Beachy Moments

FINALLY, softball All Stars are over with! These last few days have been dragging by waiting for the final game. This was not a good experience, in my opinion, for Katie. Yes, she did have fun and that's all that matters, but these coaches did not meet my expectations at all. Thank goodness her regular season coaches were assisting and she was able to get some coaching from them.
The team lost every single All Star game. They played good, but once again the coaches were focused too much on fielding and not enough on batting. That's where we were lacking strength. Yes, we have some awesome hitters, but at times they couldn't even get the ball passed the pitcher! That was a combo of having a horrible pitcher (coach pitching), and not enough batting practice.
Don't even get me started on the competition level with most of the teams we played. It was like night and day! Seriously. I was embarrassed for the team to say the least. Teams already notice where we're from and automatically judge us, but to get creamed at the same time is just a low blow for everyone. Our recreation department needs to step up to the plate to improve the facilities, get better equipment, and provide better training options for the kids/coaches.
Katie will definitely play Fall season softball with her current regular season team, but when Spring season rolls around I think we are going to pay a few bucks more to go to a better rec league. We're going play this idea out by ear though.