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Pros and Cons of AAU baseball and Insights on playing both AAU and Little League - Randy Dykstra (length=4627)
This will probably be a bit long but.....The pro's and con's really depend on the individual programs, and you goals as a baseball player. Basically, your question is Is it wise to play for a Travel t ...

AAU v LL {Rec} No Difference @ Allstar Time(Long) - Randy Dykstra (length=2268)
"The travel Teams have too much bickering and stealing each others players that it truly demoralizes their Teams" Well, I can't deny that this often happens.... In fact I have a couple teams trying to ...

AAU v LL {Rec} No Difference @ Allstar Time - Walter Kiriaka (length=1771)
Gentlemen, What am I missing here? In my experience that a LL Team of 12 & under will compete very favorably at Allstar time against a Travel Team. In fact LL or Rec is a very good Training program fo ...

AAU v LL {Rec} No Difference @ Allstar Time - Walter Kiriaka (length=553)
Jon, it's just my feeling that at the younger ages, specifically 8 - 11 yrs, what is the sense of involving kids this young into travel teams? I really do not seem to see a difference in calibre until ...

AAU v LL {Rec} No Difference @ Allstar Time - Walter Kiriaka (length=382)
That's kind of my point, that these travel teams have built a house league, where in some LL and Rec Leagues already exist and it is quite possible that the Allstar team will compete favorably with a ...

AAU v LL {Rec} - Chris M. LoTempio (length=1727)
Anonymous-- If your son got kicked off his team or left his team mid-season, and came back for the final two games for the playoffs, it seems like you as a father allowed an unfortunate situation to ...

AAU v LL {Rec} - Gordon (length=616)
Hi folks, I've seen some of the same things you all have seen, Some kids are a little more serious about the game than others. They usually don't find out exactly how much their off season work has ac ...

AAU v LL {Rec} - PJM (length=4164)
I found the articles concerning AAU vs. LL {rec} very well written and insightful. I've also felt and experienced much the same. I curently sit on my local LL board. My son is also a very talented p ...

Playing AAU and Little League with a new twist - Fred (length=1942)
You may recall back last winter I inquired regarding the pros and cons of AAU baseball and any insights on playing both. Here’s the new twist. My son has been invited to try out for the AAU 13U team f ...

Pros and Cons of AAU baseball and Insights on playing both AAU and Little League - Jeff T (length=1067)
Congrats on the invite--you should be proud of the obvious work your son and, I guess you, have put into his development. The AAU team I coach is in the same boat, where we schedule our practices and ...

WHAT SHOULD COME 1ST.AAU. OR L.L - Jon Toner (length=1141)
My Mom has an expression. "God doesn't GIVE you children, he LOANS them to you." These kids don't "belong" to your league or AAU. We don't fret about losing "star players" to a competing travel team, ...

WHAT SHOULD COME 1ST.AAU. OR L.L - Randy Dykstra (length=6201)
"PULLING 12 PLAYER FROM L.L." ... Does LL own the player? or is it using him for their own selfish purposes??? What the worst that can happen if he leaves in mid-June.... Another kids gets a chance to ...

Starting an AAU/USSSA team - synwave7 (length=1287)
Well, I don't run our team but have coached with John for 3 years now on our travel team. Input I can give is this... 1. First and foremost get your staff together and give them your SOP manual. You m ...