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re: Legendary youth baseball coach lays the smack down on travel ball
Posted on 3/11/16 at 9:20 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 3/11/16 at 9:20 pm to Jim Rockford
It comes down to this: if your kid (NOT you) loves baseball then let him play as much as he can. If your kid only likes it a little bit the. He should probably not travel and play all those games to avoid burnout.
If your kid is talented he will get noticed and drafted or given a schollie regardless of where he plays.
If your kid is talented he will get noticed and drafted or given a schollie regardless of where he plays.
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Posted on 3/11/16 at 9:36 pm to Moustache
Travel ball has more negative aspects then positives imo....
Between the amount of practice time, games every weekend, the fact the coaches are teaching kids as young as 7 to throw a curve, and then finally the cost.
Travel ball should be reserved for kids starting high school so 13+ all younger kids should be required to play rec league ball and then at 13/14 you have a better idea of those kids who are good enough for travel ball vs those kids whose parents are willing to pay for travel ball.
Between the amount of practice time, games every weekend, the fact the coaches are teaching kids as young as 7 to throw a curve, and then finally the cost.
Travel ball should be reserved for kids starting high school so 13+ all younger kids should be required to play rec league ball and then at 13/14 you have a better idea of those kids who are good enough for travel ball vs those kids whose parents are willing to pay for travel ball.
Posted on 3/11/16 at 11:41 pm to Moustache
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If your kid is talented he will get noticed and drafted or given a schollie regardless of where he plays.
I try and make this argument all the time to friends, yet they don't listen. I will not let my son play travel ball and he's fine with it. He's actually very good and better than most of his friends that play TB and it drives them(and their dads) nuts. Most of his skills have been developed at home in the damn yard, it's called WORK!! If my son beats the odds and has any future past high school it will be on the mound, so I long toss the hell out of him. Not with wasted time and money on the weekends. I don't need to be part of a club, me and my wife are pretty secure in who we are. There is about a 0.08% chance my son will ever earn a nickel playing the game. I just want him to love the game his entire life, if he does I've done my job as a baseball dad.
Frick travel ball and the lie it's become, the insecure jack asses can have it!!
This post was edited on 3/11/16 at 11:44 pm
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