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re: This board is enamored with the travel ball lifestyle
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:03 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:03 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Expand on no clue what’s going on?
I went to a friends daughter's rec league softball game and there were many on her team that just decided at 9-10 they wanted to play softball for the first time. It was a shiteshow. No clue what was going on out there.
Admittedly that is my only experience with Rec leagues but when I hear people complain about them it matches my experience.
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Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:04 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Sounds like you werent good enough to be on a AAA or Majors team...
They didn’t have that shite back then. We had all stars and after that was over we played like 3 tournaments, it was 1 year and it was when we were 12 or 13, not 8
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:05 pm to lsu13lsu
Girls waiting until 9 to start softball...the horror? Do they make small little softballs for infants to play with?
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:05 pm to Mr. Hangover
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I’m around baseball a lot. I’m heavily involved with the ‘travel ball’ age and I haven’t seen or talked to one person that sends their kids to training/lessons year round... I’m sure it’s possible, but I think that this is just an OT exaggeration. Go figure
I have friends who have kids in one of 3 organizations that I know of that play 6 months a year and practice the rest
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:05 pm to Ed Osteen
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No, I was responding to the poster comparing golf lessons for his friends to 9-12 year olds taking year round hitting lessons
so a 9-12 year old taking weekly piano lessons is not weird but a 9-12 year old taking baseball lessons is weird.
that is where we are folks.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:06 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Look at what I added to my post before I saw this
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:06 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Need to get your kids in the Blackhawks soccer club.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:07 pm to Gaston
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Girls waiting until 9 to start softball...the horror? Do they make small little softballs for infants to play with?
There is nothing wrong with it but if your daughter is way ahead of that then Tournament Team is the only option.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:07 pm to Gaston
quote:
Blackhawks
That’s hockey, baw
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:07 pm to lsu13lsu
quote:yeah, how it should be
so a 9-12 year old taking weekly piano lessons is not weird but a 9-12 year old taking baseball lessons is weird
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:07 pm to Gaston
Do they travel and beg for money? Then no thanks
If they want to do travel ball i’ll pay their way, but I’m not doing shite for fundraising
If they want to do travel ball i’ll pay their way, but I’m not doing shite for fundraising
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:07 pm to theenemy
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Did playing travel ball make them the better players
In most cases, yes. They play against better competition and get better coaching.
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Does the better players just tend to gravitate to travel ball?
Sure. And they get even better.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:08 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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They didn’t have that shite back then. We had all stars and after that was over we played like 3 tournaments, it was 1 year and it was when we were 12 or 13, not 8
same here..we had all stars from the rec league...you played a district tournament, then regional then if you won regional you went to state...that;s about it. Once we got a little older there was the Legion team.
Kids have so many more choices to play on different teams at different levels. I dont see how thats a bad thing for the kids..
Now, I am fed up with the "its all about the money" bullshite from USSSA and OTC...and all the other spinoffs that are in it just for the money....but oh well, more power to them
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:08 pm to Tyga Woods
Cannizaro leaves hitters house w a fist full of cash when he's there.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:09 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
My son gets pitching lessons from a former pro. I think it benefits him.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:09 pm to Tyga Woods
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Sure. And they get even better.
So is this about fun, or is it about them being good?
I’ll tell you this, on the weekends when they don’t win the tournament, there’s usually not a Facebook mention to be found
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:10 pm to lsu13lsu
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so a 9-12 year old taking weekly piano lessons is not weird but a 9-12 year old taking baseball lessons is weird.
How did you arrive at this conclusion from reading anything I've posted in this thread? The post you quoted even had me explaining what I was comparing
This post was edited on 5/9/19 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:10 pm to lsu13lsu
I was joking. My son could shoot the ball off of the kickoff, in soccer, directly into the goal at age 9...it was time to move on.
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:10 pm to Ed Osteen
They asked you was it weird and you responded "No"
Posted on 5/9/19 at 1:11 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
quote:
They didn’t have that shite back then. We had all stars and after that was over we played like 3 tournaments, it was 1 year and it was when we were 12 or 13, not 8
I get it. Same was true when I was a kid. For better or worse, things are different today.
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