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It's Travel Ball Season Folks
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:39 am
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:39 am
Give me your best stories...
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:40 am to SouthboundTiger
This one time I spent thousands of dollars, travelled across the southeast, and gave up my weekends for softball.
True story.
True story.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:41 am to SouthboundTiger
I heard each ring means more than the last one.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:44 am to SouthboundTiger
Y'all do this same dumb thread year after year telling the same dumb jokes and making fun of the same stuff over and over.
Yet here I am for another round of it
Yet here I am for another round of it
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:46 am to SouthboundTiger
It’s to expensive and sad seeing some families struggle to keep up the charade of their children being future Major leaguers.. high school has its own sadness as the delusions of an lsu offer fade to the reality of a spot on the BRCC roster but I enjoyed it for the most part bc I didn’t have delusions of grandeur for my children.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:46 am to SouthboundTiger
#TravelBallHeadquarters
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:47 am to SouthboundTiger
Saw the dark side yesterday. Dad yelling at a nine year old for missing plays and pushing his wife/gf/whatever away when she tried to temper his tirade. Several people ran to pull the dad away.
If I thought my kid was dogging it I might ask him what was going on but it just is not important enough otherwise to criticize him after a game.
I am lucky enough to be on a team that is competitive but where the parents have no lack of reality as to their kid's potential. Our season just started and we only play into June. Our coaches goal, and they are parent coaches, is to develop them where they MIGHT get a chance to ride the bench in high school.
Travel Ball is not inherently good or bad and I have seen plenty of both. It is up to the parents to create a program with realistic expectations and where player development, teamwork and fun are all part of the program.
If I thought my kid was dogging it I might ask him what was going on but it just is not important enough otherwise to criticize him after a game.
I am lucky enough to be on a team that is competitive but where the parents have no lack of reality as to their kid's potential. Our season just started and we only play into June. Our coaches goal, and they are parent coaches, is to develop them where they MIGHT get a chance to ride the bench in high school.
Travel Ball is not inherently good or bad and I have seen plenty of both. It is up to the parents to create a program with realistic expectations and where player development, teamwork and fun are all part of the program.
This post was edited on 2/17/25 at 11:54 am
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:51 am to Cell of Awareness
lsu777 in three....two...
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:52 am to SouthboundTiger
Is it ever not travel ball season? I feel like little billjaminaxxxon plays year round.
This post was edited on 2/17/25 at 12:03 pm
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:53 am to SouthboundTiger
I will be on the road for 20 of my next 22 weekends.
shite is exhausting.
shite is exhausting.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:54 am to SouthboundTiger
We played last weekend and let me tell you these girls showed up and showed out! Despite getting screwed by the umps in pool play TWICE and gettin last place in pool play. First time my Paisleigh Kate has EVER been in last placed in pool play since she was in 4U! She was so embarrassed!! But let me tell you it lit a fire in her tail and as well as the other girls too. Coach Chad had them be at the park at 4:45am for batting practice and we was ALL ok with it!! And the proof was in the results. We come out there a whipped that #1 seed (want say there name cause they all cheat) but I'm sure yall can figure it out LMBO!! But we sent them packing and won the next 2 and made it all the way to the championship game at midnight. Unfortunately we got the SAME umps as we had in pool play and it didn't work out way but man I'm so proud of these girls and the way they fought!! When the cops was pullin Coach Chad off the field he told them how proud he was of them and two not let those umps ruin there love for the game and let me tell you it didn't. My PK is more determined then EVER! Can't wait for Dallas's next weekend!
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:58 am to SouthboundTiger
Coached recreational ball for over 20 years. Was asked a few years back to coach a travel team. I made it three seasons and was done.
The kids were great. The parents were too much.
The kids were great. The parents were too much.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:59 am to SouthboundTiger
In the 80's I played on a travel team that had a great sponsor. He was 1 of 2 licensed porn agents in California. Traveled the country and played on his dime. And the were a couple guys who got married, and he supplied the entertainment. Wives weren't too happy though. Mai Lin, Janet Littledove, Breezy Lane were some of the entertainers.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:00 pm to BoogaBear
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and gave up my weekends for softball.
God forbid a parent sacrifice the weekend for a child.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:01 pm to Stevo
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God forbid a parent sacrifice the weekend for a child.
wrong, it's like the whole family sacrifices the entire summer for one family member
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:02 pm to LSUballs
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LSUballs
Solid
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:03 pm to sledgehammer
Travel ball rings
“It just means more”
Travel ball should sue the SEC for stealing their motto
“It just means more”
Travel ball should sue the SEC for stealing their motto
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:06 pm to LSUFanHouston
i seen a bunch of organizations represented at LSU baseball game yesterday. i just laugh at them
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:08 pm to 777Tiger
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wrong, it's like the whole family sacrifices the entire summer for one family member
Oh bullshite. All 3 of my kids played sports and wife and I got it all done. Travel ball is really just tournament ball as most teams don't 'travel that far. Most activities for kids these days require time commitments - baseball, basketball, cheer, dance, soccer, volleyball, golf, tennis.
This post was edited on 2/17/25 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 2/17/25 at 12:10 pm to SouthboundTiger
My sister is traveling across the state for 7 year old Coach pitch baseball. Seems a bit excessive to me.
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