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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If LL is your Rec option, I would consider a local travel team to get on the bigger 50-70 field with Major League  Baseball rules. Longer throws, leads/pickoffs, 1st/3rd plays -- a lot more baseball. Especially beneficial if you have a knowledgeable coach.

People are focusing on Varsity, but you gotta make teams before that to get there. Coaches love smart ballplayers.[/quote]

This there’s so much nuance to baseball and so many rules. By 11, kids are throwing 50+ MPH. By 13, some are close to 70. It gets much harder to hit, and even if you do get a hit, you need to be a smart base runner so you don’t get picked off or caught in a pickle. I don’t think kids can get the reps they need by just playing rec in my area. I can think of trades players who didn’t the JV this year. It is very hard to make JV at one of the 3 ApS high schools. They have so many kids who would easily make the weakest school’s team and maybe even the average school’s team. [/quote]

The better 9U (and a couple of the best 8U) travel teams have kids throwing 50+ already… from 46 feet. [/quote]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I am so far removed from kiddie ball that I don’t even know if these speeds are plausible (or good for age)

But please get back to us when they are 12U, 14u, high school JV, & HS varsity. You won’t see much correlation with speeds in 9U kiddie ball (or heck, even 12U), one way or the other. That, I can promise.

LOL[/quote]

1. Daddy’s speed estimates are usually significantly higher than reality;
2. Throwing hard doesn’t mean pitching well;
3. Some of these kids reach their velocity ceiling early (puberty still matters);
But most importantly 
4. Many of these poor kids are going to get injured and possibly require surgery by the time they’re in high school because Dad thinks he can train a future MLB player if he just starts early enough.[/quote]

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