How many players are too many?

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Feb 20, 2021
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My DD really wants to return to her team. Non parent coach is leaving but she really likes the new non parent coach. Problem is old coach only carried 3 pitchers. New coach wants to carry 4. New coach also wants to carry 13-14 girls, so field time will be limited when she doesn’t pitch. Thoughts?
 

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My DD really wants to return to her team. Non parent coach is leaving but she really likes the new non parent coach. Problem is old coach only carried 3 pitchers. New coach wants to carry 4. New coach also wants to carry 13-14 girls, so field time will be limited when she doesn’t pitch. Thoughts?
Hmmm,
think whats more important is whats the minimum pitching time you think is appropriate?
Because playing time is not pending how many players/pitchers.
Even with 2 pitchers could be 80-20%...just perspective ;)
 
Apr 16, 2013
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First year 16u, you'll have 2 or 3 players immediately looking for other teams. That is, unless you can always manage to properly rotate them. Rarely seen a team that's capable of that. 11 is the "perfect" size IMO. But everyone has opinions. :)
 
Jun 11, 2013
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I think we had 1 tournament where all the players showed up at that age. (We had 15 players and it was awful having that many for that one tournament). More often we had 11 or 12.
 
May 6, 2015
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at that age, players start having other items on their agenda to that can mean they are not there 100% of time (jobs, prom, SAT/ACT, driving test, etc.), means you need more players.

our HC managed 4 pitchers at 14u, and I do not think any of them complained about number of innings they got.
 

radness

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Also what the schedule looks like should be considered.
Come summer tournys and showcasing can smush a lot of games in a short amount of 6,8,10 weeks.
 

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