I have never posted on this forum and am really frustrated after a game tonight and am just trying to figure out what to do. My son is a 5th grader and has played a mix of usssa rec and low level usssa select over the past four years. We have tried to keep him in rec and getting the competition by aging him up. Playing 10u at 9 12u at 10 etc. Tonight he knocked the opposing pitcher out of the game by lining one into his chest and Struck out 9 (1 dropped third) with 2 walks, 1 infield single, and 1 groundout in 3 innings pitching. He pitches between 60-63mph and the Rec kids just can't hit it or teammates catch it. I don't feel aging him up is working anymore because rec ball is just such bad baseball. We have tried to stay with rec because it fits our schedule better. We never miss church Wednesday or Sunday, He only plays 30ish games per year, and we can still take summer vacation. We practice at home a LOT and want to continue building his skill one on one. Is there a south DFW unicorn that I don't know about out there? Good competition with understanding coaches that allow you to keep the baseball/life balance? That will not ask us to pay for college before college with high priced teams??? I need help and guidance. Do tourney teams ever just need extra kids to pitch or be a Saturday sub?? In comparing my kid to other USSSA select players at 11u/12u I would put throwing at the majors level (pitching is different than throwing and as he does not throw curves or sliders I would put AA to AAA for pitching) hitting at the AAA level and fielding at the A to AA level.
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