Confront the Coach or let it alone

SportsMom,

There is so much more to the story that you failed to mention. Is your son getting playing time at any other positions? How many players has the coached used at catcher? Has your son played catcher before this season?

There are only 9 positions on the field at one time and if the coach played all the players at there wanted positions you would have 6 shortsops, 10 pitchers and a few catchers and no outfielders.

Have your son keep practicing and working on his catching game. Players and parents can not get there way all the time. Parents usually have 1 agenda and thats their kids happiness, coaches have several agendas, some are good and some are not. Most want to win, many want just to teach the game and many want to make sure their kids get the best positions and lots of playing time.What kind of coach do you have? Does he have the teams interest at heart or does he just coach for a select few? Only you and he can answer that question. Despite the what the answer is you can only control what you and your son will do.

You could make a big stink and blast the coach, but what would that accomplish? You could have your son keep working on his game and play for a different coach next year that would allow your son a chance to catch. Maybe he is not cut out to catch, I DO NOT KNOW, but blasting the coach will not help. Calmly letting him know how you feel and then excepting the outcome is what I would recommend.

Growing up is tough to do and one of the lessons we must learn is that life is not ALWAYS fair.

Seadog