@TPM posted:So on one hand we have a situation where parents are complaining their players are sitting on the bench because the coach picked up older guys from the portal and then on the other hand we have parents stating players do not want to go play summer ball because it's not something they want to do but the coach is forcing them to do it.
What happened to the player going away and playing like an all star and proving to the coach he deserves to get off the bench and be in the line up?
I think that CBI hit the nail on the head. Coach is making a player go away instead of sitting on his butt all summer playing video games.
Why not talk to the coach about a plan for an alternative and see what happens.
@TPM IMHO, I think we thought very simple, we wanted to compete, we wanted to win, more important we liked the social component of play baseball.
Playing all day, 7 on 7 (Pitcher, catcher, 3 infielders, 2 outfielders), no coaches or played a game of fungo.
The game always got contentious with balls and strikes in the last inning because the batter stayed at the plate until he got the perfect pitch.
There were a lot of fights at the end of these games and then we came back the next day to do it again.