After much discussion among the coaches, and then further talks with each player's parent one on one, we've decided to pull out of the fastpitch tournament and league at the ballpark we've been playing at for years now. That complex doesn't have a slowpitch leauge, but we're thinking that our girls need a middle-ground step in order to be competetive and to have any sort of fun. That last game today, not one of our girls was able to hit the fast balls pitched by the other team, and all we did was walk every one of their batters. We run-ruled our own selves by walking the bases loaded and then walking seven runs in. The girls were just standing around by the end of the game and clearly not having any fun. One half inning took 30 minutes, and max game time is only 70 minutes.
So, we continue practicing Monday, and we'll be joining the other leauge when they start play after Labor Day. If I understand correctly, as a coach, I have to take some kind of coach's certification course here in a few days. That will be interesting.
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