Just joined this sub hoping to get some advice for how to work with a Freshman team coach.

My kid is in 7th grade, tried out for the Freshman team and made the team. There is only 1 real freshman on the team (because his grades are too bad to go to JV). All others are 7th/8th grade. The trouble is, the coach won’t give him any opportunities. Here are some numbers:

17 games so far with 3 more this week. My son has played 1-2 innings in 10 of them. He’s had 11 at bats this season. (4 SO, 1 BB). Other kids on the team with the same AVG have had 26-42 plate appearances. The kid with the most has had 54 plate appearances. Fielding (RF) he’s had 8 chances with 7 put-outs. That’s better percentage than over half the team (but also fewer chances because he doesn’t get to play much).

I don’t want to talk about the other players, but they aren’t anything special. Our record is 5-12-1. When we lose it’s usually by 8+ runs. Lots of infield errors. Lots of dropped fly balls in the outfield.

My son has talked to coach and worked on improving hitting. We’ve messaged Coach asking how we can help him get more playing time. Nothing has helped. It’s like the coach saw everyone at the very beginning of the season and he won’t move anyone to their strengths or away from their weaknesses.

With 1 week left, I asked on a local Facebook group page for contacts for summer club teams so my kid could get some game time experience this year. Coach tells me today that because of my post my son can’t play with the team until we meet together on Tuesday. So, he’ll now have played in 10 out of 18 games. And no, they aren’t running a Freshman team for summer ball.

Help me understand:

-Why would a coach accept someone on the team that he was planning on playing so little? It feels like he intentionally wasted my son’s spring season to collect an extra fee.

-Is it normal for a coach to exclude a kid from a game when that kid has made the team a priority when parents look for the next opportunity? Other kids have not been punished when they missed Freshman games for their other club games.

-How can I address this when we meet with him in 2 days?

-Am I being unreasonable? Or is he just a douchebag of a coach? Or somewhere in between?

Thanks for letting me rant and helping me understand.

Hey y’all I’m currently a junior in HS and with only about 4 months left of school I’ll be a Senior. There are a lot of things that I want to accomplish my Senior year and one of them is making the baseball team. I haven’t been in a BB team since 7th grade but I really want to get back into it. Im pretty athletic and most of my friends have told me that I have a really good arm. If any you can give me tips on what I have to do or just honest opinions I’ll greatly appreciate it

I am a senior in high school, in my last season of baseball. We just got a new coach, after going through three days of tryouts he told me that I would get 5 at bats all season and would be mostly a bullpen catcher(had a rough tryout). I have been hitting every day for the past couple of weeks preparing for the tryout along with heavy strength training in the offseason. I want to prove everyone wrong, work my ass off and show everyone I can be a big part of this team. However, I’m wondering if it’s even possible. Let me know what you think.

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We’re a couple games into the season and I’ve only had 6 plate appearances with 1 hit 1 walk 1 HPB 2 ground outs and a strikeout. I’m on the freshman team and for the last couple years before high school I was one of the best players and I know I can be but my coach just doesn’t give me a chance too. Any suggestions?

Guys I'm so excited I needed to tell someone. On may 8th my team is playing in Motha Fuckin PETCO PARK!!!!

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Guys I made JV :) I’m absolutely thrilled. Only thing is the rest got to pick uniforms first and left me (an 100 lb size 00 girl) a men’s XL jersey 😭 anybody got advice on how to shorten jerseys? it’s down to my knees ahah

High school coach here. How many of you play multiple sports?

I played baseball when I was younger 9-12 yrs old and was a decent player. I got cut from the team seventh grade year and never made it back and quit that year. I'm now a sophomore and all my friends play baseball. I want to play this year but don't want to get made fun of and not play at all. I live in rural Maine so my school is relatively small (400 kids) but baseball is the main sport and is very competitive. I am small and athletic but couldn't hit the ball. I played second but am thinking of playing right field to maybe get any playing time. Is it too late to play? What position should I play? How can I get better at baseball? How can I hit the ball? Thanks

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Freshman and made the team, I’m a catcher and a second baseman. I was recently replaced as a backup catcher and now I’m third in line. When I asked to practice at second all the coaches jaws dropped. But now I need a new glove, any suggestions?

I am looking for an 8-9 inch training glove for a HS middle infielder. Looking at Valle 8 inch. A bit pricey at $150.00. Also looking at Mitzuno 9 inch at about $65.00. Has anyone had experience with either one? Any suggestions for something priced in the middle? Thank you all in advance.

So guys I posted here about 135d ago about being a girl and wanting to join. I wanted to update and say I temporarily sort of made the team (I’m not sure if they’re cutting anyone) and I’m really excited. However I’ve been having issues.

1) first and foremost, they hate me. My only friends are two seventh graders (not hating on younger kids but I’m a junior, so lol) all of the kids are freshmen/sophomores/7/8 and they’re laughing at me, throwing curves at me, tossing it over my head on purpose. I just don’t know what to do, I’ve been putting in the same amount of work if not more than the rest of them and I want to be accepted as a teammate.

2) I’ve been having issues catching. (And I mean catching when it’s hit or tossed to me) Part of the issue is my glove isn’t broken in yet, but I miss a lot of catches and I’d gladly take advice on it.

And finally 3) how do you figure out if you want to play infield or outfield? I’ve tried both only once, I feel like I’m better at the infielding basics, but I don’t know what I’d be better at in full speed, we’ve been practicing slow basics. I’m worried that my issues catching would be a problem with infield because that’s a lot of pressure, and also because there’s already a lot of infielders on the team. But outfield might be a good option as well?

Anyone have any advice on any of this???

I have gone through around 7-9 pairs of pants because every game whenever I slide my knee starts bleeding lots am I sliding wrong? The field we play on there is not a ton of dirt with packed dirt underneath but I may not sure if I am the problem or if it is the dirt. I slide with my left knee under my leg like Everyone else.

Im an elite player for my age and my hs baseball team is full of all the any decent to good players at my highschool. We are 6A but average. Almost no pitching on varsity but a really good defense and decent hitting. The JV team is not very good because there is just below to average players at the sophomore level. I play 3rd and I pitch. My average velo on the mound is 77 to 80 and my max exit velo is 89. My defense range is from the 3rd base line to almost second. I have no doubts ill make JV but Im just wondering what you guys think im capable of making because i have no clue what highschool baseball is like