What is sadder is the level of competition in Dixie ( 7-8 yoa ) and youth girls softball among the parents. The kids just want to play and the parents are all about playing “select ball” and if their kid does not get asked to the all star team they are offended.
My son was asked to play select after the season and I said no and you would have though I kicked someone’s grandma. This year the word was out that I am a non-team parent (??) so don’t bother asking my kid to play. The good thing is he is in the top 5 of players in the league so they need him.
I know that this is straying off topic, but I coached youth leagues, high school and college summer leagues. Parents are often the worst component of youth athletics, and in fact often inhibit their kids’ ability to advance in their sport. Too much domestic conflict.
Tell your son to just have fun and try to get a little better each year. The college scouts won’t even look at him until his junior year of high school (even though some parents insist that their kid has been “booked” by an MLB team at the age of 10.) LOL. I’ve heard them all!
Me too! I have a son in Little League and I couldn’t care less which team he is on, and last year he was offered to switch up to AAA from AA, and (after asking him, and he said no thanks, as he had already bonded to his AA team), I told the lady no thanks, and yes, it was like I had kicked her grandma.
I do like Little League better than CYO basketball as LL seems to place kids on teams based on ability and not age (CYO is by age). Better for my kids, who aren’t fabulous athletes.