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ULL Coach Robichaux discusses "Daddy Ball"
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:02 pm
Daddy Ball” in his opinion paints an unrealistic picture of how baseball, sports and basically life really works.
He explains with select youth baseball, kids don’t sit the bench. That’s not how real sports works, so later in life kids quit playing because they have to sit the bench.
He explains with select youth baseball, kids don’t sit the bench. That’s not how real sports works, so later in life kids quit playing because they have to sit the bench.
This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 12:03 pm
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:02 pm to Jimmy2shoes
But can you drink from a hose pipe 
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:03 pm to Jimmy2shoes
#butnothowidoit
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:04 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Robichaux and CPM have the excuses for shitty baseball pretty down packed.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:05 pm to Jimmy2shoes
The only people directly involved with travel ball and "daddy ball" who will defend it are the coaches of those teams. You take people who occupy the same positions but beyond the travel ball age groups and they will all agree. It's detrimental to 95% of the athletes.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:07 pm to Jimmy2shoes
It is what it is.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:08 pm to Jimmy2shoes
His point was giving every kid on the team playing time and not sitting them while they are kids ruins them when they get to high school and college because they aren't used to "working while they wait" i.e. Sitting the bench.
He's kinda right but his delivery was kinda douchey
He's kinda right but his delivery was kinda douchey
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:09 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Travel/Select ball is for losers
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:29 pm to Jimmy2shoes
In little league all kids should participate. It isn't that competitive. If kids only sit the bench then there is something wrong with how talent distribution is determined in that league.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 1:29 pm to Jimmy2shoes
The way you guys complain about youth baseball on here, I'm going to pray that my son is 6'6" and 230 so he can either play football or basketball. I don't I get that lucky though. Being that my wife played college softball that little cs will probably be the next coming of Jeter
Posted on 3/29/17 at 1:31 pm to Jimmy2shoes
What kid wants to play baseball and sit the bench all the time.. Having 10-12 kids on a team where a few sit at times is standard but whats the point for a 12 year old to play on a team where he never sees the field in game time..
Posted on 3/29/17 at 1:36 pm to Jimmy2shoes
I know for a fact his son played "daddy ball"
Posted on 3/29/17 at 1:51 pm to Jimmy2shoes
quote:
Daddy Ball” in his opinion paints an unrealistic picture of how baseball, sports and basically life really works.
Our Jr High football team was like this. One of the parents coached, so their kid and his friends all played and they ended up benching some pretty enthusiastic kids. After one season half the team quit. High school ball subsequently suffered, and only a handful of people in each class ended up playing. The Jr High coach's kid didn't grow as much as he expected and ended up quitting his first year under the High School coach.
At that age, some of the kids are still growing and lack coordination. They are there to have fun and develop. A skinny but enthusiastic player in 7th grade may end up being a really valuable resource in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade.
Baseball and Soccer teams at the school took the opposite approach and actually ended up with big, competitive teams as the players developed. They generated revenue and ended up with a pretty committed team.
I played all three and I can say that football didn't really become fun until Junior year. I had a blast playing Soccer and Baseball. I would have played basketball too if not for the schedule conflicts. One of my teammates that didn't play a single down in 7th and 8th grade ended up playing in college.
This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 3/29/17 at 2:24 pm to Jimmy2shoes
I bet all of Tony's kids have rings or trophy from their ball days. I bet he never made any of kids give them back. Pot calling the kettle black in this case.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 2:45 pm to Jimmy2shoes
quote:
He explains with select youth baseball, kids don’t sit the bench. That’s not how real sports works, so later in life kids quit playing because they have to sit the bench.
truth
Posted on 3/29/17 at 2:47 pm to Jimmy2shoes
quote:
He explains with select youth baseball, kids don’t sit the bench.
Well he's wrong...we have 12 kids on our team and we only bat 10 on Sundays.....so yeah....2 sit the bench
Posted on 3/29/17 at 8:23 pm to Jimmy2shoes
The ULL logo behind him in the clip distracted me so much I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying.
I got hungry, it looks like the logo for a Cajun-themed restaurant.
I got hungry, it looks like the logo for a Cajun-themed restaurant.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 8:50 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Don't matter! Got the 2nd place AA ring in PCB!
Posted on 3/29/17 at 9:04 pm to Jimmy2shoes
He makes some good points but I don't remember the top kids sitting on the bench much back in the days before travel ball.
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