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pattar said:

Playing all over the place for MP is silly IMO. The Angels are a good org too, are they breaking up or was it just the 8U team that was going to leave? We played the 10U Angels team a few times and I really liked their coaches..the kids (in particular the middle infielders) had solid fundamentals.

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clemenslee1 said:

You must be referring to a different Angels Group. The one she played on was the only team. It wasn't part of a Org or anything. Personally I don't believe they should have made the switch, but that is just a personal opinion. No grudges or anything. Coaches really were good coaches. I just don't understand why coaches have a fantastic group of Girls that play well together, can hold their own individually, willing to learn and then break it apart, just to be apart of a org et. I know they say opportunities are greater, but we are talking 8u. Are the opportunities that much greater? Coaches should be in my opinion willing to learn more themselves to pass along to the players, just like we do here for our own kids.

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pattar said:

Ok yes, must have been a different Angels. There are advantages to playing in a "big name" org as one gets older e.g. invites to big tournaments, etc. Also I believe that the Tulsa Elite org has a lot of sponsors so the fees may be really low or nonexistent, at least for the older age groups.

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clemenslee1 said:

Is there really that big of a benefit at this age?

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justanotherguy said:

Ha, the garage window my DD took out was with a wiffle ball. Don't underestimate the damage they can do. LOL

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justanotherguy said:

Zero. An athletic girl can start at 12u and be caught up to the others by the time they start 14u.

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clemenslee1 said:

Yeah for sure, I know they do offer those things: Invites etc. There is no Org fees. Not that I'm some old guy, (30's) but I can remember when I was young you played rec. ball and when you got in the higher ages then you started getting into travel etc, but times change and this are different now. They are starting kids in travel even younger now. Again not bad or good to me. Is there really that big of a benefit at this age?

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pattar said:

Only reason I put my kid in travel ball was that I wanted her to be able to face good pitching. I could work with her on a lot of things myself, but that is the one thing I could not provide her. The 10U and 12U pitching in the local rec league here was pretty bad. If it had been even halfway decent she wouldn't have made the move till 12U at least. Some people make the move to improve the coaching their kid receives but that wasn't the reason for us.

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clemenslee1 said:

I can see that point. Everybody has a different situation and goal. I'm not knocking anyone who chooses to have their child in travel ball.

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