U12 tournament rules

[Rachel]

I helped out at a U12 B tournament today. The rules were:
Bat the bench (not a problem)
4 oufielders(10 on the field)
No stealing ever.
Can't go to first on a d3k.

It was so slow that I wondered what the kids were actually learning. At some point the catchers have to learn that they need to catch the ball. The whole game is based on aggressive base running. At some point we have to go through ugly ball to get to actual fast pitch. On the other hand it was easy. I used the "time zone strike zone" as in if you can reach it hit it. No one complained and I had fun BS'ing with the coaches. Does it do the kids a disservice to dummy it down like this?