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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's a lot of talk of breaking balls, but if a player can't turn around an inside heater, there's no reason to throw anything else.

I feel like this thread is between people that did 10U travel and saw a stark difference vs. people that didn't and it seems to be going fine starting at 12U or 13U.

OP, go watch a few practices and games for yourself. Maybe bring the boy.

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It went fine at 13u, it went fine as a freshman varsity starter, and it is still going fine as a D1 committed senior.

I recall being a bit nervous at 10,11,12u when it seemed as though we should have been doing travel. There was a lot of pressure and my son really enjoyed playing multiple sports at that age. My only motivation here is to reassure folks that it truly is not necessary if the family doesn't want to participate. There's nothing wrong with youth travel baseball (well there is, but in theory there isn't anything wrong), but you aren't eliminating opportunities by not participating either. Let the kid play soccer or football or go on vacations or whatever. Or don't. But don't spread this notion that expensive baby baseball is required to achieve success in the sport. It isn't.[/quote]

That was my point -- it went fine for YOU.... so far. Some kids might need/want to start earlier. You have no idea how it would have played out if he started at 10U. Our 10U team encourages multiple sports, even in-season. You're not speaking from experience. Baseball is full of late bloomers that surpass all the early bloomers and this is the case in high school, college, and the pros. A lot of kids need a high baseball IQ to hang-on and then bloom. It's often the early bloomers that hit the wall of failure hard later in their careers and can't recover, while the scrappy players have been scrapping for a long time. Baseball gives opportunity like no other sport -- you don't have to be big, fast, or an athletic freak. You get a turn at bat and a spot in the field if you earn it. But the game will also try to get rid of you at every turn. There are going to be kids that break/quit at 12, 13, 16, 18, 21 years old. I've seen it happen between games of a double header and this was in collegiate wooden bat league. D1 didn't mean a damn thing. No one is immune.

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