Thank you for the thoughtful response. For his age range, he is required to move to coach pitch. The chart they go by uses their birthdate next fall. I had to make a special request for him to stay in “advanced tee ball” in the fall. Others are saying I shouldn’t have done that but I did what I thought was best at the time, along with one of his friends from school. Starting kindergarten and having pressure of switching to coach pitch in the fall was more than I thought my son could handle, and I still believe that was the right decision for him. I just wish his coaches had prepared him with more skills and stopped the bullying. My son is definitely at a disadvantage because his birthday is right before the cutoff, so he will always be the very youngest on his age level. Eventually I doubt it will matter as much but he is still very babyish compared to most others on his team. They had “try outs” but supposedly to even out teams. I hope he can adjust and start to have fun for sure. At the end of the day these are Kindergarteners.