the dark' for that team. Whereas, that same player would struggle to make JV squad at some other schools in the same conference. There are schools around here with over 2500 students and have 3 squads of 15 players each for Varsity, JV1 and JV2. AND STILL CUT GOOD PLAYERS!!!
Coaching travel ball, I've seen numerous girls both on school teams and travelball, that shine in one area or the other or both. The parent comments on Facebook about Little Suzy playing on varsity for school XYZ and doing well on a team that goes 4-20 every year, fall on deaf ears when that same Little Suzy could not make the cut at larger school or a serious travel program. Another example, Pitcher Q, plays for a ultra small private high school, and dominates in the conference. setting all sorts of records. She comes out to travel ball tryouts and is shocked when she doesn't receive multiple offers to join travel teams, cause guess what? She's just not that good on a wider scale. And guess who else is shocked? The parents who have been thinking she is the next superstar college pitcher and all the D1 schools will be knocking on their door any day now.
Bottom line - Have your DD keep working hard, sending emails, sending videos, calling coaches, attending camps, etc. If she is good enough, and wants to, she will find a program to fit her.
Best of luck!!!
Example, I live near Cincinnati. There are numerous school districts that if you are even a marginal player, you will start on Varsity all 4 years and basically 'glow in the dark' for that team. Whereas, that same player would struggle to make JV squad at some other schools in the same conference. There are schools around here with over 2500 students and have 3 squads of 15 players each for Varsity, JV1 and JV2. AND STILL CUT GOOD PLAYERS!!!
Coaching travel ball, I've seen numerous girls both on school teams and travelball, that shine in one area or the other or both. The parent comments on Facebook about Little Suzy playing on varsity for school XYZ and doing well on a team that goes 4-20 every year, fall on deaf ears when that same Little Suzy could not make the cut at larger school or a serious travel program. Another example, Pitcher Q, plays for a ultra small private high school, and dominates in the conference. setting all sorts of records. She comes out to travel ball tryouts and is shocked when she doesn't receive multiple offers to join travel teams, cause guess what? She's just not that good on a wider scale. And guess who else is shocked? The parents who have been thinking she is the next superstar college pitcher and all the D1 schools will be knocking on their door any day now.
Bottom line - Have your DD keep working hard, sending emails, sending videos, calling coaches, attending camps, etc. If she is good enough, and wants to, she will find a program to fit her.
Best of luck!!!