I just want to see a huge smile on my 8u daughter's face when she strikes out her former teammate bestie. They ended up on different teams this season. Her friend is the best pitcher, catcher, and hitter by far in our rec league. Would be a great accomplishment for my daughter
Amen. Well said. And this gets perpetuated worse these days via social media, where coaches like to make big shout outs to their students who sign to a D1 school. Extra extra if it's a P5 school. If a student of theirs signs to a NAIA school or something "lesser" then they post zero about it. Although my all time favorite is the actual websites where the coaches list where all their students are at, which schools. Now to most of their credit, they do list the smaller schools, D3, NAIA, JuCo, etc. also. But personally I've always been against that. The way I see it, every kid I see gets the exact same training. What they do with it and how much they work plays a huge role. So does genetics, overall athletic ability, body awareness, etc. We've all had students that very clearly weren't cut out to be pitchers!!! But if they love it, and they love doing the work, I will ALWAYS keep working with them. I've only had to do this a hand full of times but, I'm not afraid to send mom/dad an email and tell them they're wasting their time and money. Again, not because the kid simply isn't good. But because they don't want to do this. They don't practice, they constantly look at the clock or ask what time it is, OR, the best is when they seem to purposely miss balls thrown to them just so it stalls time.It's sad the way some people classify college ball as either D1 or everything else somewhere down below.