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[quote=Anonymous]My kid plays baseball but we dealt with a similar situation. The coach had a son who was athletically gifted. There were about two other players who were a step below the coach’s superstar. Those three kids were the only ones who were put at pitcher and first base under the guise of not wanting other kids to get hurt in those positions. Nobody else had an opportunity to play those positions and my son was put in the outfield for pretty much every game, with the exception of maybe a few innings. He didn’t develop at all and baseball can be pretty boring when you’re always in the outfield.

Coach moved up an age group with his kid and one of the other parents took over as coach. My son has been playing all different positions this season and it turns out he’s pretty good at pitcher and 1st base. He just needed the opportunity to get to play those decisions. It can’t be expected that kids will have skills to play different positions when they’ve never been afforded the opportunity. If this coach does the same thing as the old coach then definitely switch teams. [/quote]

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