So here's my question to the softball minds of DFP: Do you choose to play on the weaker team (right now) that has great coaching and an established showcase/recruiting pipeline, or go with the stronger team that is basically a startup but has big plans?
At the younger ages go for better coaching and more playing time. Playing is the reward, great coaching is rare and as long as the team is in the happy zone between about .450 and .700 it will be a decent situation.
The reality is that travel is a season-by-season thing. At the end of each season you get to assess this season and next and decide whether you stay or go or what you are going to do. Almost every team turns over a few players each season for a variety of sometimes good and sometimes bad reasons. Sometimes you get lucky and stay with a team long term in a great situation that matches where your daughter currently is in talent/maturity/skill/seriousness/friendships/recruiting goals/parent group/coaches/etc...etc - sometimes not. Nothing wrong with any of those things.
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