We're approaching mutiny on our 7u fall rec ball team. It seems the head coach thinks (starting before the first game) the only way we can win the final championship game (assuming we make it) is a strategy of leaning on 3 kids, one of which is his son who he plays at SS. He scolds the other 9 players for making the correct baseball play, like throwing the ball in front of the lead runner, or 3B throwing to 2B for a force out, because "they are too risky for 6 and 7 year olds" and insists that if any other player fields a ball, they must throw it to one of the 3 "good" players no matter the situation or where those players are in the field. In practices, he assigned kids to a permanent "A", "B", and "C" group that run different drills based on how he wants to play in the game. The irony is that we could beat the top two teams by season's end if most of the roster got development and were allowed to attempt the correct plays, make mistakes, and improve. It sucks when you're 3 or 4 games into a season and you already have to write it off because most of the kids (including mine) aren't getting the right reps in practice and are being instructed to make incorrect plays in games. Now that my older son and his friends moved to select, I'm going to have to come out of retirement to coach the younger crew.