6, full 7 inning games

[Pale Rider]

I posted what I thought was a good pic of my kid, I knew better actually, very few people ever pat anyone's kid on the back...except their own and wish to interject their opinions, conclusions but its a public forum, as of today 1st Amendment is still in effect...

I'm proud of her, she works hard...her nickname is TONKA...
Tournament was an ASA Qualifier in Arkansas, June or July not sure...don't remember the exact dates, but it was hot as hell...no game ended early as in run rule etc...as far as each game being EXACTLY 3 hrs, not so sure, but when you add in warm ups...I'm sure its more...
As far as needing another catcher, may be, but #3 says that's her spot...You wont hear her whine about it....She is there to play...that's her spot
And we play virtually every weekend...

As far as her health, my wife is an RN, she was well hydrated and at the risk of being a over watchful parent she gets checked out every inning by my spouse...her coaches of course keep an eye on her also...

Matter of fact it was Joe Breeden...knees savers are in correct position btw...not in high (wrong) position....
Anyway thanks for the pat

[CheckWriter]

I think anybody would be proud, nobody wants to take anything from your DD. Also, all due respect to DW.

Speaking for myself, just tying to get you to consider the possibility that playing either pitcher or catcher that much may not be good for you DD's long term musculoskeletal health. Too much too soon and then for too long. Just mine and some others' opinion.

Some are probably already tiring of my taking up Sam's cause to some extent but, there are others with more insight into the "medical aspects" situation than even your wife that might agree with those of us that think what your DD is doing has a significant chance of overuse injuries. One that comes to mid:

http://books.simonandschuster.com/Any-Given-Monday/James-R-Andrews/9781451667080

She only has two knees, shoulders and elbows.

Just a thought.

[ontheblack]

Im with Check Writer on this. Its not a slam on your DD. Quite the contrary. I'm impressed with the drive and determination. The issue is simply overuse. Once you start dealing with overuse injuries, or overuse that exacerbates nagging injuries, that much playing time just raises a red flag.

[just a dad]

Bad to the bone, nobody tougher than catchers!

Great pic, thanks for sharing!

[freetacos]

Sounds a lot like my oldest DD. She was insulted if she didn't start every game behind the plate. The pain was so bad in college that she had both knees operated on and that didn't stop all the pain. She had multiple injections of cortizone in her knees her junior and senior year in college just to be able to play. Now she is 25 and can no longer use any type of jogging or running when she works out. Should she have set the bench on some of those games in Gold ball? Without a doubt but it's too late now. She has no regrets but I feel that I should have put my foot down when she was younger. Most of the games that our kids play in travel ball are meaningless anyway.

My .02 cents worth

ft

[bucket_sitter]

Game on Firday.... than couple on sat and couple on sun??? Why were you at the field for so long??? Sat at 8 am and left at 1 am ??? than Sun 8 am and left at 2pm. sounds like alot of sitting time to me to only play 6 games. I can't follow all the early and late times and to play 6 games??? Nothing meant just the time frame

Apparently you've never played in Panama City Beach, Florida....hate playing there because there are always rain delays. Sitting around is expected in PCB.

[Battle]

I posted what I thought was a good pic of my kid, I knew better actually, very few people ever pat anyone's kid on the back...except their own and wish to interject their opinions, conclusions but its a public forum, as of today 1st Amendment is still in effect...

I'm proud of her, she works hard...her nickname is TONKA...
Tournament was an ASA Qualifier in Arkansas, June or July not sure...don't remember the exact dates, but it was hot as hell...no game ended early as in run rule etc...as far as each game being EXACTLY 3 hrs, not so sure, but when you add in warm ups...I'm sure its more...
As far as needing another catcher, may be, but #3 says that's her spot...You wont hear her whine about it....She is there to play...that's her spot
And we play virtually every weekend...

As far as her health, my wife is an RN, she was well hydrated and at the risk of being a over watchful parent she gets checked out every inning by my spouse...her coaches of course keep an eye on her also...

Matter of fact it was Joe Breeden...knees savers are in correct position btw...not in high (wrong) position....
Anyway thanks for the pat

Don't sweat it. Take note of the extremists and only use it if the situation is extreme. You will know that better than anybody. Not them.

[freetacos]

So battle..would you tell us just exactly what your experience with over use injury is? You are advising someone else to not worry about it?

please, let us know.

ft

[Battle]

So battle..would you tell us just exactly what your experience with over use injury is? You are advising someone else to not worry about it?

please, let us know.

ft

I'm not advising anyone of anything. I'm saying listen to your kid, watch her, and make an educated judgement based on what YOU see. I get the "save the world" and "fight the good fight" for the sake of the kids but for this subject to be brought up in this thread is ridiculous.

[freetacos]

Battle , what is rediculous is someone posting and offering advice on a subject that they don't have a clue about. Again...what do you know about overuse injuries in sports?

ft

what do you know about overuse injuries in softball???