When is the dark time for High School/ Travel softball?

[25! & 28!]

Wow. I guess for every crazy coach out there there is a line of crazy parents willing to follow.

I feel sorry for the kids that have over the top HS coaches. Funny how for most of those coaches their teams fare no better than others at the end of the season.

Yes, I am a crazy parent because I like the fact that there is another high school coach in San Diego, and I think that makes a total of 5 or 6, that actually knows softball. Maybe you need to come down and see some of this ridiculousness before you comment.

[25! & 28!]

It's HS ball. Let the kids relax, play with their friends, have a little fun, without the grind of TB. The few months won't kill them contrary to the beliefs of some.

Right On, Spaz! You are right! That's why fall softball would be perfect!

[SoCalASABlue]

Wow. I guess for every crazy coach out there there is a line of crazy parents willing to follow.

I feel sorry for the kids that have over the top HS coaches. Funny how for most of those coaches their teams fare no better than others at the end of the season.

Yes, I am a crazy parent because I like the fact that there is another high school coach in San Diego, and I think that makes a total of 5 or 6, that actually knows softball. Maybe you need to come down and see some of this ridiculousness before you comment.

How about thinking of the effect abusive dictatorial asshats have on your teenage daughter instead of wins and losses? Just a thought...

[25! & 28!]

So have them play HS ball during the time when coaches do the majority of their recruiting and then have them play TB when the coaches are also playing their season so they cannot come out and watch. Yep, makes perfect sense.
I think this thread has now jumped the shark.

How about thinking of the effect abusive dictatorial asshats have on your teenage daughter instead of wins and losses? Just a thought...

Jumped the Shark? Not yet, Fonzi, I mean Spaz. Seems this is only getting started. I have had four PM's asking me to start a petition for the CIF Board. I am not really the "organizer type" but I guess I could give it a shot.

AND I understand the fall season thing is a pipedream, but coaches would recruit in the summer, when the girls were peaking. And they would still recruit in the fall and HS's could go to showcases. The main thing for me is to see late spring and summer ball be the best it can be. A time when all the girls are at their best striving for a title.

At absolute minium, it is necesaary for San Diego to have the same rules as OC. That's not asking too much. It would just be fair.

ASABlue, you are making a judgement call. Tom Dodd has been my oldest daughter's batting coach since she was 10. She is now 16. They have a great respect for each other and get along very well. The understanding of work ethic that we taught her was reinforced by Tom. Believe it or not, there are girls out there for whom softball is a genuine joy and there simply isn't enough of it. I prefer camping ANY day to softball, but those joys have been set aside because I was informed by both my daughters years ago that "camping gets in the way of softball." I think for the girls you are worried about, while dwelling in your teeth gritting hate for Tom Dodd, softball gets in the way of their TV and ipad time.

There are more hardcore softball players than you think. The beautiful thing would be for there to be a choice. If you are hardcore, then GO! If you aren't then, well, you aren't so don't go.

Trust me, I would love to get some more time in the woods, but this is not about me, though I am certain you think it is. That's called projecting.

[SDqueen619]

Well said 25 & 28 my dd plays tb and i have seen tom in action, and all i can say good for him and his girls. the proof is in the pudding and his girls are more better for it and maybe, just maybe if we stopped babying these girls so much they would grow to be the best at whatever they choose to do instead of being average.