by curveballerguy124 » Tue Oct 15, 2019 1:45 pm
From my perspective its easy, earn your playing time!!! It starts at practice the moment they come out onto the field, their attitude their enthusiasm, everything I'm always paying attention. See the beauty of coaching a team that you don't have a kid on is it allows you to watch all of the players from a non-biased point of view.
So it begins at practice, who is half assing-it who is getting at it like it means something. To me there's a difference between getting reps and getting better so the kids I see going through the motions don't impress me. The kids who are trying to improve those are the ones that catch my attention, the one's not afraid of making a mistakes. The ones willing to get dirty, and they don't need to be the best player on the team because if I see them trying I'm gonna give them a shot....
Parents complain about playing time but as a coach I want to see my girls play not sitting. I want to see them make a play, hit a dinger, strike a girl out, throw a girl out, I want to see my kids improve at the plate, improve on the field, get more confidence but it all starts at practice......My view is this, if she won't try and make the play when it doesn't count how is she going to make the play when it does?
Parents complain about playing time but watch your kid at practice, is she going hard or just going through the motions. Is she trying to make the plays, is she trying to improve, does she have the right attitude or is she hanging her shoulders. Try taking off the parent goggles and look at her during practice and ask yourself if that wasn't my kid would she impress me enough to play her? I once had a parent tell me she doesn't go hard at practice because she knows your not gonna put her on the field during a game, SMH..... Don't be "that parent" encourage your kid to go hard get dirty make the "play" during practice it will go a loooong way with earning play time....