"What Bothers Me About High School Softball Coaches, Part II"

In a recent local prep sports article a local high school coach here in St. Louis, made some comments about the opposing pitcher who had just thrown a 10-inning shutout against her team. She said <i>"When you are used to hitting off girls who throw double that speed, in the sixties, and then you are hitting off someone who throws in the thirties, that's a very drastic change and it is hard to adjust."</i> Most everybody in the "real" softball world (Summer Select Travel Ball) knows that the pitcher in question was throwing in the high 40's to low 50's and was doing her job by throwing breaking pitches to keep the other team off balance. I think this uneducated coach needs to learn to control her mouth and her attitude and watch what she says. The pitcher in question is a freshman and finished with a record of 16-1 at the varsity level and also led her team to a 2nd place finish in the Missouri State Championships. This is just another example of the some of the things wrong with high school softball. I feel sorry for all the frustrated players, parents, instructors and select coaches during this time of the year.