Hi, new to dfp.com.
After 3 years of coaching my DD in rec, she is now playing on a 12U TB team and I am not coaching. This is a newer club, but it has a great reputation and from what I heard, had the largest turnout for tryouts in the area.
The kids seem great, the parents are great, the coaches are ok so far (except for one daddy ball AC).
However, I am stunned by the lack of speed on the team. My rec team was so much faster. 9 of 12 on rec could really run & play, including my DD, and they were for the most part in very good shape. On the TB team, there are 2 really fast kids, then 2 medium fast kids, then the rest are excruciatingly slow. Plus the slow kids are on the thicker side and not very agile.
The team has played in 2 tournaments and I haven't seen much speed on other teams either. It's tough to watch. One kid hit a grounder to deep short and was out by 5 steps.
Is this common in TB? Do the kids who can run gravitate toward soccer/hoops/other sports?
This could be a long, frustrating year.
After 3 years of coaching my DD in rec, she is now playing on a 12U TB team and I am not coaching. This is a newer club, but it has a great reputation and from what I heard, had the largest turnout for tryouts in the area.
The kids seem great, the parents are great, the coaches are ok so far (except for one daddy ball AC).
However, I am stunned by the lack of speed on the team. My rec team was so much faster. 9 of 12 on rec could really run & play, including my DD, and they were for the most part in very good shape. On the TB team, there are 2 really fast kids, then 2 medium fast kids, then the rest are excruciatingly slow. Plus the slow kids are on the thicker side and not very agile.
The team has played in 2 tournaments and I haven't seen much speed on other teams either. It's tough to watch. One kid hit a grounder to deep short and was out by 5 steps.
Is this common in TB? Do the kids who can run gravitate toward soccer/hoops/other sports?
This could be a long, frustrating year.