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Illinois Travel Teams going to USA
I actually wish it was like legion back in the day. You had a boundary of kids from schools you could make a team from instead of having 8 different organizations within 15 miles of each other. Decatur area doesn't even have 1 big one to choose from, you have to stay local (Mt. Zion/Forsyth)...- Kiddj22
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- Forum: Softball Discussions
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Illinois Travel Teams going to USA
Here's my thoughts. Not a fan of tournaments, so I'd rather just schedule double headers and round robins. Tournaments are so spread out, by the time you get to the 2nd day, it's pretty much which team just wants to be there. Double headers allow you to pick and choose your competition, so if...- Kiddj22
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Illinois Tournaments for 23-24
A lot of local tournaments in IL are just posted on Tourney Machine and not always affiliated with USA or USSSA. If these tournaments are open to all types of teams/organizations, will USA teams that fall under the 12u group be allowed with USSSA teams that fall under the 12u groups? I'd...- Kiddj22
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- age group usa usssa
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- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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Statement from USSSA on age cutoffs
Interesting, thought they would all try to match.- Kiddj22
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Illinois Travel Teams going to USA
We would possibly have 3 girls with December birthdays that according to USSSA would be 14u, not 12U in USA guidelines.- Kiddj22
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Illinois Travel Teams going to USA
What I find interesting is that several college coaches prefer the Aug 31 date when it comes to recruiting cause it aligns better with grades/graduation class. I prefer the Bloomington tournaments at Champion Fields over Springfield, Pekin, Jacksonville. Those tournaments usually are...- Kiddj22
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Illinois Travel Teams going to USA
I'm wondering how many travel teams (especially in Central IL) are going to go with or stay with the USA organization with the new age cut off dates? We've played in random USA, USSSA tournaments over the years, but it doesn't look like a USSSA Tourney would be an option if you use the USA...- Kiddj22
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- age group usa
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USA Softball cutoff date for age divisions
Found this on USA website for the 23-24 season. Looks like it will be age on Aug 31 for next year's travel season. This coming summer is still Dec 31. 2024 Championship Play Season - Junior Olympic Age Qualifications. (September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024) A player’s age as of August 31...- Kiddj22
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- Forum: Softball Rules Questions
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Age exemption thoughts
Haha, our kids were primarily 9u and missed a summer due to COVID. I promise our kids k ow what they're doing, just behind physically. And when I say we were C, we didn't play all C teams. My kids won't quit softball, but I bet there are some undersized kids that do at an early age that...- Kiddj22
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Age exemption thoughts
That would be nice, but parents would probably hold a kid back just to have them play in a better grade. As mentioned above, people will try to take advantage of everything. But I'd be fine with grade, but you'd have to also limit age with that as well.- Kiddj22
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Age exemption thoughts
Nope, I get it. This definitely wouldn't be to gain a competitive advantage. We played C level and were 4-12 this year. One of the kids is 47 lbs heading into 5th grade. Moving up to 12u next year.- Kiddj22
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Age exemption thoughts
Assuming your area has a lot of 10u, 11u, and 12u teams it's 364 days. I would say in our area, it's 10u 12u 14u and so on. With 2 year differences in some cases. Yes they should be "caught up" by 10 years of age, but in any normal pregnancy they're also born in 2011. Thanks for your...- Kiddj22
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Age exemption thoughts
The cut off for groups is always the player's age (birthdate) based on December 31. But here's something that I don't think is taken into consideration. Scenario: Let's say a mom has an abnormal pregnancy and for whatever reason has a child prematurely on December 1 of 2010 at 27 weeks. The...- Kiddj22
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- age age group exception
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