Just a note and not to discourage; when we went to travel we were 8yr olds playing 10u year we thought our girls were the best in the area. We had a collection of girls that were the best of the LL all-stars from 5 different cities. I will never forget when we got to our first tournament, (a B level) the size of the girls we were playing, it seemed they were 5 years older than our girls, and way better, smoother, ready to play 3 games in a day. It was awesome, and fortunately instead of being intimidated our daughters decided that they wanted to be like those girls. We are now 11u and all but one of those girls still play TB, 5 of them are still together on our team.
Looking to start a 10u travel team, am I crazy?
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- Jun 8, 2016
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My 8 year old is playing on a 9U team and often is playing 10U tournaments and yes there is often a huge difference in physical size between 8 and 9 year old girls and 11 year old girls. With girls that is probably where the physical differences are going to be the biggest, similar to what you see with boys at the 12U level, due to puberty. I don't see a big difference in the skill levels to be honest but when an 8 or 9 year old 65 lb girl is facing a 5"5 130 lb pitcher it can be a bit intimidating
- May 16, 2016
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Are you already doing an All Star team in the summer? If not, that would be your next step. You don't want to set up a TB team, that will suck players out of your small rec league in the Spring and Fall season. I think I would talk to other rec leagues about consolidating into one larger league, and go with a summer All Star team.
Its WAAAAAAY better to start a new team within an established program. You'd be the HC of a "futures" or "prospect" team etc....
