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re: The Absurdities of Youth Baseball
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:46 am to bamabkj
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:46 am to bamabkj
quote:This is true, but you also have less teams each year because more and more of the kids have left for travel ball. And basketball is trending this way as well with all the AAU and private gyms running league programs now.
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.
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Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:47 am to Pecker
Your anecdotal evidence from your limited experience, which is not comparable experience, is not really an argument either. You've chosen a singular 'model' and applied it across a large group, so that you can frame your attempted snarky argument. It doesn't make it any more legitimate or experienced on the subject.
I'd prefer to not have your help, but thanks for the offer.
I'd prefer to not have your help, but thanks for the offer.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:48 am to Pecker
Are you under the allusion that if they didnt play sports these parents would have magically started teaching their kids other skills..
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:49 am to choupiquesushi
quote:I agree with you. The following is going to be very "OT" but it's true...
it's not the sport's fault.....regardless of the sport...
I loved baseball and started playing ONLY baseball when I was 13. I played travel ball starting that year through the end of my senior year. Yet I somehow got a 31 on the ACT my Junior year, was salutatorian, and got a ton of academic scholarships. Which, it turns out, I needed because college baseball gets the shaft when it comes to athletic scholarships although that didn't apply to me anyway because I played at a private college.
This post was edited on 3/14/17 at 11:52 am
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:49 am to ehidal1
by his logic, the MLB would die out, college baseball would be no more because starting your kid off in a sport with low percentages of becoming something is asinine.
So do you not want baseball to be a sport or something?
So do you not want baseball to be a sport or something?
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:50 am to DaTroof
While it has gotten ridiculous...do you know how I know this pussy never played a team sport?
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:50 am to GEAUX5
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I just said I wasn't saying my future child will play in the MLB ...... moron. read the sentence.
quote:
Is that a fact? You know personally my future kid will never have success?
I never said it was a fact or that I knew for a fact. I said that I was willing to bet he would never be successful in the MLB.
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I'm willing to bet your child, and everyone's here, will have the same career path when it comes to MLB.
Read the sentence.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:51 am to Pecker
quote:You said this: "The OP isnt married and doesnt have kids.....anything he says is pretty much irrelevant " is "Not a real argument."
Please quote where I said experience isn't relevant.
This post was edited on 3/14/17 at 11:52 am
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:51 am to DaTroof
Of 3 boys who did travel ball, HS baseball, bass fish, deer hunt, rode dirt bikes, etc., 1 played college ball, 1 is playing college ball now, and 1 is still in HS and he may go a different route and build dirt bike and car motors. Spending time and $ on ball worked for us.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:52 am to ehidal1
From a travel ball parent:
When my kids are struggling to pay their bills later in life when they have their kids, at least they can look at their sons sitting over empty dinner plates and brag about their baseball memories from 20 years earlier.
When my kids are struggling to pay their bills later in life when they have their kids, at least they can look at their sons sitting over empty dinner plates and brag about their baseball memories from 20 years earlier.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:52 am to Pecker
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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.
I think you'd be surprised that this scenario is much more rare than you think.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:54 am to TROLA
quote:
Are you under the allusion that if they didnt play sports these parents would have magically started teaching their kids other skills..
I'm under no illusion, I just think a lot of parents push sports to hard on a lot of kids. I think if the same fervor were shown towards school work and other translatable skills, we'd be better off.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:54 am to ehidal1
I see the responsible mindset of these kids now entering high school and college these days and believe you
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:55 am to Pecker
because they don't want their kid to become a couch potato in front of a tv playing video games all their life.
Parents want their child to be active when they're young. It's that simple of why they push sports.
Parents want their child to be active when they're young. It's that simple of why they push sports.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:55 am to theunknownknight
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When my kids are struggling to pay their bills later in life when they have their kids, at least they can look at their sons sitting over empty dinner plates and brag about their baseball memories from 20 years earlier
Dumb
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:56 am to GEAUX5
Not wanting them to be a couch potato does not equal crazy travel ball.
There are about a billion other options between the two ends of that string
There are about a billion other options between the two ends of that string
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:56 am to Pecker
quote:Being able to handle schoolwork and sports and sometimes even a job is much more translatable than only schoolwork.
I think if the same fervor were shown towards school work and other translatable skills, we'd be better off.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:57 am to ell_13
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You said this: "The OP isnt married and doesnt have kids.....anything he says is pretty much irrelevant " is "Not a real argument."
Are you honestly not intelligent enough to see the difference between that and your claim that I said experience is irrelevant?
1) The OP isnt married and doesnt have kids.....anything he says is pretty much irrelevant "
-- this claims that one can't have an opinion on a topic because they don't have experience on the topic. This is not a valid argument. I can provide links if necessary
2) No where did I say that experience is irrelevant. Just that experience isn't necessary to have an opinion.
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:57 am to ehidal1
You are right, it is dumb
Posted on 3/14/17 at 11:58 am to ell_13
quote:
Being able to handle schoolwork and sports and sometimes even a job is much more translatable than only schoolwork.
It absolutely is. Those kids have a good chance to be successful. Most students can handle that many responsibilities.
Attention isn't a limitless well you can draw from.
If you have a bottle with "10 liters of attention", you have to give those liters away judiciously.
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