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[quote=Anonymous]At what age, if any, should kids stop both pitching/catching and focus on one or the other?

12U DS has always done both (has a rocket arm), and coaches have generally managed him well. This fall he is playing in a Sunday doubleheader league (only- he isn’t playing rec this fall). He will often pitch 3-4IN in game one and then catch most of game 2. Is that too much? It seems a lot for one day but then he gets a full week of rest- which is the only reason we’ve allowed it. They will be playing tournaments over the winter (we live in a warm weather location)- not many, they are only planning to do one/month (along with practice 2x/wk)- because kids (including my DS) play other winter sports as well. He’ll play LL in the spring and probably AS in the summer.

As he gets older and is playing more, we wonder if he should stop catching? Or stop pitching as much? Neither? He likes both. On his current team, he’s the #2 pitcher and #1 catcher (basically splits time with the #2 catcher, and there are a few others who play here and there in a blowout). We have no idea how this will be managed during tournaments (DH plans to chat with the coaches at some point to ask).

Is it a matter of (a) with careful managing, doing both is ok? Or is it (b) kids have to choose one or the other at some point?

Thanks!!!!

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