Lets hope there are more players wanting to play at "all levels" because the current trend is not good...
While ladies Fastpitch is not seeing the huge numbers drop as boys baseball it is just around the corner.
Here is one of many articles on the decline in youth sports.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303519404579350892629229918
Look at the drop in bat sales...
Our local youth fastpitch league went from 12 teams at 12U in 2013 to 5 teams in 2014. HS team was a D1 finad four team in 2009 and sweet sixteen teams in 2012&2013. Averaged 65 at tryouts 2011-2013. This year we hadd 33 come out.
This scenario is playing out across the country in youth recreational and travel sports..
Personally; I could care less about new teams it never hurt our numbers at tryouts and we were always able to field a talented competitive team when we were playing youth Fastpitch but it does concern me about the overall state of youth sports with the numbers dropping each year.