8U is a ton of fun. Coach pitch so all the girls get to hit the ball. Plenty of grounders to work on fielding skills.
10U is a bore. Most girls can't pitch so most girls walk. Most catchers are lousy so the first two pitches will result in the girl easily strolling to third base. Another passed ball and they score. Rinse, repeat, hit the max run limit for the inning, and you're done.
So that's the worst case scenario, and hopefully you've watched enough games at your league to know if you're on track for a 10U year like that. And if so, stay in 8U.
If this is travel, or the league has good players and good pitchers, moving up to 10U makes sense.
I disagree about the getting better in games statement. The skills come in practice, but they get better at the game, by playing the game. 8U is glorified practice.
I was assuming 10U TB as well. 10U rec can be quite a crap shoot. Our 10U rec league has a coach come in to finish the count if a batter earns a walk, so they do get a little action. In 10U, even at C, we rarely had a game without seeing serviceable pitching.I agree, I didn't mean to suggest that games don't have any value. Just that at 10U, there's not much action on the field while the pitchers are learning to do their thing. Game IQ can only be talked about so much, they have to put it into action to learn.
Awesome!We’ve decided to move her up to 10U. Thanks for all of your input and advice!