Originally Posted by Anonymous
I agree. It's tough at 12 to build confidence if they're riding the bench. It's also difficult spending money on hotels and traveling four hours and watching your son take that hit to his confidence. I think playing on B at this age is better.


Riding the bench at any age, but especially at 12 y/o, is a confidence killer. Saw it first hand with my guy last season. We just had to take a step back this year from the madness. He is much happier, I am much happier, and in the long run, playing competitive town ball and a B team, hitting the wall, and engaging in some private training is working for him. To each his own, but we had a miserable experience on a top A team last year.