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What one league around me tried to convince parents, and I tried to as well was: 'Rec is just 8-10 weeks during school that gives you a chance to play other positions, do you really want to travel 1-2 hours 2-3 weekends a month for tournaments while school is in session?'. We also tried to give them a good summer and fall B/C experience and encourage the parents part of spring rec is giving back to the community.
On the other hand, its hard to come back to rec after 3 summers of Allstars/travel ball. My hope was to keep most of the better kids around through the end of 1st year 12s. 9 years ago we were able to keep several of the better players around through the end of 8th grade, but now its become a struggle to keep them around to 1st year 12s. This year my DD's old rec league lost several 2nd year 10u's.
Except maybe for a P3 or lower trying to get circle time, moving on probably makes sense.
Piggy-backing on the female MultiSport Athlete thread, I'm probably a dreamer, but I think the opportunity of playing rec through 8th allows a player to experience middle school sports while playing softball.
Not to pick on Eric F, but So Cal softball is a different beast. My DD played in two 12u B tournaments in So Cal last summer. We watched parts of two 6u All-Star games. They looked good enough to play some NorCal 8u All-Star teams close, if not beat them.
On the other hand, its hard to come back to rec after 3 summers of Allstars/travel ball. My hope was to keep most of the better kids around through the end of 1st year 12s. 9 years ago we were able to keep several of the better players around through the end of 8th grade, but now its become a struggle to keep them around to 1st year 12s. This year my DD's old rec league lost several 2nd year 10u's.
Except maybe for a P3 or lower trying to get circle time, moving on probably makes sense.
Piggy-backing on the female MultiSport Athlete thread, I'm probably a dreamer, but I think the opportunity of playing rec through 8th allows a player to experience middle school sports while playing softball.
Not to pick on Eric F, but So Cal softball is a different beast. My DD played in two 12u B tournaments in So Cal last summer. We watched parts of two 6u All-Star games. They looked good enough to play some NorCal 8u All-Star teams close, if not beat them.
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