How do you pick an MVP?

What criteria do you use to select the Most Valuable Player for the season? Not just a single game or tournament, but for the season?
Stats? Attitude? Effort?
Freshman? Senior?
Who makes the selection?
No MVP award?

I'd love to know your thoughts on this.

 

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Leadership

I prefer to stay away from MVP and would rather recognize players for leadership, team before self, etc. If you are going to award a batting title, defensive award, etc. make sure the criteria are set before the season begins, and then go by the stats, keep it objective.

 

I stay away from individual awards, not that I disagree with them, but all season I preach that it is team sport. One of the things I ask teams is would you rather go
4-4 and no RBI's or runs scored or go 0-4 with 2 RBI's. Because if you are a team player player it is all about RBI'S and Runs Scored. Now I do admit that personal pride is important and with every time you are on base you are helping your team because if someone else steps up it gives the team a chance to score. However, I do not like the message I send when I stress all year team is all that matters and then give out the individual awards.
I do need to say that I am coaching HS ball and girls are not worried about college teams looking at them during the season, and there are all league awards and all-state awards given out. So that maybe different then in travel ball.
Scott Miller
www.gaptogapsoftball.com

 

MVP Award

What I'm most interested in with this thread is HS ball. I'm not aware of a season MVP in TB, although some teams may do that. I would think with the level of players being so even in TB that it might be easy enough to have a tournament MVP but a season MVP would be tough. I like the way the Carolina Flames, Butch Eddenfield, chose an MVP in at least one tournament I watched. The players voted for the MVP and the MVP was given the tournament trophy. That's awesome!!!

Does anyone have any thoughts, plans, etc. that a team could use that would give everyone a fair chance at earning an award. Most of the schools I'm aware of limit it to three awards. The top award is usually MVP and there may be a Coach's Award, or Best Offensive and/or Defensive Player.

 

To be honest, SBF, I've been associated with HS ball for the last 8 years.....and in my youngers days coached HS as well. We had awards, but never an MVP.

But I agree woth the other posters. If a team is going to have this award, I would insist that leadership and example setting plays a major role in the selection.

 

I disagree with MVP awards below the varsity HS age groups.

 

sorry- but I think that is completely ridiculous

once kids get 10, every team should recognize the player they needed the most to win