My son did #3 for a few years. Definitely caught grief from the instructor. At one point I had to tell the guy that the simple reason was that his team wasn't good enough and wasn't playing the competition that son needed to play. I told him nicely that son could hit somewhere else if this was a problem and it was never brought up again. Players/parents need to do what is best for the kid's development and can't worry about bruised feelings.