My DD just completed her first year in travel with an in state 10U B level travel team. This was the 1st year for most of the girls. The girls were great, and the coaches were nice, and we really did become one family with the parents, but we didn't feel my daughter was being taught any fundamentals. It is our (my wife and I) impression that the coach's solution on how to teach the girls how to field ground balls was to hit 100 ground balls at them and let them figure it out. Needless to say, we feel that my DD has regressed as a player and ended the season being hidden in the OF (something that can't be done at 12U & she is not very good at fly balls, but practicing hard).
We were asked to commit for the next season (the whole team is moving up to 12u), but declined for 2 reasons. 1st...We wanted my DD to be surrounded by better players and have her in an environment with a little more discipline, and 2nd...we thought it would be unfair to the coach to commit and then tryout for other teams.
We are trying out for several teams and hoping she lands on at least one. We are not trying out for the team that she had played on last year. The teams run the gamut from being 1st year 12U elite to very competitive 12U B level teams. We are convinced it would have been more of the same if she had stayed with her team.
Any comments on this situation would be appreciated so I can be more confident that we made the correct decision.
We were asked to commit for the next season (the whole team is moving up to 12u), but declined for 2 reasons. 1st...We wanted my DD to be surrounded by better players and have her in an environment with a little more discipline, and 2nd...we thought it would be unfair to the coach to commit and then tryout for other teams.
We are trying out for several teams and hoping she lands on at least one. We are not trying out for the team that she had played on last year. The teams run the gamut from being 1st year 12U elite to very competitive 12U B level teams. We are convinced it would have been more of the same if she had stayed with her team.
Any comments on this situation would be appreciated so I can be more confident that we made the correct decision.