Hi,
My daughter played on both her school team which in essence was 12U (minus drop 3rd strike) and is currently on a 10U travel team. At the beginning of the season, she was hitting well on both teams but as of late she can't hit her way out of a brown bag when it comes to 10U (12U finished up a couple of weeks ago). It is really strange because she faced much better pitching / higher velocity on her school team where she was making much better contact.
I am racking my brain to understand the discrepancy, is it the five extra feet (40 vs 35), is she finding the 12-inch ball easier to pick up, or is it a distrust that 10U pitchers throw strikes? She is mostly facing 'C / low-B' level pitching so she isn't trying to hit anything north of 45mph at 10U (but could make contact 50+mph/40feet) with 12U pitchers.
She is a 2010 birthyear so she moves up in August anyway but with a few tournaments left on the schedule, I am trying to right the ship. Or do I just move forward and have her focus on the 12U transition.
Wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar..
My daughter played on both her school team which in essence was 12U (minus drop 3rd strike) and is currently on a 10U travel team. At the beginning of the season, she was hitting well on both teams but as of late she can't hit her way out of a brown bag when it comes to 10U (12U finished up a couple of weeks ago). It is really strange because she faced much better pitching / higher velocity on her school team where she was making much better contact.
I am racking my brain to understand the discrepancy, is it the five extra feet (40 vs 35), is she finding the 12-inch ball easier to pick up, or is it a distrust that 10U pitchers throw strikes? She is mostly facing 'C / low-B' level pitching so she isn't trying to hit anything north of 45mph at 10U (but could make contact 50+mph/40feet) with 12U pitchers.
She is a 2010 birthyear so she moves up in August anyway but with a few tournaments left on the schedule, I am trying to right the ship. Or do I just move forward and have her focus on the 12U transition.
Wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar..