DD is going into her 3rd season of 12U - she played up last fall so technically she's still in her first year of 12U.
She's been playing rec since the last year she was age-eligible for 6U so about 5 years..
She got on the MS team last year as a 6th grader and has made the All-Star team for the last four years and is usually the top 2 girls at evals.
A lot of the girls she played with back in 8U/10U have made the transition to TB. One of her better friends moved her second year in 10U and a lot of them moved up right before 12U. We've been on the fence about it since she can't do All-Stars if she plays TB in the spring.
The girl that moved during 10U is a girl that she plays basketball and flag football with is on a team that was having try-outs this weekend. DD plays SS and C and has gotten pretty good at C this past season. The team has been looking for a new catcher and we thought this might be a good opp for her to experience a try-out and maybe play SB with her friend again. Also, her friend's dad is one of the AC on the team so she'd know a coach.
However DD is too scared to even go to the try-out. Her lists of issues with TB:
a - girls are too serious in TB (we told her it really depends on the team)
b - she might do bad
c - coaches are scary (she's been with the same few coaches in rec and they all love her and she's used to them)
We've told her that we don't even care if she makes the team or not - we kind of just wanted her to go to a try-out that wasn't rec to see what it's all about. And honestly I just kind of wanted her name out there in case they needed a pick-up player sometime (since one of the coaches does know her). One of her older coaches coached a TB last year and had asked DD to play in one tournament but she had a rec game that weekend. Another of her friends who moved to TB last year also had asked if DD could play in a couple of tournaments and her mom has said they had brought up DD's name a bit - she said that the team's normal C had injured her arm and they needed someone.
We ultimately did not go to the try-out and it's fine but we're a little disappointed.
I'm afraid she's getting to that age now that if she doesn't try soon, she's going to miss out.
We watched the PGF 10U championship game while we were talking about stuff and talking about how this was A-ball and how even these girls make mistakes so it's not a huge deal if that happens.
Any ideas on how to get her to not be afraid? I know we should just let her continue to do what she's comfortable with but I don't want her fear of the unknown stop her from something that might be better. At what age would the transition from rec to TB be too hard?
She's been playing rec since the last year she was age-eligible for 6U so about 5 years..
She got on the MS team last year as a 6th grader and has made the All-Star team for the last four years and is usually the top 2 girls at evals.
A lot of the girls she played with back in 8U/10U have made the transition to TB. One of her better friends moved her second year in 10U and a lot of them moved up right before 12U. We've been on the fence about it since she can't do All-Stars if she plays TB in the spring.
The girl that moved during 10U is a girl that she plays basketball and flag football with is on a team that was having try-outs this weekend. DD plays SS and C and has gotten pretty good at C this past season. The team has been looking for a new catcher and we thought this might be a good opp for her to experience a try-out and maybe play SB with her friend again. Also, her friend's dad is one of the AC on the team so she'd know a coach.
However DD is too scared to even go to the try-out. Her lists of issues with TB:
a - girls are too serious in TB (we told her it really depends on the team)
b - she might do bad
c - coaches are scary (she's been with the same few coaches in rec and they all love her and she's used to them)
We've told her that we don't even care if she makes the team or not - we kind of just wanted her to go to a try-out that wasn't rec to see what it's all about. And honestly I just kind of wanted her name out there in case they needed a pick-up player sometime (since one of the coaches does know her). One of her older coaches coached a TB last year and had asked DD to play in one tournament but she had a rec game that weekend. Another of her friends who moved to TB last year also had asked if DD could play in a couple of tournaments and her mom has said they had brought up DD's name a bit - she said that the team's normal C had injured her arm and they needed someone.
We ultimately did not go to the try-out and it's fine but we're a little disappointed.
I'm afraid she's getting to that age now that if she doesn't try soon, she's going to miss out.
We watched the PGF 10U championship game while we were talking about stuff and talking about how this was A-ball and how even these girls make mistakes so it's not a huge deal if that happens.
Any ideas on how to get her to not be afraid? I know we should just let her continue to do what she's comfortable with but I don't want her fear of the unknown stop her from something that might be better. At what age would the transition from rec to TB be too hard?
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