Gabe Williams
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My daughter will be turning 14 at the end of this October. She just played her first season of travel ball this year. The previous three years, she's played in a NE Ohio league (Emerald Necklace). Playing in the tournaments this year has been an eye opening experience. I'm having regrets not getting her in the game a few years ago. So our family is still newbies to this.
She is planning to play college ball someday (what level TBD). She's a great athlete with so much to learn still. Pitcher has been her primary position to this point, and catcher secondary. But she is transitoning to cather as her 1A and 3rd being 1B this year. She's gotten offers to join a few different NE Ohio teams so far. She also had a private tryout with the Outlaws. That was a fantastic expexiernce since some of the Outlaw players took part. That was another breed we haven't played with yet. (It's been a week or two. So I'm assuming she didn't get the spot.)
So my question is this. If you had a daughter with the athletiscism, desire, and talent to play college ball, but is not as refined as the upper level players her age are, would you latch onto a tournament team that isn't in a huge tournament every week, less talent (almost guaranteed as much playing time as she could handle) or chase the top dogs. Practice with the best and fight for playing time.
Big fish/little pond vs little fish/big pond
(Maybe get another year of learning on a mid-level tournament team and see where she's at heading into 16U 2021/2022?)
She is planning to play college ball someday (what level TBD). She's a great athlete with so much to learn still. Pitcher has been her primary position to this point, and catcher secondary. But she is transitoning to cather as her 1A and 3rd being 1B this year. She's gotten offers to join a few different NE Ohio teams so far. She also had a private tryout with the Outlaws. That was a fantastic expexiernce since some of the Outlaw players took part. That was another breed we haven't played with yet. (It's been a week or two. So I'm assuming she didn't get the spot.)
So my question is this. If you had a daughter with the athletiscism, desire, and talent to play college ball, but is not as refined as the upper level players her age are, would you latch onto a tournament team that isn't in a huge tournament every week, less talent (almost guaranteed as much playing time as she could handle) or chase the top dogs. Practice with the best and fight for playing time.
Big fish/little pond vs little fish/big pond
(Maybe get another year of learning on a mid-level tournament team and see where she's at heading into 16U 2021/2022?)