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re: Toughness Model
Posted on 4/14/17 at 9:25 am to GetmorewithLes
Posted on 4/14/17 at 9:25 am to GetmorewithLes
quote:Preach it. I've got one foot in both. A 14U kid playing USSSA-AAA and a 10U kid who is more the rec speed and just loving the game. Had a dad at my 14U's practice last night blasting rec kids as another friend was telling us about how a tournament team had to kick off a rec team this week from the Zachary field. (Which was legit, since the tourney team did schedule and pay for the field use.) This dad was saying, "pshhht, rec ball... they can go practice on a soccer field."
Daddy ball or select ball as he calls it is ruining the city leagues too. They have taken over the local park system here in Zachary and ruined the leagues for both boys and girls.
Sadly, a lot of tourney parents feel this way. It's ugly.
This post was edited on 4/14/17 at 9:28 am
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Posted on 4/14/17 at 12:04 pm to clamdip
The big damage I see the most is that more kids are not playing rec or league ball and depleting the talent and numbers in the league. League ball is a different animal when you have to play for 8-10 wks and build a record to achieve. That plays into what Robicheaux is talking about in the toughness model. Tourney ball lets a team off the hook when they dont play up this week because they can just start over next week.
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