Google says that the Senior League players in the LLWS can be 16 years old. That seems off to me. How old are these players in this tournament?
Google says that the Senior League players in the LLWS can be 16 years old. That seems off to me. How old are these players in this tournament?
I think that's right. DD is going to be a sophomore (15) and she has played with several of the girls from the Central team. For what it's worth, these girls were pretty solid travel ball players, at least in my observation.Google says that the Senior League players in the LLWS can be 16 years old. That seems off to me. How old are these players in this tournament?
Little league - 12U, Junior league - 14U, Senior league 16U. They use birth year like most others, so you can be 17 in 16u etc.Google says that the Senior League players in the LLWS can be 16 years old. That seems off to me. How old are these players in this tournament?
They like to/and do get them from all over starting in 10u.PGF championships are on an ESPN channel. 14U Premier is on right now (2 kids who just moved from a local team a month ago are playing for the Thunderbolts..2B and DP)
But if ESPN decided to air a bunch of Rec level teams and tell all the viewers (most of whom don't know the difference like people here) they were the best in the country do you think that would be a good thing for softball just because it would be great experience for the players?
Maybe not to this extreme, but showing only the very best sets unrealistic and unfair expectations. You know who can play at the level of some of these Little League teams? A LOT of girls. And many of the ones not at that level could probably see themselves getting there one day. That is a good thing for softball.
Same reason why only showing Oklahoma on TV is not great for the sport. A lot of kids who have actual college level talent, but not Oklahoma-level talent, think they're not good enough because they're not good enough for the top 1%.
I’ll buy that the top P5 schools are the top 1%, definitely not the whole division.Clearly I hit a nerve on this one . And I was unaware of the other thread so may have to find it. But all of D1 (not just OK) is the top 1%.
Where is the rest of the top 1%. Seen a post on here that said there were 32,000 or so high school softball players and that don't include the ones that play travel and not High School. By those numbers the top 1% would be at least 320 players each year.I’ll buy that the top P5 schools are the top 1%, definitely not the whole division.