Dd just finished her season of softball. She's playing at the C level (tournaments) and her team did 2 tournaments at 12u and 2 at 14u this fall. She's always been a solid hitter and usually sits between 4-7 in the batting order on a team that has seen a lot of success (went 18-5 this season).
One of the other parents posted a screenshot of the team batting Avg/OB% stats (with names blacked out)...looking at it I realized my DD was sitting dead last on the team for batting avg and ob% this season (.3 & .4). I'm not sure what to make of this. I knew she was having a serious case of thr "At Ems" this season but darn. She is literally one of the (if not the) best on the team at hitting the ball- only had 4 KS all season and very few walks...she'll almost always find at least one hitable pitch in the series.
Looking thru my book it looks like about half of her at bats were caught by outfielders and the other half were caught infield or out at 1.
What do I even say or how do u improve when you hit the ball (hard) most at bats but still get out? I know she's got to improve her physical speed to first to reduce those outs, but that's only a fraction of it. As a coach/parent what do you say or do about a player like that? Just an unfortunate season? Would u rather have a kid who hits like this or one with a higher ob% but that takes a walk or K because they struggle to hit? Unfortunately I don't have access to the whole stat set, but I'd assume she's in the top half of RBIs for the season.
One of the other parents posted a screenshot of the team batting Avg/OB% stats (with names blacked out)...looking at it I realized my DD was sitting dead last on the team for batting avg and ob% this season (.3 & .4). I'm not sure what to make of this. I knew she was having a serious case of thr "At Ems" this season but darn. She is literally one of the (if not the) best on the team at hitting the ball- only had 4 KS all season and very few walks...she'll almost always find at least one hitable pitch in the series.
Looking thru my book it looks like about half of her at bats were caught by outfielders and the other half were caught infield or out at 1.
What do I even say or how do u improve when you hit the ball (hard) most at bats but still get out? I know she's got to improve her physical speed to first to reduce those outs, but that's only a fraction of it. As a coach/parent what do you say or do about a player like that? Just an unfortunate season? Would u rather have a kid who hits like this or one with a higher ob% but that takes a walk or K because they struggle to hit? Unfortunately I don't have access to the whole stat set, but I'd assume she's in the top half of RBIs for the season.