SB45
Dad, Coach, Chauffeur
In our area there are fewer 18U teams, which makes sense. They are typically structured the same as the younger age groups. Some fall ball before the snow flies, indoor winter practices, and largely focus on tournaments in the summer after school season. I expect this would be hard to manage and to keep the team together successfully over the summer...makes me think that maybe an 18U program should be structured differently...and what are the priorities from a player's perspective? Assuming an 18U team is largely comprised of...
If you expect your team to largely be seniors, whether or not they are playing in college...I can't see a lot of time, motivation, or focus on them playing in a full summer of travel ball after their senior season of school ball ends. So...my thinking is...does it make sense for an 18U program to be more weighted towards fall ball, maybe an indoor winter league, and 1 or 2 early summer tournaments to wrap things up?
- HS seniors who will be finishing their last season of school ball and hoping to play in college
- HS seniors playing their last school season and NOT playing in college
- HS juniors who are older for their grade who still have ongoing motivation to play
- 16U eligible players who are playing up
If you expect your team to largely be seniors, whether or not they are playing in college...I can't see a lot of time, motivation, or focus on them playing in a full summer of travel ball after their senior season of school ball ends. So...my thinking is...does it make sense for an 18U program to be more weighted towards fall ball, maybe an indoor winter league, and 1 or 2 early summer tournaments to wrap things up?