Reply to "Playing up ? The Benefits? Pro's and con's?"

HaverDad500+ posts

My son was always big for his age, (still is) and played up from age 7-13. After that traveling teams provided plenty of intensity.

I can't say it was the "best thing" in every way, cause he never played with any kids from his neighborhood or school grade, but we are sure that playing up prepared him to start immediately at the varsity level from the 10th grade on (at a school of 2400)....with the payback being he never seemed overmatched at the plate and hit .440+ as a soph.

12/1/057:29 AM

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