High school coaches VS travel ball coaches

[softballdad4evr]

Being miserable is a choice.
Instead of whining and complaining, try to enjoy watching your kid compete...


Hey thats exactly what our coach says!!!!

[OneTeamOneDream!]

High School coaches are just unbelievable.
Our coach is always punishing us if we don't even look at her.
All we do is run at least 3 miles a day. Softball is meant for sprints not long distance.
I don't kiss up to the coaches, and since I don't, I sit. You have to kiss up to play.

[Cereal Kid]

Relax its allmost over. Just sit back and laugh

[Dowhatulike]

@softball dad....

[NumeroUno]

Just for the record I love HS ball. I leave my house at 3:27 to make the 3:30 game. Park on the street take out my chair and kick it. Travel ball I leave 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to practice on time. Sometimes you have to give up quality of play to save the gas tank btw I don't own a Prius

[jonriv]

Ironically- the HS season is actually closer to the college schedule than a TB schedule. The HS season is a long, drawn out drama with 2-4 games a week- TB is more like a series of frantic sprints. Level of TB play and intensity is greater, but the grind of the HS season is a great teacher.

HS play has its place- something nice about going to your home park and fighting off foreign invaders. Sure there is too much politics and too little talent, but it can still be a blast.

[Revs97Dad]

counting down the days!!!

[hsfpfan]

The biggest difference between TB & HS coaching is that parents don’t have any control over the HS coach. Don’t get me wrong there are bad coaches in both but at least the HS ones are accountable to someone.

[BigDaddy]

hsfpfan what travel ball team does your dd play for that you have control over. On my travel ball team the best play in tournaments and everyone gets equal playing time in show cases no politics on my team. If you talk smack in the stands about the coaches you will be sent on your way with no second chances. I coach for the love of the game and will not allow some over bearing parent tell me how to run my team. You also have the right to leave at anytime if you don't like the way we run things. Yes we have a couple leave every season but we always have a great group with great team chemistry. No drama.

[CrushersDad]

I don't sit with high school softball parents. Most of them are rec. ball parents who know nothing about the sport and think their kid is a shoo-in as a Pac-12 starter. Kind of like a bunch of the posters in this thread

I personally LOVE the High School season. DD gets to play with friends, see her name in the local paper, be known around school as an athlete and be known around town! For me; I don't have to stay in hotels every weekend, I get to eat dinner at home every night and I get to watch DD be a local celebrity for a couple of months.

Is the High School coach good? HE11 NO!!!! DD has never had worse, but it is what it is and there is nothing I can do to change it.

Am I ready for High School Ball to end? YES!