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Starting New TB Team - What Circuits and What Age Level?
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I have no clue. haha
- Feb 14, 2014
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USFA has the 11u classification, but I’ve yet to see a tournament with just that age group. Dd is on an all 06 team. We played fall in 12u and took our lumps (and keep on taking them, lol).
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I like the idea of having them play 12U in the fall.
The biggest difference in age groups is between 10U and 12U.
My DD 3 is a pitcher, and at one point she was trying to pitch 10U and 12U at the same time. Some girls can do that, she couldn't. She was playing 12U in Little League, and was on the 10U all-star team at the same time. She finally gave up pitching 12U until she was finished with 10U tournaments, then went back to pitching 12U.
Not just the move from 35' to 40', but also the different size of the ball. It is a change for both the hitters and the pitchers, some more than others.
Also, you will sometimes find rules in 10U tournaments such as no stealing, or coach pitching instead of walks, four outfielders, or only one base on an overthrow, etc. The lower level tournaments may have these sort of rules, but the bigger tournaments won't.
Which makes 10U softball often a very different game from 12U softball.
So I like the idea of moving the girls up in the fall. It gives them more time to get used to the different rules.
The biggest difference in age groups is between 10U and 12U.
My DD 3 is a pitcher, and at one point she was trying to pitch 10U and 12U at the same time. Some girls can do that, she couldn't. She was playing 12U in Little League, and was on the 10U all-star team at the same time. She finally gave up pitching 12U until she was finished with 10U tournaments, then went back to pitching 12U.
Not just the move from 35' to 40', but also the different size of the ball. It is a change for both the hitters and the pitchers, some more than others.
Also, you will sometimes find rules in 10U tournaments such as no stealing, or coach pitching instead of walks, four outfielders, or only one base on an overthrow, etc. The lower level tournaments may have these sort of rules, but the bigger tournaments won't.
Which makes 10U softball often a very different game from 12U softball.
So I like the idea of moving the girls up in the fall. It gives them more time to get used to the different rules.
This is going to be one of the issues. My DD is also a pitcher, and she will have to finish a few tournaments and summer league in 10u. We have been mostly practicing with 12” balls and from 40’ for last few weeks, so we will see how she handles the switch.
- Jun 12, 2015
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Ditto. Lots of lumps. lol
