By age twelve LL was getting real easy. He couldn’t wait for all stars to start. I started asking my son (without it being pressure) “Where those LL hits or all star level hits?” For example, fly ball off the fence for a double would have probably been run down and caught in all stars.
My son continued to initiate this conversation post game at dinner of middle school, high school and travel games. He referred to them as “legitimate” hits. Quails add to the average. But they don’t get a player to the next level. This evaluation of his hits and line drive outs kept him honest on how he was really hitting the ball.