your info provides a nice snapshot and as Midlo says below the travel softball coaches are dedicated guys and, in my experience, the environment is no where near as slimy as the AAU basketball environment. One last thing, and midlo with a daughter who was a pitcher can speak to it better, the amount of behind the scenes work the girls put in make weekend tourneys a lot easier. Although, as you talked about stacking tourneys back to back, particularly with travel distances and challenges, eventually wears even the best down.