Community Travel 10u

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• Feb 12, 2009

• #1

I am curious what the board thinks is an appropriate number of tournaments for a travel community team at 10u.

There seems to be some disagreement as some think 4-6 and some think 1 or 2

 

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• Feb 12, 2009

• #2

as many as the girls want to play

 

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• Feb 12, 2009

• #3

Last year the Parma Wildcats 10u team played in 7 tournaments and played an 16 game regular season. The more the girls can play the better they will get.

 

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• Feb 12, 2009

• #4

There are alot of 10U tournaments out there with all levels of competition. I say go to as many as your team can afford. The more games they play against good competition, the better they will get. Plus they will have a ton of fun just being in the atmosphere.

 

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• Feb 13, 2009

• #5

If you can get 6-7 tournaments with 10-U that's great. Seams that they "burn out" easily at that age.

 

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• Feb 14, 2009

• #6

we did 8 tournaments in 2008 and played solid all year until the "big number 8" hit. Burnt out... played sub par in the last tourney. I would limit it to 50 games for the 10U's and at about the 40 game mark start taking an honest look at your situation. Now, if you have a team that is more resistant to burnout... keep on truckin' with extreme caution.

 

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• Feb 15, 2009

• #7

ThatGuy,

Knowing your daughter, I bet that she would say...a hundred!

We talked about this in person the other night, but I'll throw in my opinion for the forum. For 10U, two a month sounds about right. Not enough to burn them out, but enough to give them a good taste of the tournament experience.