Your PO experience at the ~16U level

cluelessDad20191,000+ posts

Happy Fathers Day to all!

I'm curious what your son's experiences have been as PO on showcase teams. It would be helpful to know if your son is a stud pitcher on a high-roller team, or one of the guys not quite able to cut it on the field. Are some simply innings eaters, closers, with scheduled starts on certain days, kept in waiting for playoff runs, only show when they are scheduled to pitch, etc. There are umpteenth number of ways this could go and I'm curious what the collective experience looks like.

Have your coaches worked to include them in "the team" as much as possible, or not so much?

Locally, we have teams with 10+ POs built to go deep into tournaments and some that are just starting to experiment with them as their boys age up into the big tournaments.

TIA

6/18/176:42 PM

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