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re: Who actually likes “travel ball”
Posted on 5/16/23 at 1:17 pm to VivaTerlingua
Posted on 5/16/23 at 1:17 pm to VivaTerlingua
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Just to put a similar perspective on this, I have 17 year old daughter that plays on a national level softball team. She just committed D1 last fall.
At 13, SHE made the decision that she loved the sport and wanted to be great. We were just playing on a local team that myself and a few dads helped coach. SHE decided to tryout for our organization's national level team and made it. SHE decided to put in the work at lessons, in the weight room, at speed and agility training. SHE decided that college ball was where she wanted to be.
Our national level team has played in California, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Indiana, Arizona over the last few years. These are basically the only tournaments that the P5/High Mid Major coaches attend. They never go to Rec or High School games. If you want to be seen you have to be on those fields.
As SFP said, she falls into that top 1-5% of athletes that belong at that level. The local tournaments have simply replaced Rec/Legion leagues that used to exist.
I have coached at the 14/16/18u National level and can tell you that the elite athletes getting recruited to play at those levels no longer come out of anything less than a high level regional team or national level team
yep.
example in baseball....i routinely see 10u kids throwing 60+ even up to 64 with 2 other pitches and throwing them for strikes. even seen some 9u kid throwing in that 60 range. this is state level majors tournaments
we dont have a single kid in little league in 11-12 that can throw 60.
routinely see 70-72 in 12u majors ball at the state level....yet can even see 60 in league.
plus little league rules suck. no stealing at 12? pitching from 46 feet? 60 foot bases? its dumb.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 1:22 pm to lsu777
I think you and I are saying the same thing. There is a certain level athlete that belongs at that level if they want to continue being elite.
In the softball world this gets exasperated by the sheer lack of numbers playing the sport. The top 5% in the girl's game is a significantly smaller number than in the boy's game. In order to face that level of competition consistently and continue growth, these girls are forced to play all across the country.
College coaches simply want to see best vs best out there. They don't care if you are elite and beating up on lower level competition. I am thoroughly convinced through my experiences on this journey with her that iron sharpens iron in any sport.
In the softball world this gets exasperated by the sheer lack of numbers playing the sport. The top 5% in the girl's game is a significantly smaller number than in the boy's game. In order to face that level of competition consistently and continue growth, these girls are forced to play all across the country.
College coaches simply want to see best vs best out there. They don't care if you are elite and beating up on lower level competition. I am thoroughly convinced through my experiences on this journey with her that iron sharpens iron in any sport.
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