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Then unless your DD is the stud of studs at 9 years old - and I'm fully aware that there are some super-talented young girls out there - is the question of having her playing on a 2nd-year 12u team really on the table?The big thing is my wife and I DO NOT want to be one of those group of parents that puts our dd in a bad situation or plays her up because its strokes our ego as parents. We arent those type of people.
The things 12- and 13-year-old girls talk about are very different from the conversations going on in the dugouts of 9-11-year-olds. Those two years make a very big difference at that age that were not so apparent when a 6-year-old plays up in 8u.
A 12-year old has more in common with a 15-year-old than a 9-year-old. You're responsible for protecting your own daughter - that's not my domain - but without even considering the negativity potential with regards to that AC, I think it's only fair that this viewpoint be shared with you.
Add to that the fact that, in your words, 'DD loves to pitch', you'd be making a softball mistake by cheating her out of that development. As everyone above has stated, if she wants to pitch, she needs the innings. I'll go a step further and say that, if she's not the CLEAR #1 on a 10u team, then she is not a 12u pitcher. At all.