re: Tournament Baseball is a scam

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don't think it's that bad. Especially for soccer, volleyball and golf.

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That obviously depends on what high school the kid plans on attending. My guess is it applies to all those sports where the HS is consistantly one of the tops in that particular sport on the HS level.

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My guess is it applies to all those sports where the HS is consistantly one of the tops in that particular sport on the HS level.

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i went to THE dominant baseball school in 5A and our town is as political as you can get

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paying money for this advanced instruction before puberty is insane. you don't need it before then

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This is 100% wrong IMO. Teaching kids the proper fundamentals from a young age makes all the difference in the world. Not because its gonna make the kid become a MLB player, but if a kid is a stud in Little League its going to boost his confidence and most likely make him very popular at school. I cant tell you how many shy, nerdy kids I have seen come in at 6 or 7 years old and start taking lessons and within a year or two they are confident and popular...its an awesome thing to see.

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And it's not just sports. Take LSU for example. Back in my day anyone who wanted to attend LSU could, but now it's alot more competitive.

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but going to a shitty high school doesn't matter when applying if you're good enough (namely ACT)

JJ27 your nephew is on a great team . I have seen them play and they play hard and show a lot of class. My son's team played the La . Tunder in last year's (North) State Championship. There are a few U-trip teams in the state that are together for the right reasons. I think the La. Tunder and my son's team are two of them. Last year we played 35 games and won the U9 North State title.

I think that people that feel tournament ball is a negative thing are missing the boat. I have 3 boys playing and its not because I think they are future major leaguers. They enjoy the game and I want them challenged. I feel they get more from the experience by playing with and against kids of similar skill. I would rather them be challenged than to just be dominant in a league of lesser skilled kids. Just because a kid is a great 9 yo player, doesn't mean he will even make his high school team and just because a 9 y/o sucks doesn't mean he will not be good as he gets older. I do know that my 13y/o has had experiences in travel ball that he will cherish for the rest of his life. He has also made friends with kids all over the country through competition.

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I think that people that feel tournament ball is a negative thing are missing the boat. I have 3 boys playing and its not because I think they are future major leaguers. They enjoy the game and I want them challenged. I feel they get more from the experience by playing with and against kids of similar skill. I would rather them be challenged than to just be dominant in a league of lesser skilled kids.

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question

with baseball essentially dominating 6-8 months of the year, do your kids play any other sports?

namely basketball and football

i thought this was a new thread until i saw my posts on page 2

yall have no idea about travel ball ....ive coached travel ball for last 10 yrs. although many teams charge a great fee (becareful because the high fees pays for ALL coaches expenses). My team charges 250 a year (includes 3 sets of uniforms,travel tee and sweat, and a batbag). the parents have to pay their own personal expense (hotel,food,gas) we play 7-8 tournaments in summer and 2-3 in fall and some of them are drivable home distance (inside 100 miles to eliminate hotel) now we do go to big tournament (national and exposure tournaments)...its not every weekend but be carefull like i said the high fee teams are paying for ALL coaches expenses. and btw we are a highly successful team ...numerous state titles and tournament wins and consistantly placing in the top 10 in national tournaments that have 75+ teams in them. and one more thing most travel teams only take 10-11 kids so that they all play every game. we just take 10. One more thing....people have are mislead about college also ...there are numerous college scholarships available in athletics at all levels. We just came back from an exposure tournament in dallas where there were over 200 collage coaches (all sec,big 10, big 12 coaches were there)there were also the smaller college coaches there also. if your kid wants to play college ball there is a place for him you just have to look