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I'm committed all year round. I co-founded the club 4 years ago and we now have 6 teams.
Ah. She's 7. I'm not sure what the level of commitment is at that level. I was thinking older. Whatever you decide... just don't burn her out. She does sound like she's going to be a good player though whatever she decides.
Is she fast? have her start batting lefty now. If she decides to play select welcome to the beginning of the crazy world of travel/club softball! Enjoy it. It'll be over before you know it. And I know it's hard but try not to get too crazy. If you are not the coach and can manage to resist the urge to yell instruction from the sidelines you will look like a cool veteran amongst the other crazy parents.
At 10U there will be girls that are a couple of months short of being 11. It was an 11 YO that hit a line drive so hard a couple of weeks ago that it hit me in the gameface. I would rather a girl that young stay with her age group, just for safety considerations.
Do you have other kids that you are having to taxi around, too?
'Cause up until my kids were in MS, they had swimming and scouts and soccer and church and gymnastics and piano and reading groups and it went on and on.
None of them specailized in baseball/softball until at least 12.
We couldn't have afforded the $10,000+ for travel ball, if they had started at age 8.
Good luck and have fun.
Sometimes I am the only woman in the whole tournament wearing a mask.