9u Development Team

The Chesapeake Chaos 9u Development Team has formed for the Fall 2026 season and will focus on both team-based and individual skill development. We believe practice is where true learning and improvement happen. Practice develops, games reinforce!

For every competitive event a player participates in, we believe they should have at least three instructional practices. This philosophy aligns with USA Baseball’s Long-Term Athlete Development Plan. While the weekly practice-to-game ratio will differ from what families may be used to with their recreational or travel teams, our Development Team strives to reach this 3-to-1 goal.

This will be our players' first season having to pitch and face other kids pitching. We will be fousing on the development of pitchers and catchers before we play games. Our ultimate goal is to have all players capable of pitching at least an inning. We will also be tracking pitch counts in both practice and games and adhering to a pitch limit schedule as well.

Our game scheduling philosophy is simple, no more than one tournament per month, no exceptions. Our goal for games is that we will not play on back-to-back weekends. This Fall we expect that we will play in a maximum of 1 tournament at the end of the season. We may also setup a few games or scrimmages as well, but most of the focus will be on developing our pitcher, catcher, and hitting skills.