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re: Ascension Parish Little League vs Oklahoma - Highlights of Damn Fine Comeback
Posted on 8/8/23 at 7:07 am to auzach91
Posted on 8/8/23 at 7:07 am to auzach91
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I really hate to hate on kids baseball. But damn, LL baseball has got to be the worst product of 12 yr old baseball. Not playing 60/90 at 12 is crazy to me. We were playing 60/90 at 10. I know some mlb players have come from LL but it’s such a bad product.
while you are right LL is a bad product its not because of 60/90. in general for 99%+ of kids 60/90 doesnt happen until 13. In travel mainly only 13u majors teams play 60/90 and no 12u teams play 60/90 and neither did you.
now the closed bases thing at 12 and the 46/60 distances is nuts to me.
imo with the mounds being movable and the turf fields with multiple base slots, fields should be the following
46/60 @ 9u
46/65 @10u
50/70 @11u
54/80 @12u
60/90@13u
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Posted on 8/8/23 at 7:25 am to lsu777
46 feet mound for 12 yo is laughable.
Posted on 8/8/23 at 7:25 am to lsu777
I don't understand why so many people this day in age want kids playing at pro league dimension when they are 10 or 12 years old. It's stupid.
Worst is basketball for a 10 year old being played on 10' goals. nothing like teaching a kid to throw a basketball instead of shooting it and having games that are 10-6 b/c hardly anyone can even make a layup.
11 year old don't need to be playing with 90' bases. that's just silly. 13 is when most kids start hitting puberty or have by then and start developing actual muscles, and can actually hit a ball hard. you put 90' bases and most kids won't hit it out of the infield on most at bats. Notice i said most, not all.
You dont' see 5th and 6th graders playing with nfl footballs. you don't see 5th and 6th graders playing on full regulation soccer fields. basketball courts get bigger after junior high, then high school, then college, and then the nba.
we don't need to rush to make 11 and 12 year olds play at the professional level. it's not going to help them become professional athletes, i promise.
Worst is basketball for a 10 year old being played on 10' goals. nothing like teaching a kid to throw a basketball instead of shooting it and having games that are 10-6 b/c hardly anyone can even make a layup.
11 year old don't need to be playing with 90' bases. that's just silly. 13 is when most kids start hitting puberty or have by then and start developing actual muscles, and can actually hit a ball hard. you put 90' bases and most kids won't hit it out of the infield on most at bats. Notice i said most, not all.
You dont' see 5th and 6th graders playing with nfl footballs. you don't see 5th and 6th graders playing on full regulation soccer fields. basketball courts get bigger after junior high, then high school, then college, and then the nba.
we don't need to rush to make 11 and 12 year olds play at the professional level. it's not going to help them become professional athletes, i promise.
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