- Aug 21, 2020
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Hey,
Hopefully, I'm not the only one that thinks this is strange. The old coach of our HS team left in February and we got a new coach just a week before tryouts. 53 girls tried out, no cuts, but with 9 returning seniors, no chance for my DD to make varsity. During tryouts, she slapped, was put on JV, and swings down occasionally to Froshmore so she can get more circle time.
This is where things get strange - after the last JV game, the new HS coach comes up to DD and says she's turning around 2 other speedy players and wants DD to help train them as slappers. DD said she would like to help out and when during practices would Coach like to do this. Coach says, not during practices, but do it during the bench time in games. That just sounds absolutely bizarre to me - this is when the players should be supporting other players / warming up to get into the game, not training on skills they are unfamiliar with.
Out of curiosity, I did look up our new coach's playing background - turns out she was a slapper in travel ball and college. So this is something she has years of experience in.
I'm not sure what to tell DD. If this is a leadership opportunity where she can help get some speeders on base so next year they'll have 3 slappers on varsity, that's one thing, but it has not been messaged that way. The only thing I have said is to check with the JV coach and see if he wants 2-3 players to work on this during the game. If yes, do it, if no - cheer on the team.
Hopefully, I'm not the only one that thinks this is strange. The old coach of our HS team left in February and we got a new coach just a week before tryouts. 53 girls tried out, no cuts, but with 9 returning seniors, no chance for my DD to make varsity. During tryouts, she slapped, was put on JV, and swings down occasionally to Froshmore so she can get more circle time.
This is where things get strange - after the last JV game, the new HS coach comes up to DD and says she's turning around 2 other speedy players and wants DD to help train them as slappers. DD said she would like to help out and when during practices would Coach like to do this. Coach says, not during practices, but do it during the bench time in games. That just sounds absolutely bizarre to me - this is when the players should be supporting other players / warming up to get into the game, not training on skills they are unfamiliar with.
Out of curiosity, I did look up our new coach's playing background - turns out she was a slapper in travel ball and college. So this is something she has years of experience in.
I'm not sure what to tell DD. If this is a leadership opportunity where she can help get some speeders on base so next year they'll have 3 slappers on varsity, that's one thing, but it has not been messaged that way. The only thing I have said is to check with the JV coach and see if he wants 2-3 players to work on this during the game. If yes, do it, if no - cheer on the team.
