Problem with a coach

i think you should say what you worte because a guy that is batitng 400. shoukd be up in the top four hitters, you should br either 1,2,3,4 in the batting order

I think i am gonna say that ( if i keep my average up over the next 9 games ) but i know he is part fo the guys that decide who makes Varisty next year so i don't want to get on his bad side.

you should approach him and ask what you can do to make it to the spot you wanna hit at, which sounds pretty high. dont sound snobby or anything just listen to him. and if you dont feel like what he said was appropriate about the start on monday just tell him what you think and maybe you two can get along well. just dont tell other players what you think because it might then leak to the coach which would be bad for you.

Ha, well other kids know because as soon as he said it a lot of the kids looked at me and just were stunned. I think im just gonna keep working hard until the end of the season and then see where it leads.

Something like that happened to me my freshman year of high school. My freshman year was the first year that we were required to use a -3 bat and I was used to a -5 and had not been able to train with a -3 that fall due to an injury. I think I was batting under .200 through the first 10 or so varsity games. My coach moved me to the 9 hole from the 5 hole. While I was in the 9 spot my average jumped to around .340 after about 12-15 games. My coach came to me and spoke with me about moving back up in the order and why I was staying in the 9 hole as long as I was. He explained that by being in the 9 hole I was seeing many more fastballs than I would in the 5 spot, and no pitcher wants to put a man on with a walk just before the top of the lineup rolls around. When I moved up into the 3 spot I hit well, but not as well as I did in the 9 spot.
The point of my ramblings is not to complain about where in the lineup you are hitting, especially if you are successful where you are. Hitting in the 9 spot and getting your hitting going have more in common than you might think...

Parent here but Im gonna chime in:
Forget it, let the coach worry about the lineup.
I understand why you'd like to be hitting higher in the lineup, and you may be right. But the lineup is not your job.

You're job is to help your team win, be productive, have good at bats and advance runners. You can do that no matter where your hitting. If you do that you dont need to to be hitting 1-5 to hold your head high.

the demands of hitting in the 1-2-3 spot are increased compared the 8 and 9 slot- maybe your coach wants you to see more strikes- which 8 and 9 hitters get . 1 2 3 4 hitters are often not given any good pitches to hit and must be incredibly patient as they move up the ladder- varsity -then college- good luck and help your team by ripping some dead red fastballs in the 8 slot

i am sorry i just answered a post that was almost 2 years old

i am sorry again i was looking at the wrong date-i guess i dont know much