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Opinions needed...rec league pitching
While we're on the subject of FP pitching...
1. At lower age levels (10U and even sometimes 12U) our rec. league umps tend to open the strike zone when the pitching is less than precise. The philosophy of the rec. assn. is that this is an "instructional" level of play and that they would rather have girls swinging the bat than taking walks. I can see where this could be a good idea except that the girls that also play travel and are more experienced are pretty good about adapting to different sized strike zones, but the lesser skilled kids don't seem to adjust well to the different sized zones from game to game. Is this is good idea, or is part of "instructional" level FP the exposure to the same strike zone every time at bat, every game, so that it is burned into the players memory banks?
2. In 16U FP, at our park once you reach age of 16 you can play but can no longer pitch. I'm not sure what the reason for this is, but it seems a shame that coaches and trainers spend 5-6 years or more developing pitchers, and then can't use them in their last year of rec. league play. This, as expected, results in lots of good pitchers leaving the park a year early (and leaving kids they played with for those 5-6+ years) and playing only travel ball. Opinion?
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