Bit of a lurker. ..but now I need advice. DD is 11 turns 12 in September and she is on a 12u tournement team. Last year she was on a 10u rec. Team so this is very new to both of us. She tried out and made the team just after her 11 b'day and practiced all fall and winter. They are now playing tourneys. She is a very good well rounded player, she shares pitching and first base duties with another higher skill level girl on her team. My problem comes after seeing her teams first outdoor tournament appearance. Her team as a whole is simply not ready or skilled enough to even compete with C class teams. As individuals some of the girls are very decent but as a team they are getting absolutely picked apart in the tournaments. This is simply due to the fact that they only practice once a week three hours on Sunday. The practices are decent and intense but there is simply not enough time to cover everything they need to learn. I was under the impression that practices would pick up eventually but they never have and was told they never will. My biggest concern is actually for the teams safety, the HC has entered them into a few open tourneys and the played high ranked b teams and got hammered so hard I felt horrible for them. My DD is holding her own so well and im proud but would rather her be on a more skilled team..not for wins but to gain more experience. Not only that but she is pitching so many pitches because the field just can convert outs sometimes and will get stuck inan inning and go thru the batting rrotation. To throw another wrench in...an AC got fusterated with the whole thing and left and now they asked me to AC and to be honest I am overwhelmed with the amount of work this team needs and the resistance im getting from the HC.
Over all I am ok with starting my DD off slow and working into things but I did not realize she and her team was going to be thrown to the wolves. If she is going to play at this level she needs more help and better coaching...i work with her 3 to 4 times a week pitching and hitting but can do only so much. And now she is on a rec team to get some practice but she is so far ahead in skill level its not helping much.
Sorry for the novel length post...any help would be appreciated.
Over all I am ok with starting my DD off slow and working into things but I did not realize she and her team was going to be thrown to the wolves. If she is going to play at this level she needs more help and better coaching...i work with her 3 to 4 times a week pitching and hitting but can do only so much. And now she is on a rec team to get some practice but she is so far ahead in skill level its not helping much.
Sorry for the novel length post...any help would be appreciated.