We were a 12u last season and our best pitchers was an 11 year old. She has good enough stuff to move up to 13U with us and our commish is saying that she can't play up to 13u because she now qualifies as a 12U. This is crazy right. Who cares is a younger kid can play with the big girls,right...
I have a team that is all 13U eligible. Can we be a 14u team and participate in a 13u tournament we found, all girls are 13 years old. Or because we are classified as 14u can we NOT play down?
Thank you, hope my question makes sense.
Thanks all for the feedback. I don't want to see anyone ever get hurt either. I have a hitter that seems to hit the ball better when she fakes the bunt the swings away. Her concentration is much better for some reason after pulling back and swinging. This hitter is one of my best bunters and...
Hello all again,
Obviously the biggest struggle we had this year being new to the travel scene was bat speed. We focused a lot on bunting to try and be competitive this one tournament we were in this fall, we have 6 girls on our team that run home to first in 3.1 sec or less. Have lots of foot...
Thank you all for your honest feedback. I think that my original post might have been a little "Dictator" like, and I didn't mean it to but, I think I was just frustrated at the time I wrote the post.
I absolutely am all about player development above all. Especially having most girls on the...
good point will take that into consideration. I guess the frustrating part is that when we started, the 3 coaches and myself were in agreement that this is NOT house league. But the parents need to know that their issues have to go through me. I will discuss with the coaches when needed, but I...
Hello all.
Need some advice on coaching and managing.
Jumping into 12U FT Travel and we have some issues after our first fall Tournament.
I am the manager and have a head coach that has the same expectations as me, we are "cautiously optimistic" that we can complete well. The other coaches...