Along similar lines, at 10U a coach should be looking to strike a good balance between developing the kids, and fielding a competitive team...with the emphasis on developing the kids. Coaches that are focused primarily on winning tournaments at 10U/12U, in my opinion are in it more for their own ego than anything else. Seriously, what college coach in evaluating a prospect, is going to give a rat's behind that she won the ASA all-everything championship...when she was 11 years old?!?!?!?