Switch from A to B?

[CR1]

Wondering if there are issues changing from an A team to B from fall to spring or summer (not right in the middle of a season). I wouldn't have thought so but read some older comments that said you could not do it. We are in California. My DD is trying to choose between a good B team and lesser A team. One thought was to try A and go to B if we didn't like it.

 

[FP_Catcher_Dad]

I know ASA rules are strict on this, during the same season once you start playing A you can't go lower. I'm not sure however, when the ASA year ends, not sure if it is calendar or they follow some other rules.

I was looking for this because my DD played A during regular Summer season, then she got invited by a former coach to play a single tournament with a B team. We got this cleared with former A team coach. She played, so I'm guessing ASA was OK, because they check and verify rosters before the tournament.


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[canyonjoe]

Unless the team is playing in Nationals or something I don't think you'll have much of an issue.

 

[Eric F]

I know ASA rules are strict on this, during the same season once you start playing A you can't go lower. I'm not sure however, when the ASA year ends, not sure if it is calendar or they follow some other rules.

I was looking for this because my DD played A during regular Summer season, then she got invited by a former coach to play a single tournament with a B team. We got this cleared with former A team coach. She played, so I'm guessing ASA was OK, because they check and verify rosters before the tournament.


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In CA, ASA-B and -C are rec/league ball. Players on ASA-A teams (A is travel ball) can play on B or C teams. However, those players must stop playing on their A team by March 30, or will not be eligible for B/C tournament play (all-stars, Districts, States, Nationals). ASA is based on calendar year.

As I have come to understand it, ASA rules vary across the country.

 

[CR1]

It seems that if she switched before the new year then the calendar requirement would reset. So the next year would be fine.

 

[quincy]

I am guessing this is more a is this right question then a rules question.

If players didn't switch or move Teams there would be no Teams out there, certainly no A Teams.

The way the OP described it sounds great to me and the way it should be done.