- Jul 14, 2018
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I’m getting a little ahead of myself, but DD is a second-year 14U and we’re starting to think about 16U and beyond. She plays for a large org now, and the 16’s and 18’s are “Showcase” teams, meaning they do a lot of travel and play more showcases than tournaments.
This feels like a bit of a turning point for DD. She’s been pitching for five years, but I honestly don’t see her pitching anywhere but lower-level D3 — she stopped growing at 12 and never developed any velocity. She still enjoys it, and she’ll be a solid HS pitcher.
So my question is: if she just wants to keep playing but isn’t looking to get recruited, should she stay with the big org to see (presumably) better competition at showcases, or just play locally and attend camps for the schools she’s interested in academically? Will she have no shot at getting looked at without some showcase experience? She says she wants to play in college, but she’s realistic about her talent level.
DW and I are thinking about the cost, and the time demands with another DD going into her senior year of HS. I don’t want to be the worst parent ever by selling her short, but I also don’t want to be one of the delusional parents we’ve all been chuckling about on some other recent threads.
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This feels like a bit of a turning point for DD. She’s been pitching for five years, but I honestly don’t see her pitching anywhere but lower-level D3 — she stopped growing at 12 and never developed any velocity. She still enjoys it, and she’ll be a solid HS pitcher.
So my question is: if she just wants to keep playing but isn’t looking to get recruited, should she stay with the big org to see (presumably) better competition at showcases, or just play locally and attend camps for the schools she’s interested in academically? Will she have no shot at getting looked at without some showcase experience? She says she wants to play in college, but she’s realistic about her talent level.
DW and I are thinking about the cost, and the time demands with another DD going into her senior year of HS. I don’t want to be the worst parent ever by selling her short, but I also don’t want to be one of the delusional parents we’ve all been chuckling about on some other recent threads.
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