I am coaching a 10U B to C level team. It is made up of girls born in 98 - 5, 99 - 5, and 00 - 2.
My DD is 12/27/99 (yes 5 days early) and has played 10U 2 years. The other coaches DD is a 98 and the bench coach's DD is a 99 & pitcher.
I convinced the 98 girls last year to stay down for their sake of getting better and being a leader on the field, which is the way I was leaning for my DD this year.
However; the team has been playing some great ball and seems to work well together. We have recently taken some A and high B level teams to the final innings with 1 run losses.
Question: Do I split the team up or do we move up to 12U? I would take 9 or 10 up as I know 2 of the 00's could not do it. I know we are going to struggle next year some but it could really position us well for the year after.
I am used to baseball where you play down until you can't so this concept of keeping a team together is new. Unfortunately, we don't have enough girls in one year range to make a team so we are always mixing.
My DD is 12/27/99 (yes 5 days early) and has played 10U 2 years. The other coaches DD is a 98 and the bench coach's DD is a 99 & pitcher.
I convinced the 98 girls last year to stay down for their sake of getting better and being a leader on the field, which is the way I was leaning for my DD this year.
However; the team has been playing some great ball and seems to work well together. We have recently taken some A and high B level teams to the final innings with 1 run losses.
Question: Do I split the team up or do we move up to 12U? I would take 9 or 10 up as I know 2 of the 00's could not do it. I know we are going to struggle next year some but it could really position us well for the year after.
I am used to baseball where you play down until you can't so this concept of keeping a team together is new. Unfortunately, we don't have enough girls in one year range to make a team so we are always mixing.