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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s the thing:  you have to work and learn on your own.  Don’t want to do that?  Fine.  Your kid will eventually be cut.  Why?  Because there will be kids who are working on their own and they will be better.

It can be a little surprising but that’s the way it is.  You do not learn and get better unless you work on your own.  Think about it though.  Is your kid going to learn to be a better hitter getting 30-40 swings a week in softball practice?  Is your kid getting instruction on how to position her feet?  Her hands?  Are they working on hitting behind the runner?  Does she know how to change her stance and swing based on the game situation?  Can you help with that?  Yes.  But, unless you have experience and expertise in teaching hitting you should leave the instruction to someone who can do that.  But, watch and listen so you can help with repetition.

Think:  how much would your kid improve at hitting if she did 4 sets of 30 swings and 1 set of 30 bunts - 3 days a week?  For the next 25 weeks?  What do you think a softball coach will consider a 13 year old who can pull of a squeeze play?

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I agree with this and a lot of times kids don't realize how much practice other kids put it. They don't see it and the kids don't talk about it.  But there is a small number of kids who just have very natural talent as well - usually one on every team

And I agree with others - it's performance on game day that counts. I have tried pointing this out to my DD but it falls on deaf ears. She thinks being compliant during practice and doing everything the coach asks is what matters. We have told her its not helping and if she wants the coaches attention she needs to actually play aggressively during the game.[/quote]

Yes, I agree with this too.  The kids who put in work outside of practices and games will be noticed, just by virtue of becoming a better player AND performing at games.  I have one kid with natural talent and one who does not.  The kid with natural talent works on this own all the time and is unsurprisingly very good.  He has always been confident too and performs well almost all the time.  He is a quiet kid and probably would never be paid attention to were it not for the fact that he is one of the best players on this team AND he is playing up.  So in some respects, I don't think being a more vocal player is going to do much unless it's something a kid is doing during game time and it's benefiting the team.

His brother on the other hand, no natural talent or much confidence, but also never put any work outside of practice, so unsurprisingly as well, he didn't get much playing time when we moved to a new club and a more competitive team.  But we got him private coaching and the effect on his confidence and his skills were immediate and he just started standing out during games more.  Now, he is a starter.   [/quote]

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