I have a parent who sent me a long rambling email about how I’m mismanaging the team because I don’t have her kid playing the same position he plays for his travel team.
I told my assistant coaches I’m going to get a cardboard cutout of her for my office.
Every time we win, we peel a section.
Starting when my daughter was 10/11, I’d hit her dozens of fly balls in CF before or after practices. She wasn’t always happy about this because at that point she pitched and played IF.
Even at that age I told her that her best path to playing varsity in HS was to learn to play as many positions as she could.
She ended up playing varsity OF for 4 years and got offers to play in college.
I’ll never understand parents or players who want to lock themselves into one position.