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    How Soon Is Too Soon to start planning out a new organization

    My DD dropped out of softball after 12U travel. she was never one of the top players, but played well enough. I really feel she fell out of it because attention was mainly given to the top few girls on the team and the rest were ignored to a point where they just sort of idled without getting...
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    Lost Confidence

    yes, we talk about here approach repeatedly and reminding her how she was always a good contact hitter and to remember to look to hit. reminded her she should never go to the plate looking to or hoping to walk. she keeps nodding her head and understands, but once you put her jersey on and send...
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    Proud Dad is just happy to be here rather than in a cheerleading forum...

    My daughter does cheerleading too. in fact, cheer is her primary interest. i am in both softball and cheer forums. there is nothing wrong with cheerleading... i love it. i am sure she will be doing that longer than softball.. Oh and cheer is a sport. they do not just sit on sidelines. they go...
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    Lost Confidence

    My DD has clearly lost confidence in hitting. she seems to take pitches she used to hit (including stike 3s that are right down the middle) and her strikeout rate is at a 3X higher level than it has been in prior season and she is a second year 12u. she is still fielding well, but her offense is...
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    Retaining Players and How many Tryouts are too many

    Hey all. Just wondering how many tryouts are too many to go to? Or too little? if you are going from young 12u to older 12u how many do not try out anywhere else at all and just stay with current organization? How many new players do teams usually take at an age group? seems like most hjave...
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    Hello from long island ny

    i am also on Long Island 12U daughter finishing her first of 2 12u seasons.
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    Hello from NJ

    welcome... from a not too far away 12u parent on Long Island
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    12u first time coach (dad)

    welcome to the board
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    The level of coaches & umpires

    i think this is a hard thing to say because "skill" is subjective. Different organizations are also so different in coach hiring philosophy from being parent volunteers to paid coaches. yet many volunterr parents can getjust as good results as paid coaches do. so i am not sure if i think this...
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    Concerned about forced playup 12u v 14u

    the funny thing, is she is the youngest on her team and only 1 of 4 kids still eligible for 12 u in 22-23 season. next year she will be one of the few remaining 12us on a team that will be made up of mostly 1st year 12us from the 10u team that will be graduating to them. likely going from a team...
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    Concerned about forced playup 12u v 14u

    i just want to confirm this rec league is not intramurals. this is a league of rec level low b/c travel teams. my daughter is on a travel team, this is not a intramural league.
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    Concerned about forced playup 12u v 14u

    lol. i am sure this is not going to be very encouraging for her.
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    Concerned about forced playup 12u v 14u

    The summer travel rec league we joined only had a handful of 14u teams and 2 12u teams register for league play. Our team is a 12u team. So they merged them and us and the other 12u will be playing the 14u league My girl is one of the few 1st year 12u girls on the team. She is likely 13th best...
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    "Don't like the Blue's call?" or "Do you want to be an umpire!?"

    there is eventually an end of the expense for clothes, the money will come after. gotta put in to get out. besides, most people do not do this for money as the main motivation. i find, even with the umpires, it is all about the kids and the game.
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    Catcher cooling in summer

    Water. water. water. water breaks during the inning. call timeout make sure she drinks. get the helmet and mask off between at bats for a second. anything that goes along with the products already mentioned. i highly advise finding another catcher or 2. no catcher should be playing behind the...
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    Getting a rec team to hit

    is this rec intermural or rec local travel? it makes a difference. for the former, it is hard as intermural teams have different interest in the girls and sometimes you can lead them to water... as the proverb goes. Otherwise, it is really just mental. the kids feel pressure, usually caused...
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    PGF Nationals approximate cost

    this is well said and should really be a the first thing anyone reads on having their dd play softball. this is all about memories, not ever making up the cost in some way.
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    When do they get a break?

    I agree with other posters. She needs to find her own break based on her desires and wants. In most cases the travel reams, even at b or high c level are better than the hs varsity team. I would encourage keeping travel and dropping school if she could only do 1, unless she is in a school with a...
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    Advice on pitching against a former team/teammates

    my daughter never liked playing against friends. i can tell you she is more than motivated though if it means sticking it to her old coach though
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    Playing time based on cheering

    i find it crazy playing time is determinned by loud cheering. if he thinks she is not supporting the other kids it is one thing, but that does not seem to be the case. this is baffling. kids should play

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