I say go for it. There is nothing to loose by just going to the tryout. Get a feel for the team and make a decision from there.
If this team is putting every older player in college on scholarship I would find it hard to believe that they have trainers that are teaching poor mechanics in regards to pitching. My daughter started getting pitching lesson during her 7u year playing up on a 8u travel ball team. She was the best pitcher on that 8u travel ball team but it was not an elite organization. She got the most innings pitched on that team and that really helped with her progression as a pitcher. This year she is playing on a 10u travel ball team as an 8u player. She started out the year as the #2 pitcher, and she is now the #1. If you want your daughter to be a pitcher she will need to get innings. She is also the lead-off hitter for the 10u team. It sounds like your daughter has very good genes and is athletic. I am a firm believer if a girl is athletic and you practice more than the other girls they will become very good players.
This past weekend my daughter was asked to play in 3 pool play games with what would be considered an elite A organization in the Chicago area at the 10u level. Not the top team in the area but a very good team that puts about 75% of there players in college on scholarship at the older levels. She did not pitch and that was expected but she certainly held her own. Played 2nd base and center field and went 3 for 6 at the plate. It was a great experience and she really learned a lot playing with girls that are at or above of her level of play. The team was very well coached. One girl on her team even hit a over the fence home run, which is pretty uncommon at the 10u level on a 200' fence. The girls were very friendly as were the parents of all girls on the team, they really made my daughter feel comfortable. They also asked her to come their practice to meet the girls the Wednesday before the tournament.
If your daughter really likes to play put her on team with other girls that put in the extra work and like to play also. It will only make your daughter better to play with better players and competition. The rec leagues around here are terrible for a player that wants to succeed at the next level.
I took my daughter to a 10u tryout for the best team IMO in the midwest (Beverly Bandits) she did not make the team and she should not have made that team either being that she would have been a 8u player the following year but I wanted her to see how good some of the girls are at the 10u can be, I also wanted to see it for myself. When they asked at the tryout how many of the girls were pitchers about 75% of them raised there hand. Keep that in mind if you want your daughter to get significant circle time. You will be competing against the cream of the crop in the area. There were some girls at that tryout that were extremely good, then there were girls that were very good. Then there was girls like my daughter who is good but not that good yet.
If your daughter has the talent to make an elite team at a young age I say go for it and see what happens. Good luck to you and your daughter.
If this team is putting every older player in college on scholarship I would find it hard to believe that they have trainers that are teaching poor mechanics in regards to pitching. My daughter started getting pitching lesson during her 7u year playing up on a 8u travel ball team. She was the best pitcher on that 8u travel ball team but it was not an elite organization. She got the most innings pitched on that team and that really helped with her progression as a pitcher. This year she is playing on a 10u travel ball team as an 8u player. She started out the year as the #2 pitcher, and she is now the #1. If you want your daughter to be a pitcher she will need to get innings. She is also the lead-off hitter for the 10u team. It sounds like your daughter has very good genes and is athletic. I am a firm believer if a girl is athletic and you practice more than the other girls they will become very good players.
This past weekend my daughter was asked to play in 3 pool play games with what would be considered an elite A organization in the Chicago area at the 10u level. Not the top team in the area but a very good team that puts about 75% of there players in college on scholarship at the older levels. She did not pitch and that was expected but she certainly held her own. Played 2nd base and center field and went 3 for 6 at the plate. It was a great experience and she really learned a lot playing with girls that are at or above of her level of play. The team was very well coached. One girl on her team even hit a over the fence home run, which is pretty uncommon at the 10u level on a 200' fence. The girls were very friendly as were the parents of all girls on the team, they really made my daughter feel comfortable. They also asked her to come their practice to meet the girls the Wednesday before the tournament.
If your daughter really likes to play put her on team with other girls that put in the extra work and like to play also. It will only make your daughter better to play with better players and competition. The rec leagues around here are terrible for a player that wants to succeed at the next level.
I took my daughter to a 10u tryout for the best team IMO in the midwest (Beverly Bandits) she did not make the team and she should not have made that team either being that she would have been a 8u player the following year but I wanted her to see how good some of the girls are at the 10u can be, I also wanted to see it for myself. When they asked at the tryout how many of the girls were pitchers about 75% of them raised there hand. Keep that in mind if you want your daughter to get significant circle time. You will be competing against the cream of the crop in the area. There were some girls at that tryout that were extremely good, then there were girls that were very good. Then there was girls like my daughter who is good but not that good yet.
If your daughter has the talent to make an elite team at a young age I say go for it and see what happens. Good luck to you and your daughter.