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re: The Absurdities of Youth Baseball
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:39 am to GEAUX5
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:39 am to GEAUX5
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You must've been the kid who thought he was gonna play in the MLB when he was 7 but always sat the bench.
Far from it. But for the sake of your argument, why would that matter? Let's say I was terrible at sports and never made it to the MLB. I'm willing to bet your child, and everyone's here, will have the same career path when it comes to MLB.
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:40 am to theunknownknight
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Hopefully my kids won't be so retarded they have to travel the country playing baseball nonstop for 3 years to learn rules that can be picked up in a couple of weeks.
90% of the teams play 90% of their games within an hour of where they are from.....
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:40 am to theunknownknight
you do realize travel baseball doesn't mean you travel the country..
It's usually tournaments within the state. Yeah a World Series might be in orange beach, AL but that just turns into a vacation.
It's usually tournaments within the state. Yeah a World Series might be in orange beach, AL but that just turns into a vacation.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:40 am to Pecker
This is your second thread doing this in two days. You don't make valid points; you talk about how people should argue. Is this your thing? How you troll?
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:40 am to choupiquesushi
this guy gets it.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:41 am to ell_13
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Please tell me you don't think this is how things happen?
As someone who played baseball for 4 years in high school, I saw it happen a lot. It's anecdotal, but I don't think it's a rare occurrence
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:41 am to choupiquesushi
quote:Beats the heck out of soccer. You have to run all over the place, especially the better your team is.
90% of the teams play 90% of their games within an hour of where they are from.....
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:42 am to Pecker
Is that a fact? You know personally my future kid will never have success? I'm not saying my future kid will play in the MLB or even college, but I will make sure I teach him the proper techniques to be successful.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:42 am to ell_13
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This is your second thread doing this in two days. You don't make valid points; you talk about how people should argue. Is this your thing? How you troll?
It's something I'm trying out.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:43 am to GEAUX5
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Is that a fact? You know personally my future kid will never have success? I'm not saying my future kid will play in the MLB or even college, but I will make sure I teach him the proper techniques to be successful.
Based on probabilities I'm willing to bet a few thousand dollars that your kid will never play in MLB. Are you willing to bet that he will? If you were willing to bet that, you would throw all your resources behind your child right now and ignore school and anything that gets in the way of training for his future as a baseball star.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:43 am to Pecker
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It's something I'm trying out
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:43 am to Pecker
quote:You just said experience isn't relevant.
As someone who played baseball for 4 years in high school
quote:You don't think it's rare that kids spend so much time playing baseball that it's the cause for them making an 18 on the ACT? That's a bold statement considering you have zero way prove it.
It's anecdotal, but I don't think it's a rare occurrence
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:44 am to GEAUX5
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travel ball is good and needed for kids starting around the age of 12. They need to learn the "high school" rules that USSSA has to offer around that age. The proper way to take leads, pitch out of stretch, pick offs, etc. It allows the kids to know the game very well a couple years in advance to high school.
all that starts at 9
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:44 am to Pecker
so as someone who played baseball for 4 years throughout high school, why wouldn't you want your child to make the same memories and have the time of their life before they go out in the real world? or were you just complaining every game you played?
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:44 am to theunknownknight
My kid is 9 and got approached about playing travel ball. We declined. I feel 12 is the earliest you should start. But I'm not hating on people who start earlier. But it kills me with 6 year old travel teams when part of them will choose other hobbies. If you had a kid play you will notice tball you have usually most teams. Then year after year you have less teams. Kids decide to move on. I just think people should wait and see if the kid is going to stick with it. Because then you get parents forcing them to play because they already spent so much money.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:45 am to ell_13
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The Absurdities of Youth Baseball
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As someone who played baseball for 4 years in high school
You just said experience isn't relevant.
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It's anecdotal, but I don't think it's a rare occurrence
You don't think it's rare that kids spend so much time playing baseball that it's the cause for them making an 18 on the ACT? That's a bold statement considering you have zero way prove it.
those kids getting 18s on the act from other sports even with tutors and multiple attempts.. it's not the sport's fault.....regardless of the sport...
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:45 am to choupiquesushi
I'd be a terrible parent if I wasted my kids' IQ (during a time when their brains are developing) making them spend 90% of their mental energy throwing a ball around just so I can have the cool kids in school.
My kids will look good enough to not have to worry about that.
My kids will look good enough to not have to worry about that.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:46 am to Pecker
I just said I wasn't saying my future child will play in the MLB ...... moron. read the sentence.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:46 am to bamabkj
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If you had a kid play you will notice tball you have usually most teams. Then year after year you have less teams.
this is every sport..... even bigger with football now.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:46 am to ell_13
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You just said experience isn't relevant.
You have really poor reading comprehension. I'm not being rude. I'm just being honest. Please quote where I said experience isn't relevant.
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You don't think it's rare that kids spend so much time playing baseball that it's the cause for them making an 18 on the ACT? That's a bold statement considering you have zero way prove it.
I don't think it's rare that parents put too many resources into sports and travel teams that their kids begin to ignore other areas of their lives where they could have learned skills that will better translate to their lives after school.
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