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re: Travel Ball Mecca
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:29 am to DCtiger1
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:29 am to DCtiger1
I don’t see what’s wrong with believing in your child and hoping life works out like they dream it will. You have to be realistic, but literally it works out for some kids…and it’s not a lottery, it’s hard work and constant competition. “You’ll never make it” is a terrible attitude.
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Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:29 am to LSUballs
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If there's one thing the OT is fricking clueless about, it's youth baseball. And high school baseball for that matter. But watching all these people who think they know what they're talking about swing and miss is quality entertainment. Never change OT.
This
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:33 am to Gaston
That’s fine if it isn’t at the detriment of academics. Doing well in school and getting into the right field is a proven way for your kid to live a comfortable life. Getting a general studies degree and playing at some shite d3 private school is a route to selling State Farm policies or cold calling people for life insurance.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:33 am to DCtiger1
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this is true. It’s no different than every gymnastics parent thinking their baby is making the Olympics
Gymnastics parents get over this pretty quickly. Just a couple of years on the team and you're 1/3 praying they'd quit, 1/3 praying they don't get injured, and 1/3 praying they don't fall off the beam.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:35 am to HottyToddy7
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Not disagreeing with you, just curious on what you mean by this. Are you taking developing as in: ground ball fundamentals (R, L into ball), how to get a proper secondary lead, Cuts/relays in all situations/ backside hitting and moving runners, etc. or are you talking launch angle, heavy ball velo hunting, etc.
Fundamentals, situational awareness, confidence from playing against higher level competition, cuts/relays.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:36 am to Gaston
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and it’s not a lottery, it’s hard work and constant competition. “You’ll never make it” is a terrible attitude.
Absolutely! You'll never make it if you don't do the work. Plenty of kids do the work and don't make it. But you've usually figured out by HS if they have a shot or not. The kid might not have yet. So you let them enjoy what they're doing. There's a whole lot more to recruiting than that small % of kids that have coaches waiting in line to see them. Most of the college athletes have parents sending them to camps, sending out info to schools that might be a match and taking their kids on unofficial visits. It's another thing that's just not what you think it is.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:38 am to TCO
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get half drunk AT the games, rip heaters in the parking lot
Sounds awesome
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:39 am to NIH
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That’s fine if it isn’t at the detriment of academics. Doing well in school and getting into the right field is a proven way for your kid to live a comfortable life. Getting a general studies degree and playing at some shite d3 private school is a route to selling State Farm policies or cold calling people for life insurance.
All the parents I knew weren't paying for club sports if their kids weren't making good grades. Those kids quit long before high school All the gymnasts and divers I knew (and volleyball kids I knew as well) were making excellent grades. The work ethic in sports mostly carries over to other things as well.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:40 am to Gaston
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it’s not a lottery, it’s hard work and constant competition
Genetics play a huge part in athletics
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Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:45 am to NIH
My son doesn’t really give a shite about academics…but that wouldn’t change even if he wasn’t an athlete. I’m sure he has a sensory processing disorder, that just so happens to be an asset in sports…or at least his current sport.
This post was edited on 7/6/23 at 10:49 am
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:48 am to lsu777
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those travel ball kids are also lifting weights, many times starting in elementary school, taking private pitching and hitting lessons and many times fielding lessons and sometimes more than one a week, hitting 3+ buckets a day at home 300+ days a year, doign long toss and bat speed programs by themselves at home on their time.
despite what the OT likes to think...it isnt parents living through their kids either. the kids see how the HS kids work, they look at stuff on youtube daily and they have goals.
Wanted to revisit this post because I think it's important
As a U9 coach, once you're players start looking at is more of a job than merely a child's game, things start to click a lot better. And everything else in life will follow.
I do get some criticism from parents' whose kids can't hack it. They think our weightlifting program or mandatory hours in the cage, etc. aren't worth it. I tell them the kids in the pipeline for Barbe, Catholic, Jesuit, etc. are putting in this kind of time. It's not a sport as much as it is a way of life. If you want your son to be successful, these are the steps he needs to take, as early as 7, 8 years old. Otherwise he will get left behind.
Just the way it is.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:50 am to NIH
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private school is a route to selling State Farm policies
Some of y’all have a complex with this shite I swear. SF agents make more than 90% of this board. Probably more. It’s an amazing lifestyle.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:51 am to Sun God
and trumps all of the nonsense being spewed about in this thread
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:51 am to DCtiger1
Maybe in small town America
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:53 am to Lou Pai
Agreed. Baby Gronk’s dad is a hero.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 11:00 am to lsu777
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.but mine will actually have a chance to play high school ball.
Have you ever heard of the great equalizer known as....puberty?
Posted on 7/6/23 at 11:01 am to NIH
Small town / small school sports parents are hilarious
Posted on 7/6/23 at 11:02 am to NIH
Maybe in any town America I’m talking about the agency owners not their employees. I know because I am one. My bonus alone is more than what most make in a few years.
I’m talking about the agency owners not their employees. I know because I am one. My bonus alone is more than what most make in a few years. Posted on 7/6/23 at 11:03 am to Lou Pai
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They think our weightlifting program
You have a weightlifting program for 9 year olds?
Posted on 7/6/23 at 11:07 am to Lou Pai
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Wanted to revisit this post because I think it's important
As a U9 coach, once you're players start looking at is more of a job than merely a child's game, things start to click a lot better. And everything else in life will follow.
I do get some criticism from parents' whose kids can't hack it. They think our weightlifting program or mandatory hours in the cage, etc. aren't worth it. I tell them the kids in the pipeline for Barbe, Catholic, Jesuit, etc. are putting in this kind of time. It's not a sport as much as it is a way of life. If you want your son to be successful, these are the steps he needs to take, as early as 7, 8 years old. Otherwise he will get left behind.
Just the way it is.
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