All depends on what your son wants. League ball is not what it used to be. The talent pool has been drained by select ball. League ball is still if not worse " Daddy Ball ", But if your son wants to just play baseball to have fun League ball is where he needs to be. Select ball is a whole different story. First it takes a huge commitment, lots of time, a thirst for getting better and a challenge of playing against the best players in the country. He will miss a lot of other activities that a young kid may not want to miss. My personal opinion boys your sons age should learn to love the game first, he may turn out to be a soccer player, etc. Select ball can get very demanding and i think it starts way to early in age. The difference in what they do is Baseball Players play baseball year round. We are playing football, basketball, soccer, etc. I've seen Varsity Baseball Players in our area not pick up a bat, glove or ball after their summer league. If we could some how keep the teams together and play summer/fall ball as a unit it would help. I know this happens a lot in the Houston area. You would develop players in different positions and would help your pitching staff.