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Discussion in 'Softball Forum' started by ccrushers, Feb 3, 2011.

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  1. Feb 3, 2011 at 12:11 PM #1
    ccrushers

    ccrushers Junior Member

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    I read alot where people bashes coachs that coach their own daughters team (daddy ball). My question is how do teams get around that with so many teams popping up?
     
  2. Feb 3, 2011 at 12:15 PM #2
    LBlues 1

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    OK

    This topic has been beat to death on this board! There are options if you just seek them.:stepinshit:
     
  3. Feb 3, 2011 at 2:43 PM #3
    cheeze105

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    lets see if i can shorten this discussion....

    daddy ball is bad if you put your daughter above all the other kids. build a team with your daughter, not around your daughter.

    daddy ball is good if you treat everyone as an equal player, and provide the training and support equally among your team. do not treat your daughter like she's your daughter, she should just be another player you are coaching.

    daddy ball has its place in the softball world, just make it a positive experience for all involved.


    did i sum that up people.......???????
     
  4. Feb 3, 2011 at 3:19 PM #4
    CatchersDad

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    Options

    One option this fall will be my team Foothills Heat-Simmons 18U. No daughter, aunt, mom, cousin, friends daughter etc,. I have been truly blessed for this summer with twelve dedicated, multiple position, talented players, representing nine different high schools through out Western NC and N Georgia. I have had the privilege of learning from some of the best, Lady Blues 1, not to mention any names and can't wait for the fun to start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Dad
     
  5. Feb 5, 2011 at 10:56 AM #5
    momofplayer

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    I think the true question is, will college scouts consider my daughter if she plays for Daddy on a Daddy ball travel team
     
  6. Feb 5, 2011 at 12:11 PM #6
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    If the daddy is a good coach and the daughter is a good player, they will. Many girls that play college ball have been coached by their dads. If it is truly a "daddy ball" team where the coach/daddy lets his daughter play just because she is his daughter, then it is doubtful. If she is good enough and the parents do their homework by contacting coaches she will be considered.
     
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  7. Feb 5, 2011 at 12:22 PM #7
    Daddydobber*

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    ENUFF SAID !!!!!!!!! :N1amenHL2:
     
  8. Feb 5, 2011 at 3:08 PM #8
    cheeze105

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    my dear, if shes good enough of a player, it really wont matter who she plays for, as long as she plays. talent is always recoginized not matter who you play for, or with.
     
  9. Feb 5, 2011 at 5:39 PM #9
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    Yea

    She will be recruited if she does all the things you must do, no matter the coach as long as she improves each year and is a dedicated player with talent to play college ball. MY daughter was recruited and played four years and I coached her, Rick McHone's daughter played for him, Donnie's daughter played for him, and I can go on and on with "Daddy ball" coaches that's daughters are or have played college ball. Now I do think it is best to have an assistant talk about your daughter with coaches, it takes a great deal of pressure off all parties. You can also get coaches from other teams to talk to college coaches about your daughter, I do that all the time.
     
  10. Feb 6, 2011 at 2:33 PM #10
    CardCoach2

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    What is the obsession with "daddy ball"

    I'm with Rodney, this has been beat to death. Most all the coaches I know at some point in time, got into their respective sport because of their child, boy or girl.
    Ray Chandler, Rodney, Charlie Blackwelder, Jeff McPhail, myself, and on and on, and on. My point is that being a dad and a coach is not always a detriment. It was a great way for me to make up for lost time with my daughter after I spent so many years away from her, playing softball myself.
    The thing we, my daughter and myself, agreed on while we were on the field was the coach - player relationship: not the daddy - daughter thing.
    A good coach that has a daughter on the team will understand and that the coach - player relationship has to over ride the daddy - daughter relationship for the kid's sake. The flip side of where this argument always winds up is: How many times does the kid suffer the consequences of having her dad as the coach? I tried never to short change my kid but she had to earn her spot too. (And today, she still thinks I was harder on her that I was other kids)
    I don't think a dad coaching his daughter hinders recruitment either. History proves that out.
     
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