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re: Travel Ball Mecca
Posted on 7/6/23 at 1:56 pm to lsu777
Posted on 7/6/23 at 1:56 pm to lsu777
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who? none of the bigger schools. name the school
Notre Dame, Eunice, north vermillion, Iota
Also know a bunch of kids who will attend STM that who’s dads played college baseball that are really good and play both
Also know kids who are going to attend Sam Houston or Barbe out of district for baseball that played rec in their hometown until Pony
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Posted on 7/6/23 at 1:56 pm to LSUFanHouston
Were doing this thread again?
Posted on 7/6/23 at 1:58 pm to lsuhunt555
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Were doing this thread again?
world's trashiest recycle bin
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:00 pm to lsu777
Age 9-12 should be intense training and skills development at all positions, at age 13 start the competition…weed kids out, select the best and see how well you compete at a dedicated position.
6-8 should just be having fun and trying to build a love for the sport.
6-8 should just be having fun and trying to build a love for the sport.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:04 pm to lsu777
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tryouts are just so coaches can see the better kids and kind of disperse them. correct me if im wrong.
Some team groups do this, others do not. The ones i'm referring to are the ones that stack.
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allows most of the teams to be decently even and not have 1 team killing everyone.
I'd be ok with this. That is not how Traction operates. I despise that place.
FTR, my kids ended up on some good teams from like minded parents. We aren't the best, but our kids have fun and are improving. I'm excited to see how they progress for 9U, but i hear that kids pitch is like watching paint dry.
This post was edited on 7/6/23 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:04 pm to Midtiger farm
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Notre Dame, Eunice, north vermillion, Iota
all schools in middle of no where
most of the ND kids play travel, same with Eunice. dunno about the others.
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Also know kids who are going to attend Sam Houston or Barbe out of district for baseball that played rec in their hometown until Pony
no you dont because there isnt a single one going to barbe that just played rec. and pony is an org, what age group are you talking about? if you are talking 13, bullshite. unless they are going to 8th grade and that doesnt mean they will make the team. them saying they are going is not the same as them going.
you can go find Barbes list of incoming freshman and see what teams they played for.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:04 pm to Gaston
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Age 9-12 should be intense training and skills development at all positions,
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:05 pm to Gaston
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Age 9-12 should be intense training and skills development at all positions, at age 13 start the competition…weed kids out, select the best and see how well you compete at a dedicated position.
6-8 should just be having fun and trying to build a love for the sport.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:06 pm to BugAC
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I'm excited to see how they progress for 9U, but i hear that kids pitch is like watching paint dry.
can be if pitching isnt good. miserable at times.
we played up a couple times in 10aa when we were 9
rather just go back to rec i watched couple 9-10 ll games this year while waiting for our game to start...miserable
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:07 pm to LSUFanHouston
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They have a USSSA world series merchandise store. I don’t know if there can be any more proof, that travel ball has less to do with player development and more to do with separating parents from their money.
How is this different or worse than racking up fortnight charges or dropping $1k of fifa packs?
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:10 pm to Gaston
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Age 9-12 should be intense training and skills development at all positions, at age 13 start the competition…weed kids out, select the best and see how well you compete at a dedicated position.
you can do this 100% but you are going to either have to be stupid knowledgable (can be done with the internet) and work with them pretty much 3 times a week year around. or you are going to have to spend a fortune in private lessons.
problem is a lot fo the travel ball kids are doing this too. but it absolutely can be done. Nobody does it though
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6-8 should just be having fun and trying to build a love for the sport.
i personally think 5/6 let them enjoy tball, have fun as hell. work fundamentals
7/8 for most kids, just get a little more serious but nothing major. some kids are going to want to really start training here and some are not going to want to do anything but play games. huge swing here.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:20 pm to lsu777
My son was full year around in one sport at 9-10, when rec rolled back around he was way too good to be in that league. I thought parents were going to fight us.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:23 pm to Gaston
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I thought parents were going to fight us.
Yea….gotta be tough when you have messi/vinatieri all rolled into one
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:27 pm to TJG210
My son asked the ref if he could shoot it in off of the kickoff, ref said, I don’t think you can…well he shot it in and their sideline went bizerk. No one knew the rules anyway, but they gave him the goal.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:38 pm to lsu777
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most of the ND kids play travel, same with Eunice. dunno about the others.
You apparently have a reading comprehension problem
You said the best kids play just travel and I just stated that wasn’t true and I know for a fact
Also you apparently have never been in the middle of nowhere if you thin Crowley and Eunice are that
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no you dont because there isnt a single one going to barbe that just played rec. and pony is an org, what age group are you talking about
Where did i say they just play rec ? The kids I’m talking about played both rec and travel through 12u. Are you this dumb? My whole premise which you apparently are too stupid to understand is that shitting on the rec leagues is fricking stupid when I know multiple towns where the best kids play both
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:47 pm to Midtiger farm
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You apparently have a reading comprehension problem
You said the best kids play just travel and I just stated that wasn’t true and I know for a fact
Also you apparently have never been in the middle of nowhere if you thin Crowley and Eunice are that
i didnt say crowley was in the middle of nowhere and eunice is in the middle of no where lol
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Where did i say they just play rec ? The kids I’m talking about played both rec and travel through 12u. Are you this dumb? My whole premise which you apparently are too stupid to understand is that shitting on the rec leagues is fricking stupid when I know multiple towns where the best kids play both
and i said...sure in the little bitty towns. i mentioned in abotu 50 post that...i was talking about in the metro areas where it is highly competitive. are you that dumb?
and i shite on the rec leagues because i have been coaching them the last 8 years. even in 12u where alot of kids come back....it is no better than AA ball, which is shitty ball.
IM not shitting on rec just to do it. im doing it cause the leagues as a whole suck arse in louisiana with rare exceptions.
but cool you got 10 good kids to play in the league....the rest of the league sucks and you would be much better off from a developmental view taking the top 10-11 kids and going to play high level travel ball so they see better competition the whole time.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:47 pm to Gaston
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My son asked the ref if he could shoot it in off of the kickoff, ref said, I don’t think you can…well he shot it in and their sideline went bizerk. No one knew the rules anyway, but they gave him the goal.
Legend!
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:50 pm to TJG210
Y’all think the travel ball situation is bad now? The travel ball organizations have been partnering up with the high schools. Just wait and see where that goes.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:50 pm to Gaston
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My son was full year around in one sport at 9-10, when rec rolled back around he was way too good to be in that league. I
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Gaston
PRCC LOCK
Posted on 7/6/23 at 2:55 pm to lsu777
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but cool you got 10 good kids to play in the league....the rest of the league sucks and you would be much better off from a developmental view taking the top 10-11 kids and going to play high level travel ball so they see better competition the whole time.
Well since these kids are the core units of strong baseball programs I think they are doing just fine
You are not some kind of expert on this. I love how you are trying to tell me what I know about my friend’s kids and other kids I know from these towns especially when some of the parents played higher level baseball than you could ever dream of
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