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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
Without that, wtf is there to be interested IN?
Kids are either cut out for it or they're not. There's nothing wrong with "not" but don't bastardize the sport into something unrecognizable.
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8 year-old softball is already unrecognizable. I don't think town rec leagues should be built around driving three quarters of the participants out in a matter of two or three years.
I'm with Lathum, there are a lot of reasons to play, but if winning is the only measure of success at an age where few of them have developed much in the way of skills, you're just going to end up driving them out of the sport. At the rec league level, there's nothing wrong with building programs where young kids can have fun and learn skills.
Maybe town rec leagues are different from place to place, but where I'm at there was at least one girl that had never played every year my daughter played.A rec league is a great place for those kids to be given an opportunity to develop and make friends.