DD played in her first TB tournament this weekend. They are a first year 14U team made up of all girls transitioning from rec to TB. DD is also 1 of 4 girls on the team who should still be in 12U.
I had no real idea of what to expect but knew that the majority of the teams we were playing had already played multiple tournaments last fall and were made up of girls who had been playing TB since 10U. Honestly, I was just hoping we'd score a few runs.
First game was pretty decent. Ended up winning 13-3. Second game was tougher and we faced a pitcher that was much better than we have really seen. I think she struck out our first 5 batters. Our pitching was way off in that game and lots of wild pitches that allowed them to score a lot. Lost 1-8..
Next two games were pretty much blow outs but they were against the teams that took 1st and 2nd in the tournament so I was not surprised. We never got shut out though
DD wasn't great hitting - she really struggles against faster pitchers and has only faced fast 14U pitchers in probably 2 games she's ever played. Had a really nice bunt and we really thought she was safe but she slowed down right as she was getting there :/
But defensively she had a great set of games. Played SS 3/4 of the games and had multiple ground outs - caught a few line drives and when she was catcher, was 1-2 on SBs.
It's going to be a struggle this season just learning these better teams - we looked super sloppy in some instances but hopefully they can get that all cleaned up.
I had no real idea of what to expect but knew that the majority of the teams we were playing had already played multiple tournaments last fall and were made up of girls who had been playing TB since 10U. Honestly, I was just hoping we'd score a few runs.
First game was pretty decent. Ended up winning 13-3. Second game was tougher and we faced a pitcher that was much better than we have really seen. I think she struck out our first 5 batters. Our pitching was way off in that game and lots of wild pitches that allowed them to score a lot. Lost 1-8..
Next two games were pretty much blow outs but they were against the teams that took 1st and 2nd in the tournament so I was not surprised. We never got shut out though
DD wasn't great hitting - she really struggles against faster pitchers and has only faced fast 14U pitchers in probably 2 games she's ever played. Had a really nice bunt and we really thought she was safe but she slowed down right as she was getting there :/
But defensively she had a great set of games. Played SS 3/4 of the games and had multiple ground outs - caught a few line drives and when she was catcher, was 1-2 on SBs.
It's going to be a struggle this season just learning these better teams - we looked super sloppy in some instances but hopefully they can get that all cleaned up.