Nor - Cal 12U Spring Summer Rankings

[99NorCal]

The 2 12u teams went a combined 0-4 and were out scored 45-3. What did they gain by playing up and getting pounded?

I think the original comment was about RR Gold and Mizuno Garcia playing 14u. The Team Xtreme in the 14u tourney is the organization's 14u team. They gave up a bunch of runs to Breeze.

[99NorCal]

What two teams played up this weekend?

RR Gold, Team Xtreme, and CC Dirt Dogs were to play up in the Grapettes tournament. Mizuno Garcia played up in Sacramento ASA.

[Sbstuby]

I put my daughter on a team to make her a better softball player. The team we picked has a great set of coaches and awesome girls. If her coaches think that playing up a age level will make my daughter and team become better players, the coaches are doing their job. I would hope you as parents would do what is best for your daughters or team. Thanks coaches.

[lookingIN]

Finally got to see the MSC Tigers. Not too bad of a team.

[99NorCal]

I put my daughter on a team to make her a better softball player. The team we picked has a great set of coaches and awesome girls. If her coaches think that playing up a age level will make my daughter and team become better players, the coaches are doing their job. I would hope you as parents would do what is best for your daughters or team. Thanks coaches.

Well said. Good advice for all of us parents in a variety of situations that affect our teams.

[notme]

I put my daughter on a team to make her a better softball player. The team we picked has a great set of coaches and awesome girls. If her coaches think that playing up a age level will make my daughter and team become better players, the coaches are doing their job. I would hope you as parents would do what is best for your daughters or team. Thanks coaches.

Well said. Good advice for all of us parents in a variety of situations that affect our teams.

So let's see, while your 12U team is playing up to become better players, the 14U teams are learning what from your 12U team? How to pound them into the ground?14U teams enter 14U tournaments to play 14U teams not to give your team a better experience.

[Bleacher bug]

I put my daughter on a team to make her a better softball player. The team we picked has a great set of coaches and awesome girls. If her coaches think that playing up a age level will make my daughter and team become better players, the coaches are doing their job. I would hope you as parents would do what is best for your daughters or team. Thanks coaches.

Well said. Good advice for all of us parents in a variety of situations that affect our teams.

So let's see, while your 12U team is playing up to become better players, the 14U teams are learning what from your 12U team? How to pound them into the ground?14U teams enter 14U tournaments to play 14U teams not to give your team a better experience.

Well it looks like a few 14u teams learned how to lose to a 12u team this weekend. Mizuno Garcia made it to the Semis before losing to Breeeze by 2 or 3.

Last time I checked it didn't really matter to me what the other team was learning as long as my daughters and their teams were getting better. (And no My Daughter does not play for Garcia I just think if a team can make it to the Semi's in a 14u tourney they must have made the right choice to play up.)

[Iluvblue]

Well it looks like a few 14u teams learned how to lose to a 12u team this weekend.


blah, blah, blah. You aint even playing up. Those kids are basically in the same age division. Play up in June, then that is really playing up.

And teams that play up should NEVER say stuff like... pretty god for a 12u team, or well we made it to the semis as a 12u team. Nobody cares. If you are playing 14u, expect to win every game no matter how old the kids are. Then when you lose dont pull out your built in excuse that you are a team playing up.

Bad teams are bad teams, and good teams are good teams, no matter the age.

A good 14u will still be better than .500 playing in the 18u age division..... probably even better.

[Sftball Junkie]

Thank God you got on here and helped us out Junkie,now go take your medication. It must be a real thrill to try and express an opinion on whatever team you are connected with, my guess one of the two teams you mentioned.

By the way, "Travel Ball" means more than travel from your house to Arnez every week.

notme
I couldn't agree with you more that Travel Ball means more then your house to Arnez every week... Now that we agree on that shouldn't you be in So Cal every weekend playing so these teams playing up in a few Local tourneys between So Cal trips should not effect you right???

Only reason I highlighted these 2 teams is they are playing in So Cal. (No kid on the team but we have seen them in So Cal while down with my oldest DD who coaches 12s So Cal.) These teams have already headed South more then a few times and from talking with their coaches will be going more as the season continues.

I think a few are missing the point as why they are playing 14s. If there is no 99 or 00 team who can compete with you in 12s locally you might as well play in 14s to play some 98s. You learn nothing by pounding teams and playing half speed.

Blue the way I read the comment about making it to the semis was that it shows they can compete with the teams they played. Nor do I think these teams feel they could play with the 97 14s teams when they start in June. You are someone who has been around a long time, honest question.... If your were in the situation these teams are 12yrs old and killing everyone you played wouldn't you play up to play better teams when you played local.

[Iluvblue]

Heck yes they should play in the 14u tourney. It does them NO GOOD to whomp every team they play. Im just saying for someone to come on here and talk about the 14u teams "Learned to lose to a 12u team," is BS. Because in reality those kids are really in the same age group right now because you have no older 14u teams playing.


I think those teams are doing the right thing by looking for good teams to play, but when they do that, nobody should ever say we did well for a 12u team playing up. many times we would play a team playing up and before the game even started the coaches would make sure they let me know they were a young team playing up. I didnt care, and as a matter of fact I tried to demolish those teams by as much a margin as possible just to let them know where they stood:)


Now I know i will get slammed for that one... but hey, you are choosing to play up, so you get what you get. We actually had a 14u team play up in 16u and ask the ump if they could stop the game in the 3td inning to which I was very opposed just because we paid 400 bucks to play innings , and that team wanted to cheat us out if innings.

All of you need to remember that the ONLY thing that matters right now is that your kids get better. Thats it, and if they are getting better, the wins and losses will tke care of themselves.