re: Who actually likes “travel ball”

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DFW suburbs 6A level. It’s decent baseball. A few years ago I coached a 1st round draft pick who played boys and girls club until he was 14, obviously he was an outlier but my point is the same. Have a kid this year who is 92-95 and going to Oklahoma and he didn’t start playing club baseball until the summer after his freshman year. Lots of stories like that

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So your point is to pull out the exceptions to the rule to try and prove a point? Of course their are exceptions but they are rarer than that 95 mph fastball that kid is throwing

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So your point is to pull out the exceptions to the rule to try and prove a point? Of course their are exceptions but they are rarer than that 95 mph fastball that kid is throwing

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He’s too busy taking credit for all the travel ball kids carrying his daily resume and him pretending like he has to even coach kids up these days

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So what’s your point though in reality, at least these kids played competitive ball and had great memories for a few years than having nothing at all. It’s not like if they didn’t play travel ball, they would have been better off, that’s not true at all

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I have no problem with kids playing club baseball or parents who want to pay for it. I’m glad they are doing something they love that will serve as a motivator and a discipline while having fun making like minded friends.

My issue is the people who gaslight parents into thinking that if they don’t pony up for it than their kid will be left behind.

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Those are the top two Now go down the 5A rankings. It might be a while before you get to a team where it isn’t the case

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Not just 5a. Div 1&2 most of 3&4 are all the same way, the starters for sure.

I can tell you, you aren’t making any of the big teams in swla without playing high level travel unless you are just a freak. Pretty sure only SH has one and kid is a freak and even he will prolly never play because he is so far behind on the skills that scale.

It is what it is. Just like the parents that think kids lifting weights is insane. Just like parents that think holding kids to straight As is insane. Same people think training for something like velo or bat speed is insane.

That’s ok, some people are ok with being average and cheering from the stands. Some people have a desire to be on the actual field of play.

That’s what’s laughable when someone like sfp starts talking about the absurdity of it…dude never played sports, doesn’t have kids in sports(or at all)and has no clue on an form of training for sports or physical development and what it takes. And I love sfp but he is coming from a place of complete and utter ignorance.

Those talking about parents living through the kids?? Are you fricking kidding? Yea like I wanted to go spend 2.5 hours on a Monday hitting with my kids on their day off from practice. shite sucks but my kids absolutely love it and we’re waiting by the door when I got home, so I suck that shot up and be a good dad and go spend time with them doing what they love. I would have much rather jumped in the pool, I promise.

I mean what am I supposed to say…no buddy you are working too hard, can’t have that, how dare you work your arse off to pursue your dreams!! I mean since when is supporting your kids and their goals “living through the kid” and being anything but a good father?

Do y’all think kids don’t watch YouTube? Think they haven’t watched Donovan lasalles grand slam over and over again and dreaming of their chance? Cause I can promise my boys have it on repeat day and night on the living room tv. My boys aren’t the only ones either, that’s no living through your kids, that’s kids having a desire to be awesome and so be a winner and setting goals to get their.

Sorry some of y’all who have never played a sport don’t understand.

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So your point is to pull out the exceptions to the rule to try and prove a point? Of course their are exceptions but they are rarer than that 95 mph fastball that kid is throwing

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Ok a more modest example. We had our banquet tonight and our freshman team was 23-4 this year. They are a good bunch, most of them have played club for at least two years. The freshman team mvp is a rec league kid who will play his first club ball this summer. He has a chance to start as a soph for us. I can you a lot more examples like that but I know you don’t really care.



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Sorry some of y’all who have never played a sport don’t understand.

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Chill out uncle Rico

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a more modest example. We had our banquet tonight and our freshman team was 23-4 this year. They are a good bunch, most of them have played club for at least two years. The freshman team mvp is a rec league kid who will play his first club ball this summer. He has a chance to start as a soph for us. I can you a lot more examples like that but I know you don’t really care.

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Cool maybe your rec leagues are different there in dfw than in south Louisiana because what you are describing isn’t happening here

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Chill out uncle Rico

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Na bro, I sucked in HS. Played but sucked. I was the smart kid on the sports teams.

Just get tired of idiots who have never played, don’t have kids and have no clue running at the mouth

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You were posting pretty heavy about Barbe the other day so I’m assuming that you are near or around that program and maybe that’s where your kid is going. That’s certainly a different animal than most high school programs, I can’t speak for how GC runs that program other than I admire the hell out of it. The reality is being really athletic and talented is the first part. If you don’t have that and are doing everything you can to fight to keep up than eventually you’re going to get passed up, even if you’ve played 100 games every year since you were 9.

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Not sure if mine will go barbe or St. Louis but prolly ST Louis. But all the schools around here are like that. Sulphur, Sam Houston, St. Louis, barbe etc.

And anyone playing 100 games a year is retarded. Games are just to learn to compete and learn the game. You get better in training.

And of course if you aren’t busting your arse in the weight room, running bat speed and velo programs in the off season, aren’t eating to gain weight and aren’t chasing the metrics for skills that scale of course you will get passed

But between driveline, bill Miller, dr heenan, thread, creasey, explosive mechanics etc etc it’s all laid out for you. Just have to put in the work. Not to mention the batting instructions is amazing online now, all for free. Just takes work

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I had a coworker tell me if your kid isn’t out of rec ball by 10 then there is not point in continuing playing.

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This is the way of thinking that I have a problem with