- Dec 5, 2017
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I’ll tty and keep it as short as possible, no promises. Our season ended as nd I’m ready to move on. Dd is too but not quite as much as me maybe. We love the head coach, she’s s knowledgeable former D1 player . Our big mistake was not seeing the rest of the team before joining last year. We basically had a 10u rec team with 3 legit travel players, that’s the best way I know to describe it. One of the 3 was our #1 pitcher and she has now moved on. That leaves dd and another girl moving into 12u on a bad team. Coach is only filling spots and not cutting anyone. I hate to sound harsh by referring to the team as bad but it really is. Girls are still learning to throw and catch properly at 11 yo. We give up outs at first because girls can’t throw from 2nd or pitching circle to 1. After the top 4 hitters the team hits 250 and lower against average pitching. I see no improvement in this team after a year and I cannot watch another season of it. Do I make the decision at this point, 11u technically, or let dd? She loves the coach and likes a few of the girls a lot. Great parents as far as no drama but some them treat this like it’s 8u rec ball- miss a lot of practice and don’t put in work at home. Dd works her tail off at home, we usually put in 2-3 days on our own. Am I too cynical to expect more of a “travel” team? I feel like dd works too hard to stay on this caliber of team. She may not be an A level player but being a big fish in a little pond won’t help her get there.