Skidmore College
NCAA DIII • NULL
Date: March 26, 2025
Would Recommend
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This coach ruined my love for the game, sadly. I have been playing softball for 20 years, and during my time on her team, was the only time where I did not enjoy playing- at all. Luckily, I have found my love for it elsewhere (no help from her), but she has taken something so important away from the game. I have never doubted myself like I have when I played for her. I have never been so afraid to fail, and even do something correctly, but not the way she wants it done. I have never had a coach yell at me for making a good play. I have never gotten yelled at for producing good statistics. I could be on liberty league honor roll, yet still feel like complete s**t every single day about how was playing. She ruins relationships between teammates left and right and has made me feel like s**t for having friends outside of the team. I have even been told that the rest of the team didn't like or respect me, which was very much not true, but this time of mind games ruined my relationship with my teammates for years. I was scared to speak up. I got yelled at when I did speak up for my teammates. I was constantly told that I was doing everything wrong and to stop helping my teammates when they came to me asking for advice on hitting/throwing/ anything. I have had bad coaches in the past, but I have never had a coach who either ignored me, or had something nasty to say to my face. She would answer simple questions with nasty responses and made it impossible to have a conversation. I was afraid to fail, which in a sport like softball, is not okay. Despite always having the talent, as the season went on, you just saw everyone's confidence cease to exist and you saw it translate to the field. I hope that if you are a perspective athlete, that you avoid playing for this coach.