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re: Legendary youth baseball coach lays the smack down on travel ball
Posted on 3/11/16 at 8:12 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 3/11/16 at 8:12 pm to Jim Rockford
Current travel ball parent who was/still kind of is anti travel ball. We were not looking to join a travel team but most of the kids we always play rec ball with started a team. I know all the coaches well because I have coached with all of them. All good guys.
The thing is, at least where we are, rec ball is so bad it's not worth playing. The people who run it do not care and 1/2 of the parents do not care. It basically forced my hand if I want my kid to play any semblance of baseball worth playing. We will end up playing less than 35 games and all of the tournaments are within an hour or less drive. If it was anything other than that my kid would be out.
I think that rec leagues will be a thing of the past not long from now and you will, unfortunately, just have travel teams.
The thing is, at least where we are, rec ball is so bad it's not worth playing. The people who run it do not care and 1/2 of the parents do not care. It basically forced my hand if I want my kid to play any semblance of baseball worth playing. We will end up playing less than 35 games and all of the tournaments are within an hour or less drive. If it was anything other than that my kid would be out.
I think that rec leagues will be a thing of the past not long from now and you will, unfortunately, just have travel teams.
This post was edited on 3/11/16 at 8:14 pm
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Posted on 3/12/16 at 8:34 am to rmc
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I think that rec leagues will be a thing of the past not long from now and you will, unfortunately, just have travel teams.
This is so woefully, indescribably off base it's almost hard to comprehend. We're talking about REC YOUTH sports, it will NEVER go away. THe numbver of people with your mindset (and the crazies who are 10x more extreme than you) is FAR inferior to the regular joe who has an 8 year old and just wants him to get outside and play some sports with his buds.
what you're saying is akin to thinking that the rise of AAU teams the last 20 years is eventually going to eliminate youth basketball.
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