Posted by: Alan () on Thu Jan 9 10:07:13 2003

I have a daughter who is extremely competitive in 11-12 year old boys little league baseball. I understand physically she won't be able to do that at some point in the future and will need to go to fast pitch softball. My question is will she gain more from the baseball at this point or should we make the move to softball as soon as possible. I believe she will be challenged more in the baseball and hope that will make her continue to improve. Any advice on which way to go to improve her as a ball player would be greatly appreciated.

Make the move to softball and if she is good enough, get her on a team that is going to ASA nationals for 12U. I'm not sure what area of the country your from (in some areas there aren't that many travel teams), but she will not be dissapointed with the play at the highest levels.

On another note playing with all girls will be dramatically better for her. She'll relate much better to girls, be able talk girl stuff (with other athelets), have more fun, make friends,things she just can't do with boys.