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Therein lies the problem..I don't care how many team practices you have, that type of rep work ( not sure if you were trying to exaggerate the number but imo that isn't an exaggeration) needs to be accomplished with help from the parents and many don't have the time or willingness (and knowledge to help them do things correctly) to do it. Even if you practice 3 times a week and run an efficient practice, how many ground balls do you think a player will get? 100? You can probably get a serviceable SS at 10U just from practices alone but there is a reason why so many MLB SS come from the Dominican..they are taking hundreds of ground balls a day, with good instruction, in the Academies from the age of 10 up..Just pick one, hit her 3000 grounders and MAKE YOUR OWN middle infielder.
As you get older than 10U, e.g. when just catching a ground ball hit straight at you is not enough anymore, athleticism comes in to play as well.
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