Norcal friendlies

[Mr. Monday!]

I have seen some Nor Cal Teams post friendlies under the friendly section. But this is what I believe....Most Nor Cal teams or should I say the one's that friendlies do not like to open it up to whoever..It is usually by invitation.... Funny huh? About the only team that has open or posted on their website friendlies is the Cal Breeze Org....and they have some nice friendlies....Another funny thing is that the teams from central Cal have to travel to 3 hours north for a friendly because those teams will not travel to central Cal. So central Cal teams choose either SoCal or Norcal the drive is the same. Plus in central Cal team competitiveness is at a all time low at the 12's, 14's......

[SYTHUNDER]

Yes it is funny it is so easy to find a friendie down south. We are just looking to play other teams and we enjoy going north over driving south. It is not good for the So Cal teams to come here and lose so I guess it best for them to stay down south. It is a shorter drive for them. And yes the teams down south have many more teams that are top level clubs. Plus to answer Don, We only know of a few teams up north and some of the teams we have played don't have web sites so it is hard to contact them. If we don't get there numbers after playing them we will never be able to contact them. We are in the Central Coast so it is a 3 hour drive no matter what way we go.

[sofbal1234]

Yes it is funny it is so easy to find a friendie down south. We are just looking to play other teams and we enjoy going north over driving south. It is not good for the So Cal teams to come here and lose so I guess it best for them to stay down south. It is a shorter drive for them. And yes the teams down south have many more teams that are top level clubs. Plus to answer Don, We only know of a few teams up north and some of the teams we have played don't have web sites so it is hard to contact them. If we don't get there numbers after playing them we will never be able to contact them. We are in the Central Coast so it is a 3 hour drive no matter what way we go.

That is pretty much the reason that SoCal teams do not drive up north for a friendly

Uhhh, yeah... that's it

[Sftball Junkie]

Those poor teams from So Cal, always getting beat up on!!!

Might try Idaho if you need to pick up some wins.

[handsinsidetheball]

"Plus in Central Cal team competitiveness is at a all time low at the 12's, 14's......"

I think you are spot on here. Being in the thick of the 12u in Cen Cal, my opinion is there are too many teams trying to compete. Also, an allegiance to rec ball is strong here too...Year after year, I am still amazed by this....

[SYTHUNDER]

That is so true with to many travel teams in one area. Lets face a fact that most travel teams are not A level and these teams must know that. You must know how good the girls are in your area. Like us we do not have a lot of girls to pick from. We have 4 travel teams in our area and we should only have 2 if that. But it is called DADDY BALL. I don't understand some of these teams that want to play travel and they stand no chance of winning anything. They tell me it is for the experiance, is it really.

[Blind Squirrel]

That is so true with to many travel teams in one area. Lets face a fact that most travel teams are not A level and these teams must know that. You must know how good the girls are in your area. Like us we do not have a lot of girls to pick from. We have 4 travel teams in our area and we should only have 2 if that. But it is called DADDY BALL. I don't understand some of these teams that want to play travel and they stand no chance of winning anything. They tell me it is for the experiance, is it really.

My kid played on teams that had "no chance of winning anything" for all but the last 2 years of TB, which was AFTER she had been recruited and verballed. During those worthless years where her teams didn't even come close to qualifying for Nationals, she played a game she enjoys. And I know this is crazy, but she also developed the skills that enabled her to be considered desirable to a few college coaches.

What I don't understand is what was so wrong with her experiences during those dark, dreary, useless years.

Stumped Squirrel

[SYTHUNDER]

Blind I here you. As long as everyone understands that we might not be on the best team, but have great coaches and the girls really enjoy play with each other that what it's about. My team as been there, woundering if we could win a game. We have worked really hard to be better. It is also some of these teams keep playing in some organizations were they do not stand a chance at being competitive. I look at it. play were you are competitive. Get better then move up. Let the girls win. Not all teams can play ASA or Triple Crown but they are much more competitive in USSSA or NSA, it all depends were you live and what is the talent pool of players.