it sounds like she just wants to be 10 and enjoy being 10.
[Dec. 11] is the day after the last scheduled tourney. Do you have any advise on how to make her stay focused and interested through this season?
Who cares if she's off her game? She's a kid. If she learns to hate it, she'll quit as soon as her will gets stronger than your ability to overrule her, and that will affect her game a lot more.
Holy cow...you've got it bad.
Repeat after me: "No one cares about 10U softball. No one cares about 10U softball."
Repeat after me: "No one cares about 10U softball. No one cares about 10U softball."
Every time I hear/read something like this, it pisses me off. Every person involved with 10U softball - players, coaches, parents - care a hell of a lot about 10U softball. How much does 10U mean in the big picture of a player who plays all the way through college? Maybe not much. Or, maybe a lot. For my DD, her path in the game changed from rec to TB in 10U, and thus started down the (intended) road towards playing college ball. Same is true for a lot of players I know. What my DD's 8U all-star team mattered, too. It mattered to her, her teammates, and every family involved.
That said, being that my DD is only a 12U player, maybe I'm too naive to know what I'm talking about.