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Finding a School

Posted by Elvis on February 17, 2026, 5:48 am

To the Mom's and Dad's. There was no one harder on there daughter to reach perfection to achieve my daughters goals. She reached them and got to play D1 Big 12 Team.She graduates in May and Sodtball is over. From 6 to 22 all Softball. And what I know now I wouldn't of pushed and spent all the money. World series ring Trophy yeah its nice. But Bull Shit Polotics on a team. From the head Coach down to these snobby Rich Parents who think since they have money there kid can play. Please find a team that your Daughter can play more. Dont get caught up in the Power 5. Go to a lesser division D1 or even D2. These Coaches Lie to you. Traveling coaches Lie to you and take your money. Most of these Traveling Coaches don't care or help when they say they do unless you kiss there ass. Again find a School and team where your daughter will get plenty of playing time. Its all over now and to look back on how much money was spent on Bats gloves Paying someone for hitting classes fielding classes Traveling Teams. Please find the right fit. Now it was nice getting that Scholarship getting money every month my daughter got. Traveling playing on TV. But its over now and just looking back. A smaller D1 maybe D2 School would of been better.. But please beware of these Snake Traveling Coaches that tell you one thing and don't do what they said. I would love to out a certain Traveling Head Coach but wont. We did it with no help from him and she go it on her own to play Big 12. But once again the big name teams P5 find something smaller . Im just one of the Parents that got screwed over and told one thing and they lied. From both Traveling staying on the same team 3 years. To the Lying Pos Big12 Coach. Please do the right thing with your daughter. Happiness is way better than a World Series Trophy and limited playing time.

Re: Finding a School

Posted by BAD on February 17, 2026, 6:02 pm, in reply to "Finding a School"

The entire paragraph or whatever people would call that could have been written in 3 sentences. All you did was keep on repeating the same thing. That was extremely hard to read.

Re: Finding a School

Posted by Baddie on February 18, 2026, 11:01 am, in reply to "Re: Finding a School"

I know Bad is one of those parents. I bet your daughter plays on a team that plays 100 games a year and you love it

Re: Finding a School

Posted by Yess on February 17, 2026, 5:18 pm, in reply to "Finding a School"

Well said! It’s these Karen’s who are pushing these kids. And you’ll get oh your old must have sucked. Blah blah blah. If I can go back in life I would open a dome or create a travel team and sell the dream. Many of these parents are crazy!!! I will admit I was crazy also but didn’t fall into the bs, oh you have to play here or there to go D1. Just enjoy these last couple of years.

Re: Finding a School

Posted by @Traveling Coaches on February 17, 2026, 11:29 am, in reply to "Finding a School"

A lot of the guys who hold the keys are slime balls

Re: Finding a School

Posted by has left the building on February 17, 2026, 10:27 am, in reply to "Finding a School"

Wow. You hate to see sentiment like this at the end of the long journey. Sorry to hear it Elvis, but also appreciate you sharing.

Your story is yours, and I don't doubt it. Just offering my own two cents for others...

First, playing time is important - but so is getting a good education and having a positive experience. In other words, if you can be a starter at XYZ for four years or have a good experience as a role player at Michigan, plenty of kids will be happy with the latter.

Second, plenty of travel coaches don't care - but I think more of them are just ignorant. I remember sitting in "recruiting talks" led by tenured program heads and wondering to myself if the guy speaking has actually ever been on a four year school campus - or talked to a head coach.

But the big take away here is that IF you want to play in college, this is a very hard, very expensive, very time demanding and very energy consuming journey. Buyer beware. Always do your own homework and don't rely upon any one source of truth. Your kid is too important for that.

Re: Finding a School

Posted by @Elvis on February 17, 2026, 7:35 am, in reply to "Finding a School"

Not sure I completely followed the post, but one thing I'll say is, playing time matters. It's a long four years if you don't see the field. My youngest narrowed it down to an SEC and a Big Ten offer, chose the Big Ten, and was a four-year starter with a solid career. Watching the SEC team, they had crazy good players at her positions; she never would have seen the field. I know, it's a character test, work harder, but these kids were just better.

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