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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see the sport is softball. At 12, all the girls should be seeing significant playing time on a low level travel team. I’d keep an eye out for a new team as they are not all like this.

Do you have any idea why she doesn’t play, skill wise? Has the coach said anything? Some batting or pitching lessons, or learning a new position to fill a defensive hole can be helpful. In terms of getting playing time.

Also, some of the teams at this age are straight up daddyball, or are simply an established group that has been playing together for years already (nearly impossible to break into the starting lineup).

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OP here. It must be hitting because her fielding is definitely average for the team’s abilities. The team is newly formed (wasn’t playing together last year.) I honestly sometimes wish they had just cut her at tryouts but there is no way to know that then. [/quote]

That could definitely be it. Is she in the batting lineup every game (are they batting the roster, or only batting 9-10 girls?) How much playing time does she currently get, and at what positions typically? Can she pitch at all? Has the coach given any feedback at practice that might be a clue? I ask those questions because it really may just be a small thing or certain skill she needs to work on, to get herself into the mix. At age 12, improvement can be extremely rapid- sometimes things just need to “click” with a certain skill.. I certainly wouldn’t give up on travel softball due to this (and sounds like she plans to stick it out for the season regardless).

You could also straight up ask the coach but that is not always well received…[/quote]

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