Poor Coaching at the 10u/12u Travel Level?

[miguelpana1]

There are plenty of teams out there don't waste your time and money having your DD on the pine at this age it’s all about playing time.

[softballbabe]

You sound like a complete cry baby Man up and move on! It is parents like you who are not realistic when it comes to your daughters talent and end up destroying the morale of a team! You are not being forced to remain with a team if you are not happy, but I guarantee that a person with your personality and attitude will be a team hopper! Your daughter is sitting the bench for a reason! Get over yourself!

[softballbabe]

One more thing.... It is YOUR responsibility to provide your daughter with additional training outside of practice!

[idunnoyou]

If your kid continues to progress in travel ball, she will end up on a top team, whether by tryouts, or recruiting by those teams.
It just happens or doesn't. You can call it fate, destiny, or whatever, but the top players in socal end up playing for the top teams.

Your options are:
1) Continue to complain about your team's coaches, and the problem will take care of itself by either the team falling apart due to parental drama, or your kid gets booted from the team, diue to same parental drama.
2) Fulfill your commitment to the team for this season. Sit quietly on the sidelines, and don't get caught up in all the drama. Root for the whole team's success, including supporting the coaches, and if it doesn't work out, move on after the season is done.

I'm being pretty blunt here, so you can accept this advice or get defensive, but this is how it works.
The top gold programs do not put up with any parental drama whatsoever. Most of them have a simple rule: sit down, shut up, or get out.
It would be in your and your kid's best interest to start following those rules now, so you have a smooth path and give your kid the best chance of success.
JMHO, of course.

Thank you, for that advice. I am quite new to the travel ball scene. Made a mistake of joining a team similar to the above post. I am thankful to the man, who introduced me to softball. I am a single mom, who knows NOTHING--NADA-ZILCH-- about travel ball. I over heard one of the dad talk about Heybucket and I decided to check it out. Arto, thanks for the advice. I am going to take it to heart. Only if I figure out the a "good team" is.

Thanks again. Please be kind-- This is my first post.