Warning this may be long:
My daughter has played with a core basball team for 2 yrs this will be the 3 year these girls have played together. The first season we had a coach from hell....and the girls did NOT learn a thing..we lost every game. The next year with basically the same team, but with new coaches...we lost only 3 games, came in 2nd in the league and 3rd in the league tournament! It was a great year! My DD played Shortstop the majority of the time.
Over the winter, our coaches became obsessed with this girls team, they are expecting them to win every game and have been having the girls practice during the winter, ect. Well, of course we live in a small town and there is another team of girls the same age that everybody wants to be on "the good team". Our coaches went to the other team took 3 girls that were really good and invited them to play with our team. They then basically eliminated 2 girls that have played with this team since the beginning and told them that the team was full. AT this point, is when we should have packed up and ran! But my DD still wanted to play with the "good team" and with the "crazed coaches". Several of her friends are playing on the Team A( the good team) and several of my friend's daughters are on this team also, so it seem logical to stay put!
This Team A has created a lot of stir in the community( hey, it is small town..it doesn't take a lot
Anyway, after ordering special uniforms because the league supplied uniforms are NOW not good enough for the girls, entering several competive tournaments around the state and some out of state, practicing 4-5 times a week for 2 hours each...my daughter has been informed that she is now playing the outfield because one of the other girls that joined this year..will be playing Shortstop!
There are definatel some politics here due the new girls parents being overly aggressive and "sponsoring" some of the tournaments. Don't get me wrong this girl is a good player, but she doesn't field as cleanly as MY DD, however, she might have a stronger arm than my DD....she definately has a faster throw to first..but if she can't field cleanly I don't see the advantage of the stronger arm. And putting my DD in the outfield really doesn't make much sense at all..because she DOES NOT have a strong arm and has trouble hitting the relay girl! She has nver played leftcenter or right center which she was told she is playing!
Okay,..here comes the trouble......she wants to switch teams. She has several friends on the other team....she would be one of the BEST players on the Team B....and she would definatley shine there...where on Team A...that team is loaded with talent and she is definetly not in the top 3-4 girls.
Do I let her switch???????? Both teams only have 11 girls....so, team A would be left with only 10 girls..;where Team B would have 12 now....and I am sure some of the parents on the Team B would not be so happy to see their daughters sitting when my DD is playing!
I have only talked to team B's coach..where of course he is thrilled to have her....
I don't want to look like a baby moving her..because she is not playing where she wants....but, she does not want to travel around the state playing in tournaments in the hot sun if she is not playing where she loves to play...she is ONLY 11!!
The other team is not going to tournament, Team B is more recreational..and does not have the winning drive!
I can see pro's and con's of both sides....what do you guys think??
My daughter has played with a core basball team for 2 yrs this will be the 3 year these girls have played together. The first season we had a coach from hell....and the girls did NOT learn a thing..we lost every game. The next year with basically the same team, but with new coaches...we lost only 3 games, came in 2nd in the league and 3rd in the league tournament! It was a great year! My DD played Shortstop the majority of the time.
Over the winter, our coaches became obsessed with this girls team, they are expecting them to win every game and have been having the girls practice during the winter, ect. Well, of course we live in a small town and there is another team of girls the same age that everybody wants to be on "the good team". Our coaches went to the other team took 3 girls that were really good and invited them to play with our team. They then basically eliminated 2 girls that have played with this team since the beginning and told them that the team was full. AT this point, is when we should have packed up and ran! But my DD still wanted to play with the "good team" and with the "crazed coaches". Several of her friends are playing on the Team A( the good team) and several of my friend's daughters are on this team also, so it seem logical to stay put!
This Team A has created a lot of stir in the community( hey, it is small town..it doesn't take a lot
Anyway, after ordering special uniforms because the league supplied uniforms are NOW not good enough for the girls, entering several competive tournaments around the state and some out of state, practicing 4-5 times a week for 2 hours each...my daughter has been informed that she is now playing the outfield because one of the other girls that joined this year..will be playing Shortstop!
There are definatel some politics here due the new girls parents being overly aggressive and "sponsoring" some of the tournaments. Don't get me wrong this girl is a good player, but she doesn't field as cleanly as MY DD, however, she might have a stronger arm than my DD....she definately has a faster throw to first..but if she can't field cleanly I don't see the advantage of the stronger arm. And putting my DD in the outfield really doesn't make much sense at all..because she DOES NOT have a strong arm and has trouble hitting the relay girl! She has nver played leftcenter or right center which she was told she is playing!
Okay,..here comes the trouble......she wants to switch teams. She has several friends on the other team....she would be one of the BEST players on the Team B....and she would definatley shine there...where on Team A...that team is loaded with talent and she is definetly not in the top 3-4 girls.
Do I let her switch???????? Both teams only have 11 girls....so, team A would be left with only 10 girls..;where Team B would have 12 now....and I am sure some of the parents on the Team B would not be so happy to see their daughters sitting when my DD is playing!
I have only talked to team B's coach..where of course he is thrilled to have her....
I don't want to look like a baby moving her..because she is not playing where she wants....but, she does not want to travel around the state playing in tournaments in the hot sun if she is not playing where she loves to play...she is ONLY 11!!
The other team is not going to tournament, Team B is more recreational..and does not have the winning drive!
I can see pro's and con's of both sides....what do you guys think??
