Re: Holy $hit there are a lot of Ohio teams!
It is nice for the girls and the tournament directors, but overall makes for weaker teams.
Devils advocate: Isn't this all for the
Girls ? or just the elite girls? Just asking
I hear this all the time ? "too many teams" ? There is never too many teams till every girl in the state is playing softball.
Here is how it will naturally work over time;
The best girls will go to the Best teams and play in the best tournaments
Maybe they will be called Golden Elite Tournaments.
If you have two or three A level girls pitching against each other the ball will get hit and fielders will make plays. And the girls will get better
The Midlevel girls will end up on the Midlevel teams and play in midlevel tournaments. If you have two or three midlevel pitchers the ball gets hit and the fielders make plays. And the girls will get better
The lower level girls will play on low level teams in low level tournaments.
If you have two or three poorer pitchers the ball gets hit and the fielders make plays. And the girls will get better
The lowest level or least interested will play slow-pitch
Cream rises and girls will play to their level and get better. Soon some C?s will be B?s and B?s can be A?s and the A?s get that D1 money.
The problem is A teams playing in B tournaments and humiliating B level girls just to get the $5 trophy (and sometimes to a lesser degree B and C teams playing in A tournaments just to say they did). And
not enough Pitching instruction all teams need to have pitching instruction from Rec on up.