re: How was travel ball this weekend?

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yeah I've noticed that. I hate the rings shite. I think it's stupid, but im not a tournament director so I have to deal with what they give for 1st and 2nd. I care more about getting them recruited and getting a scholarship more than anything. baseball recruiting is already tough because of so many kids, so I show mine off as much as possible so they can be seen when we go to regional areas.

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thats a noble thing to do if they are of that caliber. Biggest thing for me is just for the kids to have fun, learn to be a good teammate, learn to have success and failures, and learn that hard work means getting better.

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the younger age groups always play down because the dads live vicariously through the kids. its pretty pathetic and why I refuse to coach those age divisions.

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Its pathetic. I am a dad of a kid on the team, but i am simply an assistant and I do not care if we win rings or not, neither does head coach. Its all about them getting better and learing the things above. Some of the moms get upset over us not entering tournaments that are easy to win, but we dont want the kids to think that earning a ring is easy. its should be hard and should take your best game to do so.

I was anti travel ball for a long time but finally got fed up with parents and all the BS in rec and moved over early on with my middle kid. Best thing I could have done.

This board jokes alot about stereo types and we do see that, but I also see much better parental involvement and just overall higher class and better people at the travel tournments. For me it makes it enjoyable not having to deal with bullshite.