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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All-Stars? Has he only played Little League or something? That field is 46-60 (mound/bases distance in feet). No leads, no pickoffs. Little kid rules.

Travel Baseball at age 10+ moves up to a 50-70 field with leads, pickoffs, etc. -- real baseball. This also applies to Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken, and Pony Rec leagues.

Age 13+ is 60-90 diamond, same dimensions as Nats Park, college, high school, etc.

The longer throws as the field gets bigger are REAL -- gotta have proper mechanics to be accurate and strong. Mentally, so much more going on with the real baseball rules compared to Little League.

What has your son played?

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Is your kid swinging a bbcor bat?  Besides moving kids up to transition to larger field sizes, some leagues also reduce the required drops of the bats to transition kids to -3 .  Not sure how Little League does it.

Someone else posted on here a while ago that coaches will find a spot for kids that can hit.  So as other posters mentioned, I'd have them work on hitting.

Also while it's understood that you don't want to do year round, some leagues in our area (I'm in a different area from you, so am not sure if it's the same) Fall ball is a lot less intense.  Where it's only one game a week, with no practices.  So would consider having your son do Fall ball to get used to the potentially larger field sizes, quicker play, faster pitches, etc.[/quote]

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