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Royal Palm Beach youth league reinstates sling for 8U, keeps coach pitch for 5–6 and sets draft rules for spring
Summary
At its December meeting the Royal Palm Beach Youth League voted to reinstate the pitching sling for 8U in spring, retain coach-pitch for 5–6, and adopt a ranking-guided snake-draft process to determine team order; the board also agreed on rule clarifications and training for coaches.
The Royal Palm Beach Youth League board voted in December to reinstate the pitching sling for 8U for spring play, keep coach-pitch for 5–6 and adopt an independent-rating, snake-draft method to set team order.
Unidentified Speaker 5 moved to bring the sling back for 8U and Unidentified Speaker 2 seconded; the board then discussed operational details including speed settings for younger players, buying additional units and sandbags to secure machines, and offering a coaches clinic to train users. "Sling is back," Unidentified Speaker 1 said after the vote.
The board clarified…
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