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Originally Posted by MattyC
Its not that, its that now you're forcing them to learn in an environment where the size discrepancy is much larger amongst the age group and the competitiveness of the higher levels is much more furvourous. The argument is that the peopel who made this decision arent thinking long term. You're preventing things like broken arms and seperated shoulders at the Pee Wee level (stuff that kids will find a way to do regardless), and introducing the potential for much more devastating, long term injuries at higher levels. Its an opinion of course, but it is an informed one from someone who see the psyche of the kids and even after two years of learning the physical side of the game how out-of-control some of them can be.
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Trouble is that the evidence says that kids who start hitting in peewee don't "learn" how to hit anyways. The injuries are the same in bantam whether or not there's hitting in peewee