Just so I understand. you have a team made up of mostly 2nd year 8U, and last year in rec you destroyed everybody. Why would you stay in 8U rec if there was no competition last year? This year will be even worse. Sure, they are going to lose some in 10U, but the rec around me has lots of girls that lack basic fundamentals.
For Tourney's you'll continue to do 8U and evaluate from there. That sounds like a good idea to me.
My only hesitation would if you don't have any pitchers capable of throwing strikes. You need to have a girl (more is better), that can throw enough strikes that the team gets to play instead of just standing in the field. I've watched 32 out of 35 or so pitches be called balls. walk in 5 runs inning ends. That is not helpful to anyone.
good luck.
This is exactly my fear! It’s not the winning or losing of rec games that I’m concerned about. My main concern is would this even be beneficial to the needs of our girls. I’m not even sure of the quality of our pitcher, I’ve not seen her work, so i don’t want to judge her abilities. My oldest DD’s team rented a field for practices and practiced twice a week in place of rec games. I don’t see any value in playing 8u rec, we’re all in agreement there. But i will say that our winning so badly was mainly due to the fact that we are basically the only 8u tournament team in our league. So, there’s a huge gap. Most of our girls have been playing since they were 4 where the other teams were just beginning. I want them to love the game as much as our girls do, but getting pounded isn’t fun! So, yes, 8u rec is out completely. I’m just in depth practices would be more beneficial than 10u rec games (I’m not sure the quality of the rec teams at that age honestly either, so not sure what the fielding opportunities would be)
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