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re: 57% of Tommy John surgeries in USA performed on 15-19 year olds .
Posted on 1/11/24 at 1:17 pm to redfishfan
Posted on 1/11/24 at 1:17 pm to redfishfan
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TLDR,
The select model doesn't prepare the kids for HS or college as well as we think because the model is nothing like HS or college.
But what's the alternative? There's two options that are available in most communities: rec ball and travel ball. Kids that end up playing for their HS teams aren't sitting the bench in rec ball either, and rec ball is, in most places, 2 games and 1 practice per week.
The "select model" isn't perfect by any means. And it is certainly much different than HS sports, but there currently isn't a model out there that resembles HS sports. So I'm not really sure what the alternative is.
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Posted on 1/11/24 at 1:28 pm to UpToPar
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So I'm not really sure what the alternative
The alternative is for people to slow down and relax. If a kid has the ability to play college ball and more, that will show by the time he’s 18 whether or not he plays travel ball, so what are we really accomplishing by having kids of all ability levels playing ball twice or three times more than kids used to?
What we are accomplishing is raising the level of play in high school baseball.
But at what cost?
Posted on 1/11/24 at 1:29 pm to UpToPar
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But what's the alternative? There's two options that are available in most communities: rec ball and travel ball. Kids that end up playing for their HS teams aren't sitting the bench in rec ball either, and rec ball is, in most places, 2 games and 1 practice per week.
The "select model" isn't perfect by any means. And it is certainly much different than HS sports, but there currently isn't a model out there that resembles HS sports. So I'm not really sure what the alternative is.
I agree with you that currently there isn't a good alternative. The select model could easily be tweaked to benefit the kids but it's not good for the bottom line of the parks or the coaches so it won't change. The current model has us falling behind Europe in basketball and the Dominican and other countries like that in baseball but we keep it up.
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