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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At this age, practice &gt;&gt; games. Do wiffle ball, hit off a tee, play catch, join whatever team has a quality coach and some kids your child likes spending time with.

HS team competitiveness depends on the school, but you have time to let them develop and have fun. Strong athletes will catch up to the dad ball kids pretty quickly once puberty pans out. A kid who falls in love with baseball at 10 can absolutely catch up.[/quote]

This is very true. To add to this this, for HS baseball, size does matter (even though that can be frustrating), so if you end up with a late bloomer those fundamentals can really buoy them through freshman and sophomore years (if they don’t make the HS team and have to keep working with club or babe Ruth)[/quote]

My freshman DS is a very late bloomer (just hit puberty and started to grow this year)  and made JV at the end of the roster. He has great fundamentals- has played travel and taken batting lessons for years and definitely wouldn’t have made the team if he didn’t do those things. For a very big athletic kid or early bloomer the bar is a little lower- coaches will forgive some lack of baseball skills or rough fundamentals. It is just the way it goes.

OP, since they just started playing I’d keep them in rec for another year or so. Then (if they want to) look for a low level travel team to start. Age 10 is actually not that late. I’d also recommend putting them in batting lessons now if you have the time and can afford- because hitting is fun, and is really the most important baseball skill. Hitting skill is going to be the most important factor in making teams in the years to come. Fielding and throwing can be worked on at home with the parents at this age. [/quote]

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