This sounds like a good idea. I may talk to the girls who tried out tonight and see if they want to get together the next 3 weekends for practice and try to schedule a "friendly" win a U12 team in the next town to see if we even have a chance to compete. If it looks like we can we can then shoot for 3 tournaments in Oct/Nov - if it looks like we can't we'll just have some developmental practice time towards next spring season.
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This sounds like a good idea. I may talk to the girls who tried out tonight and see if they want to get together the next 3 weekends for practice and try to schedule a "friendly" win a U12 team in the next town to see if we even have a chance to compete. If it looks like we can we can then shoot for 3 tournaments in Oct/Nov - if it looks like we can't we'll just have some developmental practice time towards next spring season.
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Soccer is king in fall, but we have fall rec program that's run by our regional governing body instead of the local rec leagues. There's light travel involved and the teams play a couple of tournaments in addition to a 6-7 week season of doubleheaders. The players end up getting 20 games or so.
With so many kids playing soccer, it's tough to manage schedules, but soccer plays on Saturdays and softball plays on Sundays.
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Coach or not to coach
Amen to soccer. However, it is awesome for footwork.
Amen to soccer. However, it is awesome for footwork.
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My suggestion would be to take your DD and find another team for her this fall. Take all that time you were going to put into the team and invest it exclusively in the fall.
First let me say thanks to all for being a sounding board. Really appreciate the feedback.
We've decided not to run a fall U12 team and contacted all the girls thanking them for comming out. Our U14s have a few open slots so several of the better U12s will likely play up with that squad.
DD & I are going to take the fall off to work on her swing.
We've decided not to run a fall U12 team and contacted all the girls thanking them for comming out. Our U14s have a few open slots so several of the better U12s will likely play up with that squad.
DD & I are going to take the fall off to work on her swing.
Oh glad you got it resolved. I'm in NorCal and we put together a TB team of mostly young newbies in the summer and "took our lumps". There were numerous "young" and "B" teams that lost a lot out there. If the girls are really into it and willing, you might not win much but you still get a lot of games and the improvement will be tremendous. Still, as was mentioned, with no pitching that makes it quite difficult.
Good luck with the swing
Good luck with the swing
