re: Can someone explain travel ball to me

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I can give you the curve ball argument. I was referring to the overall innings placed on the kids. They are playing 9 months out of the year vs old school of playing in local leagues for 3 months. I worded my post incorrectly

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that has come a long ways. most arent playing 9 months and most injuries happen early in the season, not from over use but improper onboarding and too much too soon. very very few teams play 9 months though outside of the houston and atlanta areas and patches in Cali


but most orgs have strict pitch counts that rely on gamechanger/diamondkast so no fudging the numbers and some use pitchsmart guidelines.


especially now with the motus sleeve and the armcare.com device...its better than ever

plus most coaches, atleast good ones monitor innnings and try to keep it at 50 or below. 100 is the threshhold that shows injury spike.

now kids picking up and playing on 18 different teams, pitching for rec during the week etc...well thats on the dumbass parents. not much you can do to prevent dumbass parents from being dumbasses

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what does travel ball have to do with playing for the HS team? it's not a pre-requisite to making the HS team... can said players not play in local leagues, practice on their own, etc. and still make the HS team?

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a good HS program.....

good luck with that.

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look, i don't give a flying frick, really, one way or the other... kid wants to play travel ball, cool... they don't, cool... makes me no difference what they and the parents decide to do... but to act like there aren't some parents that don't "live vicariously through their children to make up for the dreams that never panned out in their lives" is just plain intellectually dishonest... there are PLENTY of parents that get way too amped up when little Johnny doesn't play enough to their liking, or a call goes the "wrong way", etc.... THESE parents are who we are referencing, and you KNOW there are many like this, don't act like there aren't...

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sure there are...but yall act like everyone is. most parents just want their kids to have fun and they want to support them while they chase their dreams. Its pretty rare parents living through their kids. and posting updates on facebook doesnt mean they are either, just means they are proud of their kid.

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i know you don't mean me specifically, b/c well, you don't know me from Adam, but i don't hunt, nor do drink, so yeah, ain't me, chief.

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yea for sure didnt mean you...just the ot in general


to answer your question....the talent level at the big schools that are really good like say the AP schools, Live Oak, Catholic in the BR area is better than it has ever been. Its almost impossible to make those teams if you didnt play high level travel, much less not at all. you will have 40-50 kids tryout and they keep 10-12.

its stupid competitive. Is it possible to practice on your own and make it....yea if you have had somebody really good training you, you are bigger/stronger than others and are just a better overall athlete...but there arent many of those.

I can promise...you are not making Catholics team without playing travel. same for live oak/central right now. same with the good nola schools, lafayette, LC, WM etc.

its just how it is now.

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Better than ever, as we have 12 year olds getting reconstructive surgery

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had 12 year olds tearing up their shoulders 20-30 years ago..

like i said...cant help dumbass parents and dumbass coaches

as a parent it is your responsibility to educate yourself and track your kids pitches and health.

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The park where it's beign played isn't collecting the gate fee, neither are the guys in charge of Canes or Knights or Leopardawgs or Lugnuts. PG/USSSA/2D/OTC are collecting it, and they aren't giving it back to the park. It goes to that organization, or to charity.

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dude i know!! and they are not giving it to charity

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ANd it's ridiculous that parents have to pay $48 a weekend to watch their kid play a stupid arse baseball game, on top of the $2k they already spent to play.

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we can agree on that but everything charges. Rec all star charges, hs games charge etc etc etc

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Youth sports should not be a business where you make money, and that's exactly what PG/USSSA/2D/OTC are. And it's no different in basketball and soccer. Making money comes first over developement of youth players, and i'm sure its' the same with competitive cheer/dance

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well they are a business

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Doesn't work that way in Europe with soccer and basketball. They focus on actual development of youth players as opposed to making money off of them. They'll make money off of them when they get older, if they develop them to be good enough.

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you mean in soccer where kids are shipped to academies?

you sure you want to go the academy model where kids are plucked at 10-12 and paid and signed to contracts to clubs? :rotflmao:

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OweO

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You are seriously too stupid to reply to


STFU Chris, go wheel yourself into the other room and eat 5 Popeyes biscuits with no water

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i know you don't mean me specifically, b/c well, you don't know me from Adam, but i don't hunt, nor do drink, so yeah, ain't me, chief..

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You (and a lot of other people in this thread) have no issue making retarded assumptions about the travel ball scene, so expect the same shite right back

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I'm old and went to a reunion a few months ago. Saw a guy that just all laughs and smiles when he recalled a td pass he threw to me in the sixth grade. a great memory.

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please like im 5

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It’d go over your head

I genuinely don’t understand that irrational hate that travel ball gets from everybody. Is it everybody’s cup of tea? No, it isn’t, and it doesn’t have to be.

People just take the bad stereotypes, exaggerate them, then run with it like it’s gospel. Are there bad eggs? Sure. But are there coaches and organizations out there who go about things the right way, putting the kids and their development (on and off the field) first? Absolutely. Sorry that you haven’t found the right fit yet. And if you’re not involved in the scene in any way, shape, or form, you should probably just shut your mouth (that’s not directed at you 777)