- Dec 27, 2014
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I don't know if my 10u rec team is as advanced as yours.am I being a jerk not playing both or either of these girls (one can throw fairly well, but just does not move feet to get to balls, and is very slow to throw once she has it) in the infield at least for an inning or so a game?
sorry for being so long winded, but this is bothering me
We are all kid pitch, stealing, but no D3K.
Just 10 kids on the team, with four that are new to the game this year and have not played other sports. Four with one year of experience and three that can catch, field, throw and pay attention, one of the three that has just one year under their belt. Most are nine and ten. With so few kids we get a lot of reps in practice working to bring their game up. Much of our competing leagues field more experienced and even "second year" aaa (10u) teams - but we kind of fell in a hole between AA and majors. Anywho, we play against a lot of kids that are older and can really swing the bat. It scares me to have a newb on the infield whose attention span tends to wander, or self preservation skills have not really developed.
STILL, my goal is to get everybody an inning or two on the infield by mid year. I spoke with the parents at the beginning of the season and tried to be as nice as possible about it. A month in, we just have one that has not seen the infield. I suppose I am lucky the parents have understood and not thought that little Sally that just picked up a mitt should be playing 1b every inning. Actually, it is opposite for my team. Only three girls WANT to play 1b.
We would be more competitive if certain players did not see the infield but it is rec and I feel an obligation to get the girls involved as much with the spirit of the action as possible. Granted, they COULD see more action if they learned to get involved with backing up bases etc. but with a month of experience we are not there yet.
Personally, I do not think you are a jerk for doing what you think is best fo rthe girls as long as the parents and girls understand and all are working at getting their skills up to be safe. I have seen too many girls put their mitt up to catch a ball on the left side of their face when the ball flies by the right side.
Good luck!!
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