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How much gauging do you think can be made when the A, AA, and AAA typically only get 3 innings of play in against the "Major League Teams"?
when you improve during the course of the season. 2 years ago, I managed an "A" team select team. Won't name the team we faced but destroyed us 22-3. We then faced another strong team in the same tournament losing like 15-0. Well, 3 months later, that same first team run-ruled us 8-0, but it took 5 innings. Plus more girls got bat on the ball instead of the 9 up, 9 down. That second team who faced us in our last tournament didn't run-rule us.
If you trust yourself as a coach, learn from your mistakes, and you believe in your girls, you'll improve. BTW, half the girls are now playing on very good travel teams now. That's how you gauge yourself.