Sam wrote:Hinky wrote:eclipse09 wrote:Chin Music wrote:So many talk as if PGF is some sort of softball utopia. Am I missing something? Been to 3-4 PGFs , 2 ASAs, and 3 TCSs Nationals. It was more enjoyable to leave so cal and play. Felt more like a big tournament.
Funniest part of this is we’re talking about 12u!
Last month I threw out 3 boxes of trophies and plaques and medals that my girls didn’t want any more from rec and travel. They only wanted to keep their College stuff.
Enjoy the ride! Enjoy an extra weekend off before it all starts over again.
I am with you Chin. In my garage is a box full of rec/travel trophies and medals along with Jonas Bros and Hannah Montana stuff. In my kid's room is her high school awards. I am sure as she heads off to college in the fall those items will be replaced too.
Maybe that 12u kid can latch onto a team and play at AFA Nationals!!
exactly at the root of this is a 12 year old. has nothing to do with pgf. really is how people treat each other.
let the 12yr old have the opportunity to possibly earn a trophy that becomes something they're so happy about they save it! even if it starts out on the kitchen table, ends up on a Shelf, then in a box, only to be tossed away later, that still becomes an achievement that goes into the Memory Trophy Room!
If you do that, there is no reason for the rule.
What if she was #1 pitcher? Or the stud SS? Players leaving like this can cause entire teams to break up.
The better lesson for the kid longterm in life is to live up to her commitments....not do whatever she feels like at any point in time with no ramifications.
"just let her go and play" is so f*cking millenial. Its why this country will be in extremely deep $hit in the very near future.
Sam, going to try and
say this in a way you might understand..agree on following through on commitments but unfortunately there are travel ball situations were coaches don't know what the f*ck they are doing. and their teams can be really f*cked up! think it would be a lot better to remove a player from a f*cked up situation then to make them hold a commitment to something that's f*ckin $hity.
Teach the player/ dd that standing up for themselves and stepping away from a f*cked-up situation is a healthy thing to do!