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Maybe the other teams should practice more?

And/or get a new coach?

I checked out their website. They offer "house" and "travel" programs. Now I may be wrong because they haven't yet commented. But "house" usually means "rec level". Where "travel" is reserved for the elite level kids.

If this is the case, it may well be that this team is travel caliber and light years above rec level.

The reality is that for many kids, no amount of practice or guidance will ever get them to an elite level. So rec leagues are formed to give them the opportunity to work hard and compete in a sport they love.

Occasionally, a rec league has a team that should be traveling and competing against elite teams. Frequently you'll see a coach that prefers to beat up teams of inferior kids rather than compete at a higher level where he might not be able to be undefeated.

It's not to hard to recognize a kid that may do the best they can, work her tail off, but will never achieve an elite level. They can enjoy the sport for those few years of their childhoods and probably won't move on. And that's ok.

Absent of all of the facts, it may very well be the case where this undefeated team and the kids on it are being short-changed by competing at an inferior level. It's harder for them to understand, especially when you're racking up the wins, but it is possible.

We played "fall-ball" one year at a nearby city league. Our girls crushed every team. The next season we withdrew and found somewhere else. It wasn't doing our girls, or their girls, any good.

Like I say, I don't know all the facts. But I've been around youth athletics long enough to see teams compete more for the "glory" of their coaches, rather than for the kids themselves.