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re: Travel teams eroding community baseball
Posted on 6/3/14 at 6:52 am to goldennugget
Posted on 6/3/14 at 6:52 am to goldennugget
You're saying early development isn't important, and you may very we'll be right with baseball. I honestly have no idea.
What is fact, however, is that in the 60's and 70's, TI programs were implemented in several eastern bloc countries. TI stands for talent identification, and they screen kids. They have specific tests they do for the kids, and the few that excel are trained as athletes.
Over 80% of their Olympians in coming years came from their TI program.
There's a country famous for sprinters (that May or may not have doped, just to get that out there) that does the same thing.
Jamaica trains their fastest kids to be sprinters. Usain bolt was part of the Jamaican TI program.
There is a window of opportunity from about 6-9 to teach proper technique. You assumed I meant for baseball. I was talking about running motion.
Sure it can be fixed later but it's much harder.
All the studies back up the claim that although you may be really good at something, you could have been better if you picked the basics up young.
What is fact, however, is that in the 60's and 70's, TI programs were implemented in several eastern bloc countries. TI stands for talent identification, and they screen kids. They have specific tests they do for the kids, and the few that excel are trained as athletes.
Over 80% of their Olympians in coming years came from their TI program.
There's a country famous for sprinters (that May or may not have doped, just to get that out there) that does the same thing.
Jamaica trains their fastest kids to be sprinters. Usain bolt was part of the Jamaican TI program.
There is a window of opportunity from about 6-9 to teach proper technique. You assumed I meant for baseball. I was talking about running motion.
Sure it can be fixed later but it's much harder.
All the studies back up the claim that although you may be really good at something, you could have been better if you picked the basics up young.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 7:07 am to BigEdLSU
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There is a window of opportunity from about 6-9 to teach proper technique. You assumed I meant for baseball. I was talking about running motion
For baseball I believe nine is the proper age to start. By then they have the needed basic skills to learn in earnest with proper mechanics and situational comprehension.
Things taught, generally speaking from experience, from ages 5-8 have to be untaught later and that is extremely non-productive.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 9:49 am to BigEdLSU
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You're saying early development isn't important, and you may very we'll be right with baseball. I honestly have no idea.
What is fact, however, is that in the 60's and 70's, TI programs were implemented in several eastern bloc countries. TI stands for talent identification, and they screen kids. They have specific tests they do for the kids, and the few that excel are trained as athletes.
Over 80% of their Olympians in coming years came from their TI program.
There's a country famous for sprinters (that May or may not have doped, just to get that out there) that does the same thing.
Jamaica trains their fastest kids to be sprinters. Usain bolt was part of the Jamaican TI program.
There is a window of opportunity from about 6-9 to teach proper technique. You assumed I meant for baseball. I was talking about running motion.
Sure it can be fixed later but it's much harder.
All the studies back up the claim that although you may be really good at something, you could have been better if you picked the basics up young.
You realize how many destroyed egos they would have if the US had a TI program? And I'm talking about parents not the kids haha.
But seriously I know of at least a couple programs who are very successful that use their own form of TI with athletes.
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