As you all know from my last post, I am coaching 8u softball. This has truly been challenging and rewarding all together. Let me just say I adore each and every girl on the team. They all bring something to the field when they play. It is such a learning experience to all of us. It has really made me more patient and new techniques are applying each game and practice.
Game day was something to talk about. I was really upset that my girls did not get to play a full game. We were not only short 3o minutes of the game, but the rules seem to change with each team. I don't get it?! We read the manual, well my team coaches did and we try to abide by the rules. We have 11 girls and each game. All of them play during the game, but the 2 alternates will switch out 1/2 of the game. That's the way it goes. Its hard to do but it is the rules and it teaches them the rules and we en stow good sportsmanship with them. They are fine with it. My problem is when the other teams put ALL of their girls on the field, and unfortunately it is our fault that we don't count the other teams heads during each inning. My bad. There reasoning is they don't want there 1 of their 10 girls to ride the bench half of the game. Well, too bad. Its the rules. We have 11, so does that mean we can put our 11 girls out there because we have more than them? No, we cant. It's not TBALL, its softball. We have to teach them something, right?! Maybe this will work itself out, I don't know, but you can rest assure we will have to count heads at each game. Its pity but apparently there not being honest.
