I had the same issues last year. My daughter listed as a 12U, played in the 13U-15U "A" division of our local Rec League. Now, I am not saying she is all that and a bag of chips. But she was better than all the girls on her team. She was the catcher for her rec team, and lead off slapper. She was by far the fastest girl on the field MOST of the time.
Her Rec ball coach was one of the Asst. HS Coaches, he picked the team up, out of courtesy due to over flow numbers of girls that signed up. They moved my DD onto his team to help them out as they only had 8 on the roster. She made #9
At the first game the young lady on first, pulled my DD aside and said... "Your the best one on the team, you make sure to tell us where to throw the ball." I felt bad, for my DD at the age of 12 she was placed in that situation. But it also showed the respect they had for her years of expierence.
Sure she was frustrated sometimes. And had a lot of walks, and stolen bases but most of all she really helped a lot of girls, she worked with them on off days, just her and 3 or 4 of the girls, I took the trailer up, with my Club ball practice stuff and they just hit grounders, pop up etc... she played a huge role in helping them, and it showed at the end of the season. Over the course of spring, summer Rec, and Travel Ball, my DD played in 80 games and loved EVERY MINUTE of it. She has asked if she can play again... I just might let her.
