How many pins to take to Nationals

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Congrats. :)
You will have a good time. What age group? I can't speak for the older girls. My DD has attended 12u nationals twice and the pins go really fast. I would suggest at least 20 per player.........that should be a good start.
 
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50 is the magic number and then take a towel to stick all the pins too when your dd is done trading and then put the towel on the shelf as a keepsake for later in life. Remember the cooler the pin the more the other teams will want to trade. When we took our team to Nat's at 10 they had really cheap pens and nobody wanted to trade, so dd hates trading pens to this day, she traded 5 at 14U ASA/USA last year. lol
 
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Take one less than the number of teams. So you will want to go back next year and get that pin. :lmao:
 
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50 is the magic number and then take a towel to stick all the pins too when your dd is done trading and then put the towel on the shelf as a keepsake for later in life. Remember the cooler the pin the more the other teams will want to trade. When we took our team to Nat's at 10 they had really cheap pens and nobody wanted to trade, so dd hates trading pens to this day, she traded 5 at 14U ASA/USA last year. lol

Cmon Roger - those were sweet pins. I think we might still have 20 left in a drawer somewhere.
 
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I was an assistant to a TD a few years ago and the common practice is to pass out the different pins at the socials and while the girls are milling around. Sometimes the pins are traded with a predetermined team. This is a lot of fun, especially for the younger players. Take at least 20 per player imo.
 
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