Here is the situation. Have 25 girls in the league which we made 2 teams, one with 12 and one with 13. Now as many of you probably know that it is rare that a league will have enough girls to make an A caliber allstar team let alone enough a B type allstar team. My question is why do parents, moms and dads, think that their DD is allstar material when the results speak for themselves. Is this good for a program for girls to go get their brains beat in when they shouldn't be there to start with
Is every rec-player a allstar?
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What is your concern about it?
Are the best 12 going to be on the ''true'' all-star team? Then they should be happy. I do believe the best 12 deserve the best opportunity to succeed.
As for the other 13, the only risk is that the beatings they are about to receive will make them want to quit softball. But if they can handle it, and they want to do it, let 'em play.
Pretty neat that all 25 girls in the league want to keep playing softball this summer. Somebody must be doing a good job of making the game fun for them if everybody is still eager to play.
Are the best 12 going to be on the ''true'' all-star team? Then they should be happy. I do believe the best 12 deserve the best opportunity to succeed.
As for the other 13, the only risk is that the beatings they are about to receive will make them want to quit softball. But if they can handle it, and they want to do it, let 'em play.
Pretty neat that all 25 girls in the league want to keep playing softball this summer. Somebody must be doing a good job of making the game fun for them if everybody is still eager to play.
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In my experience the rec players who are actual all-stars leave for travel by 12u. At least that's how it is around here.
My concerni is that I think of the 13 is that not all of them would want to. To me its about 2 ( I will day it moms) want their DD:s to play tournament ball. Last fall we had to play in some local TB tournaments due to not enough local rec teams. We got beat pretty bad. Because we didn't have a full squad
I think it's fine that two moms want their DD's to play tournament ball, regardless of their abilities, assuming that the DD's actually want to play.
But if it interferes with the A team, then I get that. As I said before, I do think that the A team deserves every chance to succeed since it's going to be hard enough to be good from such a small league. They've earned that opportunity.
Just don't think that one of the girls want to and the other although her effort is all u would ask for her abilities aren't there yet. But if they ever catch up to her effort she will be a heck of a player.
Slightly off topic, but there are advantages to being part of a small-park all-star team for certain players. When my DD was 8U and 10U, I don't think she was good enough to make all-star teams from parks that had 8-10 teams. Not sure she would've developed or even kept playing if she'd come through a bigger program. The opportunity to play all-stars was very important in her sticking with it and getting better.
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Think of it as an extended season that let's them play more and get better. No harm in it when it is a 25 girl league. With that small of a pool, the only chance they have to develop is to play as much as possible.
We were able to schedule about 15 games against other area leagues. I would be ok with it if they were able yo go up against B llevel allstar teams bit they would be playing against A level teams. Just my one coach opinion!!!!
Maybe I'm missing something but I guess I don't really understand the problem. Your a league, albeit a small one. Leagues have All-Star teams. All-Star teams play in tournaments. Win, lose or draw, the kids are playing for the pride of being the best in their league and the name on the front of their jersey. If they get their butts handed to them, so be it. Then again, they may surprise you and rise to the occasion.
Edit to add: Something else to consider. I strongly believe that in order for teams and players to improve, they have to play the best competition. By going to the tournaments, it will give your players the opportunity to see how they stack up against other players/teams/leagues. When I coached rec league, I would always take the B team in all-stars. I told them that the entire goal of the team was to give 100% effort, learn from each play, improve each game and most of all, have fun. Sometimes we would pull out the win and sometimes we would get decimated. When we got killed, my favorite question to ask them was what did you see in that game that we couldn't do ourselves? By the time the tournaments were over, the team was responding with a resounding "Nothing!" Invariably they would work harder and improve. They took great pride in the fact that they had improved so quickly because they wanted to be able to compete when we faced those teams the next time. The next time we faced them, they might still beat us but, more often than not, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as before. Although they might feel bad about the loss, I would remind them about the differences in scores between the two games and show them how far they had come and how much they accomplished.
Most kids want to compete in the sport they are playing unless the parents are forcing them to play. Let them.
Edit to add: Something else to consider. I strongly believe that in order for teams and players to improve, they have to play the best competition. By going to the tournaments, it will give your players the opportunity to see how they stack up against other players/teams/leagues. When I coached rec league, I would always take the B team in all-stars. I told them that the entire goal of the team was to give 100% effort, learn from each play, improve each game and most of all, have fun. Sometimes we would pull out the win and sometimes we would get decimated. When we got killed, my favorite question to ask them was what did you see in that game that we couldn't do ourselves? By the time the tournaments were over, the team was responding with a resounding "Nothing!" Invariably they would work harder and improve. They took great pride in the fact that they had improved so quickly because they wanted to be able to compete when we faced those teams the next time. The next time we faced them, they might still beat us but, more often than not, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as before. Although they might feel bad about the loss, I would remind them about the differences in scores between the two games and show them how far they had come and how much they accomplished.
Most kids want to compete in the sport they are playing unless the parents are forcing them to play. Let them.
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