- Jun 18, 2010
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DD turned 14 in August, she is the second youngest on her team. All but one could stay and play 14U again in 2013. We decided to keep the team together and move up to 16U, but we are taking our lumps this fall. The hitting and pitching are so much better than 14U, more so than we had imagined it would be. To make matters worse last weekend there were not enough teams so they combined 16 and 18s. We played an 18U team first round of bracket play and they opened a can of "you know what" on us. I told DD that next year as a freshman she will be competing against girls in this age group and to use this season to get used to the better level of play. I remember 10U to 12U seemed like a big step. 12U to 14U didn't seem that bad. 14U to 16U seems like another one of those big steps... JMHO.