8u vs 10u all stars

[CatchersPaPa]

She is dedicated to learning to play catcher and is working on blocking coach pitches that I throw into the dirt for practice.

If her goal is to be a catcher, have her play up. My DG was 8 during covid. Our community of 300k managed to create three teams from girls 8 to 12 that the parents would allow to play. She was catching for a pitcher that was 12, threw hard, but lacked control. Now she is 12 and is a desired catcher with no fear.

 

[Orange Socks]

Oh and yes the catcher position isn't 9th best fielder on the team in 10U. They literally become the best fielder on the team. 10U-Stealing bases, drop 3rd K, and the play doesn't stop until it stops. 8U-ball gets hit and cue the circus music with runners running like crazy. Scores of 20-18 will no longer exist in 10U.

 

[stox]

What's everyone's opinion of just skipping 10U rec (and it's pitching woes) entirely and putting together a young team to play tournaments? Where we live, there's plenty of tournaments around within an hours drive so it wouldn't require too much travel, but being able to play a 2-3 games a day against better pitching vs one rec game per week against new pitchers (rec league also forces teams to rotate pitchers to give other girls opportunities).

Is the pitching/catching/hitting development playing tournaments worth likely losing a bunch of games?

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[CoachCeetar]

What's everyone's opinion of just skipping 10U rec (and it's pitching woes) entirely and putting together a young team to play tournaments? Where we live, there's plenty of tournaments around within an hours drive so it wouldn't require too much travel, but being able to play a 2-3 games a day against better pitching vs one rec game per week against new pitchers (rec league also forces teams to rotate pitchers to give other girls opportunities).

Is the pitching/catching/hitting development playing tournaments worth likely losing a bunch of games?

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Is this team NOT going to have pitching woes itself? And if you're only playing one game a week in rec, why not both? Being completely overmatched facing a pitcher can be just as useless as facing one that never forces a swing decision.

 

[pilotpip]

What's everyone's opinion of just skipping 10U rec (and it's pitching woes) entirely and putting together a young team to play tournaments? Where we live, there's plenty of tournaments around within an hours drive so it wouldn't require too much travel, but being able to play a 2-3 games a day against better pitching vs one rec game per week against new pitchers (rec league also forces teams to rotate pitchers to give other girls opportunities).

Is the pitching/catching/hitting development playing tournaments worth likely losing a bunch of games?

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From what I saw with my daughter moving up to 10U this fall, it doesn't matter. There will be pitching issues. It's a hard motion to learn. Playing the second year 10U teams was actually a little better for us overall because our girls are aggressive at the plate, and hit the better pitching, even then, some didn't have more than one decent pitcher. It didn't matter if we were playing a 1st year, or 2nd year team, rec or select. If they had a pitcher that could get the ball in the strike zone, we put it in play. Other teams will sit there with their bats on their shoulders trying to draw walks.