08-12-2009, 12:17 AM
Thatâs some tough stuff to deal with to be sure. Coach might need some training there. Donât really know him though, and never had a daughter of mine play for him.
Jazminh, I sure wouldnât say WHS is a total failure for academics. Struggling on average, but there are a lot of success stories as well, not as many as we would all like to see.
Anyway, the coach kept his job, good thing for the coach. It seems though that the bar has been raised for his involvement in development, also a good thing for the coach. He will find himself with much better prepared players overall. That will ultimately make his job go much smoother, while providing the players a more enjoyable high school experience. While on the subject of softball development, great that we now have middle school softball again, better if these girls had a chance to play other communities. Waukegan is its own worse enemy in this regard. Like our middle schools, the girlâs softball program was just big enough to play games against each other. Once they stepped out of the sheltered program they got wumped on by the other teams. (recent history, not the Waukegan of old Iâve heard about on these boards) That is why there are attempts being made by a few good folks to take the girls to travel ball. With the current middle school schedule the results will be similar. The girls will only become good enough to compete with the other Waukegan teams, once they start high school they will be playing with teams that have already been playing other communities and have learned from one another. For a lot of these girls it will be a call to action to get better and they will respond with a passion. Unfortunately it takes time to learn to hit good pitching and longer to become a good pitcher. With proper training some will pick up the hitting before leaving high school, but itâs rare that a pitcher can develop the skills needed to compete at the varsity level starting from their freshman year, It takes time to learn to throw good breaking stuff, and with the mound moving back 3 feet the fastball only pitchers will get used for batting practice at the varsity level. It wouldnât take much, just get them out to a couple other towns during the season so they can get an idea of what they need to do early enough for them to get started doing it before high school.
Jazminh, I sure wouldnât say WHS is a total failure for academics. Struggling on average, but there are a lot of success stories as well, not as many as we would all like to see.
Anyway, the coach kept his job, good thing for the coach. It seems though that the bar has been raised for his involvement in development, also a good thing for the coach. He will find himself with much better prepared players overall. That will ultimately make his job go much smoother, while providing the players a more enjoyable high school experience. While on the subject of softball development, great that we now have middle school softball again, better if these girls had a chance to play other communities. Waukegan is its own worse enemy in this regard. Like our middle schools, the girlâs softball program was just big enough to play games against each other. Once they stepped out of the sheltered program they got wumped on by the other teams. (recent history, not the Waukegan of old Iâve heard about on these boards) That is why there are attempts being made by a few good folks to take the girls to travel ball. With the current middle school schedule the results will be similar. The girls will only become good enough to compete with the other Waukegan teams, once they start high school they will be playing with teams that have already been playing other communities and have learned from one another. For a lot of these girls it will be a call to action to get better and they will respond with a passion. Unfortunately it takes time to learn to hit good pitching and longer to become a good pitcher. With proper training some will pick up the hitting before leaving high school, but itâs rare that a pitcher can develop the skills needed to compete at the varsity level starting from their freshman year, It takes time to learn to throw good breaking stuff, and with the mound moving back 3 feet the fastball only pitchers will get used for batting practice at the varsity level. It wouldnât take much, just get them out to a couple other towns during the season so they can get an idea of what they need to do early enough for them to get started doing it before high school.