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[quote=Anonymous][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]

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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]

Not to wade into the debate, but while it is true that many of the best 9u players won't end up being the best 12u or HS players...the inverse relationship is almost like 98% correlated.

If you look at MLB players, they were dominant at every age group they played (for 98%).  Bryce Harper was playing on 12u teams at 9 years old and was hitting home runs on HS fields at 12.  Anthony Rendon hit his first HR at 9 (yes LL fields).  Greg Maddux threw a nearly perfect LL game at 10...he had 18 strikeouts on like 65 pitches...this story according to his brother (former Nationals pitching coach) that the LL told his coach he wasn't allowed to pitch anymore because he was so dominant.

So, yes the dominant kids at 9 may still be dominant at 14 and 18.[/quote]
The truth is professional athletes are built different and are born with a genetic make up that the rest of us don't have. [/quote]

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