re: Travel bawl lookin pretty good these days

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Man we played this weekend in usssa. Won pool games 16-0 and 15-0. Went on to win the tournament out scoring the comp 54-5 and I have never seen more pissed off people in my life!!! Hell one coach accused us of sandbagging! How the hell do you make a 9 year old sandbag?

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It sucks when you have a team that is obviously not playing in the correct division. If you are beatin teams like that you need a bumpity bump bump. And if still doing it you need to head to metro Dallas or Houston and play those major teams

They will bump you up a division with the quickness

That maybe enough Utrip but hasn’t been moving people up or down for shite unless they ask due the limited summer season. For one in 14 major and you can barely find any teams but plenty of the AAA are competitive enough to move up and we ain’t going to Texas

Other son is 11aa and have seen teams win multiple tournaments already and not moved. Just don’t think they care about this year

You can do both though and the tournaments have been packed with sometimes 15-18 aaa teams.. His entire team outside a few where the schools aren’t doing metro this year are doing both

Sure you can do both, however some high school coaches won’t allow it if they already have a school program for the summer. Most high school kids are doing showcase weekends or playing Legion or Metro.

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I've tuned down more bj than I can shake a stick at. Integrity matters

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They will bump you up a division with the quickness

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We have been waiting on them to move us all year but I believe after this weekend they have to. Were AAA team and really should be majors. But it shouldn’t be up to us. We play where they tell us

Dr James Andrew article

Nice article written by professionals. Don't let them overuse your kid

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I agree with all of the article. My sons team doesn't play year round, for the most part. They did get together last fall and play a tournament after a couple weeks of practice...but that was a first if I recall correctly.

You notice an amazing increase in arm strength when they come back after 6 months or more off.

The only positive I will say about travel ball is that I have only seen a pitcher overworked on THAT day a few times. I have routinely seen a coach pull a pitcher who was shutting down another team because of pitch counts...so I do have an appreciation for those guys that go take the ball from a kid that is still looking good.

Lastly, the breaking pitch. I believe a few things. I believe they shouldn't be out of the stretch till 11 and I believe a off speed should be avoided until 11 or 12 as well.

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There are still too many coaches out there willing to risk a kid's arm for a win. My cousin had a good enough arm where he was likely to get drafted out of high school until his coach overused him and injuries took over. His dad was drafted by the Cardinals so knew the game and risks but hesitated in calling out the coach.

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And significantly more redneck. I bet track parents are a hoot.

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Depends on what level you're racing at. Local level weekend races and you get a few rednecks. When you step up to regional and national level races, it's a completely different game. There's major money at the tracks. It's no longer $5000 campers, it's $250,000 Renegades everywhere. This sport isn't near as redneck as people think, it takes a lot of money to compete at a high level.
We have a race in 2 weeks that I have over $1000 in already, and it's just a qualifier for the national championship. We have spent every Saturday and Sunday at this track that's 3 hours away working with a trainer for the last month. I'm spending about $400 per weekend just to prepare. The race itself will cost another $400 or so, and I have to do approximately $300 in maintenance to the bike before the race. New tires, new piston, new brakes. Fortunately he has sponsors that help with some of this.

If he qualifies through this race, we then train 3 days a week in Dallas for the next month. In that time frame I'll have to buy him a new bike at $6500 and have the suspension setup for another $800 or so. Then the race is in Tennessee and lasts an entire week. After all is said an done, the race itself will be around $5000.

So you aren't seeing very many toothless, uneducated, rednecks running around at these tracks.