If your league has decent pitching, I would stay in rec until after 1st year 12u all-stars. All-Stars are the best of times.
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Play catch with her. Some of my best times I've had with the daughter and now GD & DS is playing catch. Everything will unfold from there.
I believe it's what her age is as of January 1st depending if she is playing little league rules then it's in August. She is most likely playing 10U.
If your league has decent pitching, I would stay in rec until after 1st year 12u all-stars. All-Stars are the best of times.
Age groups are by twos 10U,12U,14U,etc. So a first year team would be a team who is in their first year in an age group. It starts to matter less in 14's and by 16's I doubt you will see that even mentioned...at least by serious teams.I often see the terms “1st year and 2nd year” used, can you explain exactly what it means? I tried googling but it didn’t help. Thank you in advance
Hi all, little background, my DD is 8, will be 9 in January and has been in cheer/gymnastics her whole life. She has always mentioned she wanted to try softball due to her older cousins playing for many years. Finally signed her up a few weeks ago in a local Rec league for 8U.
I’ve done my fair share of research on the sport as well as leagues, gear, tutorials etc, but I do have a few questions (and yes I know some are a bit premature due to her only being a few weeks into a new sport)
1) I’ve read the many threads on here in regards to rec vs TB and feel I’ve read enough to make a decision if and when the time comes, BUT is it up to the parent to find these tb teams to try out for or do they tend to approach parents are tournaments and such?
2) I want to make sure she starts off on the right foot in regards to mechanics and seeing as how I can already tell that rec ball won’t really help her with a good foundation, I’m open to getting her private lessons. Is an hour lesson every other week good or should I be aiming for an hour a week? I’m sure a lot has to do with my DD retaining the information and practicing on her own.
3) how does the age cut offs work in regards to her being a January child? She will be 9 in January of 23. Seeing as how the spring is the more competitive season, would she be still be in 8U or 9/10U next season?
Thanks In advance, and thank you for all the great reading on
At such a young age, the most important thing is to build love of the sport and a bond between child and parent. Rec ball is perfect for that. They get to play with their friends in a non competitive setting and see how proud the parents are of them.Hi all, little background, my DD is 8, will be 9 in January and has been in cheer/gymnastics her whole life. She has always mentioned she wanted to try softball due to her older cousins playing for many years. Finally signed her up a few weeks ago in a local Rec league for 8U.
I’ve done my fair share of research on the sport as well as leagues, gear, tutorials etc, but I do have a few questions (and yes I know some are a bit premature due to her only being a few weeks into a new sport)
1) I’ve read the many threads on here in regards to rec vs TB and feel I’ve read enough to make a decision if and when the time comes, BUT is it up to the parent to find these tb teams to try out for or do they tend to approach parents are tournaments and such?
2) I want to make sure she starts off on the right foot in regards to mechanics and seeing as how I can already tell that rec ball won’t really help her with a good foundation, I’m open to getting her private lessons. Is an hour lesson every other week good or should I be aiming for an hour a week? I’m sure a lot has to do with my DD retaining the information and practicing on her own.
3) how does the age cut offs work in regards to her being a January child? She will be 9 in January of 23. Seeing as how the spring is the more competitive season, would she be still be in 8U or 9/10U next season?
Thanks In advance, and thank you for all the great reading on these forums.
We did what I would call Coach Relief. If the player pitcher walks the batter, the coach comes in and pitches until the batter hits or gets three strikes. Maybe that's what coach pitch is for everyone, but it was huge for us. The season before that was half machine and half pitchers, and it was brutal. Those JUGS balls go all over the place for three innings, then it's walk after walk. No one on either side of the ball can learn that way.our rec it goes by the age they are Jan 1, so she would be able to play 8u next year. our 8u is coach pitch so its actually much better for learning than the 10u player pitch which is a lot of walks and strikeouts and not many balls hit into the field.