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| bmoser |
Posted - 02/04/2009 : 18:34:13
One of my 1st posts was asking you all how 9U was going to be different from 8U. I got little response. Now I know why, not many travelers at 8U. Well, now my son is going from 9U to 10U. If your son has gone from 9U to 10U can you tell me what to expect, or work on?
He's a pitcher, 1B, and OF. Lefty.
Isn't this topic key for all age groups right now? I want to get ahead of the pack.
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| bmoser |
Posted - 02/13/2009 : 10:50:32
at 9U, seemed like a walk was as good as a triple because catchers had almost no chance of throwing runners out. Do catchers have a better chance at 10U with the bases a little further apart?
Seems to me that the catcher has become more and more important since age 7. Does that plateau at 10?
When do the most hitters start to tee off on change ups?
How much does the dreaded curve ball come into play at 10U? Doesn't that hurt the little guys arms?
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| tater77bug |
Posted - 02/09/2009 : 15:38:11
Very good stuff...I hope everyone reads your post....quote:
Originally posted by my3sons
My kids are way past this age but from my perspective enjoy this age, keep it in perspective and be a good team parent. Their will always be 9 happy parents. Pick your battles wisely.
I have one that played High School ball 5AAAAA and 4 years of college and my youngest is a junior in high school that is being recruited by ACC and SEC teams. I don't remember what tournaments they won or lost at 10,11, or 12 y/o. I do remember at 13 at the Elite 24 in Disney our team finished 7th??? I remember the excitement of the games, the parents I met and still keep in touch with. I remember that my kid was not the stud at that age but he loved to compete, worked hard and caught most of the studs later on. But there is stress related to trying to measure your kid against the studs at that age. Relax, time, grades, behavior, and girls will even the playing field.
As far as the field stuff you see the dreaded curve ball for the first time and with some teams you see it over and over again. I think speed on the bases comes in to play. Trick plays are first seen. Kids that are well coached know where to go with the ball whether it is a cutoff or bunt situation. To sum it up, it was a great time in our family's baseball journey...I am smiling but I am sad, I miss it.
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| AllStar |
Posted - 02/06/2009 : 09:48:56
quote:
Originally posted by my3sons
My kids are way past this age but from my perspective enjoy this age, keep it in perspective and be a good team parent.
I have one that played High School ball 5AAAAA and 4 years of college and my youngest is a junior in high school that is being recruited by ACC and SEC teams. I don't remember what tournaments they won or lost at 10,11, or 12 y/o. I do remember at 13 at the Elite 24 in Disney our team finished 7th???
To sum it up, it was a great time in our family's baseball journey...I am smiling but I am sad, I miss it.
Great post from someone who's been there, done that. Twice. |
| my3sons |
Posted - 02/05/2009 : 20:29:10
My kids are way past this age but from my perspective enjoy this age, keep it in perspective and be a good team parent. Their will always be 9 happy parents. Pick your battles wisely.
I have one that played High School ball 5AAAAA and 4 years of college and my youngest is a junior in high school that is being recruited by ACC and SEC teams. I don't remember what tournaments they won or lost at 10,11, or 12 y/o. I do remember at 13 at the Elite 24 in Disney our team finished 7th??? I remember the excitement of the games, the parents I met and still keep in touch with. I remember that my kid was not the stud at that age but he loved to compete, worked hard and caught most of the studs later on. But there is stress related to trying to measure your kid against the studs at that age. Relax, time, grades, behavior, and girls will even the playing field.
As far as the field stuff you see the dreaded curve ball for the first time and with some teams you see it over and over again. I think speed on the bases comes in to play. Trick plays are first seen. Kids that are well coached know where to go with the ball whether it is a cutoff or bunt situation. To sum it up, it was a great time in our family's baseball journey...I am smiling but I am sad, I miss it.
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| bmoser |
Posted - 02/05/2009 : 19:59:31
I should have asked you this question sooner! We lost the USSSA 9AA States over this very issue. Change up artist who couldn't get it over for a strike, but our boys were flailing at it the whole game. I was coming unglued out in the stands. Even the ump turned around and told us most of these change ups we were whiffing were not strikes.
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Originally posted by k_coach
My son went straight from 8U CP to 10U KP so I didnt get a chance to see many 9U pitchers. We are going on our 2nd season of 10U and of the 100+ games at this age level I have seen so far, I would say that good off speed pitchers are few and far between. I would say that only about 50-60% of the pitchers even try to throw a change-up and of the ones that do, only about 15% are for strikes. I think that the best strategy is to lay off the stuff all together at 10U. If you do get a good change-up pitcher in a game, you can adjust your strategy.
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| k_coach |
Posted - 02/05/2009 : 17:29:02
My son went straight from 8U CP to 10U KP so I didnt get a chance to see many 9U pitchers. We are going on our 2nd season of 10U and of the 100+ games at this age level I have seen so far, I would say that good off speed pitchers are few and far between. I would say that only about 50-60% of the pitchers even try to throw a change-up and of the ones that do, only about 15% are for strikes. I think that the best strategy is to lay off the stuff all together at 10U. If you do get a good change-up pitcher in a game, you can adjust your strategy. |
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Posted - 02/05/2009 : 14:00:52
Before the fall season I thought pitchers would dominate because the mound was the same for 9U as 10U, but found Batters were catching up to the speed of the pitching more, maybe better eyesight because of being older, maybe just from seeing more live pitching. I felt like more kids were throwing harder, but the hard throwers at 9 didnt seem to gain as much velocity as the ones that were not throwing hard at 9. I didn't see any kids mowing down batters inning after inning in the fall like I did in the spring 9U season, but in 3 more months of growing the mph may increase even more as they grow. |
| bmoser |
Posted - 02/05/2009 : 11:08:39
Great stuff, thanks and keep it coming. |
| tater77bug |
Posted - 02/05/2009 : 10:42:14
One of the biggest differences I have seen is that defense is a lot better in 10u...the kids mature and become more defensive minded...I have also seen that the pitchers throw more strikes and since the mound does not change from 9u to 10u the pitchers will be throwing harder....thus making it harder on your hitters....Good luck |
| greglomax |
Posted - 02/05/2009 : 10:27:47
10U, like 12U seem to put the advantage on the pitchers. It is the second season at that particular pitching distance and the pitchers typically are adding offspeed pitches. The batters, at times, feel like the pitcher is right on top of them. Defensively the throws are a lot easier to make, but the hits are a little hotter and the infield feels a little smaller.
I agree with baseballpapa. Getting used to hitting offspeed pitches is essential. |
| baseballpapa |
Posted - 02/04/2009 : 21:14:13
I think that you should work on hitting off speed as I am sure that you will see a lot more pitching versus just throwing. At any age you can never get enough defensive work. At this age basics are the key. I tell my group all the time that I would rather have them miss the ball the right way than to catch it the wrong way. As much as we all like to win always remember that at this age teaching them the right way to play is more important. |
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