Pony League Softball

[SouthernGirls]

DD moving from LL to Pony league this year. Are there any major differences to be aware of?

 

[FPMark]

Yea, the girls are bigger, stronger, faster, throw harder, hit harder, play harder and look like giants! But don't worry about them, just tell your DD to do her best to compete on their level and the new girls eventually will see her the same....

 

[PA SB Dad]

Depending on your DDs age and level of play, the pitching distances may be different. If she is moving to 14U PONY from 12U LL, the distance will be 43 feet in PONY, whereas in LL at 14U, the distance is 40 feet.

 

[fastpitch]

LL only recently (last year I believe) adopted the "leave on release" and "drop 3K". If your LL hasn't adopted it yet that would be a difference.

 

[Coach JV]

Rules regarding how many innings your pitcher
can throw in any given week was a rule when
I was associated with LL. LL requires a mandatory
# of calendar days rest that varies depending on age.

WE switched from LL as there were not enough local
towns involved with LL softball. LL is geared toward the boys
and softball was always regarded at the district level as
the classic 'redheaded step child. We were driving 20-60
miles to play rec ball at the 10U age as LL did not allow us
to play other sanctioning bodies who were 5-10 minutes away

 

[FPMark]

Southerngirls,

When I was young (long ago) I played LL baseball. It was up to 12YO. At 13 you moved up to Pony. I thought you were talking about moving up, but judgeing from other posts, it looks like Pony is a different organization. Sorry for my earlier post, I did not mean to slam LL as an infearior organization...

 

[SouthernGirls]

Thanks for all the posts. We are having to move from LL to Pony because there is no competition in the LL program in our area. We enjoyed LL. DD is a 12U pitcher that was quickly picked up by one of the Pony teams. Looking forward to a great season!!