Hello
Just looking for some guidance. My daughter is a second year 14u. She always has been a player that works hard because she really doesn’t have natural talent. Her goal is to play A ball and play in college. Now, I do know that you don’t have to play A ball to play in college. I tell her this. So she has been working with a private coach for four years and she’s becoming a pretty good player and a really good hitter. We really only have one true National level club close to us, she’s tried out before and didn’t make it. She’s tried out twice for them over the last few years. She is happy with her current club except that they aren’t being pushed too hard to get better. The coaches are very nice people, but not really what you would look for if your kid wants to get some exposure. She likes them. So, the National level club had a winter tryout. She went just to see how she stacks up now. Well they invited her back for another tryout next week. She never got an invite back before. She did look much more comfortable and definitely didn’t look out of place. She also got their attention with her hitting. My gut is telling me to maybe guide her to stay with her current team. She was actually surprised she did so well. She too, would feel bad if she ditched her current team. They just had another player leave for a higher caliber team in a different part of the state. If my DD left that would really hurt them. My gut is telling me that staying on the B team would be the right thing to do. I think she feels the same way, but I know that offer might not be there next August with the A team, and she will be going into 16u. If she aspires to play at a higher level the time to move might be now.
Just looking for some guidance. My daughter is a second year 14u. She always has been a player that works hard because she really doesn’t have natural talent. Her goal is to play A ball and play in college. Now, I do know that you don’t have to play A ball to play in college. I tell her this. So she has been working with a private coach for four years and she’s becoming a pretty good player and a really good hitter. We really only have one true National level club close to us, she’s tried out before and didn’t make it. She’s tried out twice for them over the last few years. She is happy with her current club except that they aren’t being pushed too hard to get better. The coaches are very nice people, but not really what you would look for if your kid wants to get some exposure. She likes them. So, the National level club had a winter tryout. She went just to see how she stacks up now. Well they invited her back for another tryout next week. She never got an invite back before. She did look much more comfortable and definitely didn’t look out of place. She also got their attention with her hitting. My gut is telling me to maybe guide her to stay with her current team. She was actually surprised she did so well. She too, would feel bad if she ditched her current team. They just had another player leave for a higher caliber team in a different part of the state. If my DD left that would really hurt them. My gut is telling me that staying on the B team would be the right thing to do. I think she feels the same way, but I know that offer might not be there next August with the A team, and she will be going into 16u. If she aspires to play at a higher level the time to move might be now.