- Jul 31, 2021
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I agree I want to keep her more with her age. Only concern with that is her birthday. With her being born in January and being with 2012 girls means she would play some 10U at age 11. Is that holding her back by doing that? The 10U team we are looking at would most likely have the exposure to former or current college players for guidance. Biggest thing is I don't want her to get bored or go out there and not be able to compete. The 10U team will have some great players though. Distance won't be a deciding factor as both teams are about the same distance from home.Find a team that your daughter can grow and move up with for multiple seasons. The 10U A teams in our area would beat the 12U C teams. So if she is serious about softball and has the ability, I would always recommend playing at a higher level rather than a higher age. Older does not mean better coaching or training.
My daughter "played up" for most of her time from 8U-12U just because we joined an older team when we started playing travel ball - she was able to play at that level and I didn't know any better. At some point, you'll probably need to age adjust her, so she'll have to go through the process of finding a new team again. In my experience, it's much better for them to play better competition than to just play up for the sake of playing up (especially if it's a C level team).