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re: When your son decides to stop playing baseball.
Posted on 1/23/19 at 10:51 pm to offshoretrash
Posted on 1/23/19 at 10:51 pm to offshoretrash
If my son, 12, quits his travel sport, soccer, it’ll be because I ride his arse about being the best. Everyone else gets pissed at the refs or the coaches, but not me. I can’t wait until he has school coaches so I can lay off...and just enjoy it. He may have been the best without me pushing, or maybe not. I think he’s got way more potential than I’ve pulled out of him, but it’s time to tag out and just start focusing on his nutrition. Time to pick up the weights and eating like an athlete.
I can’t wait to watch him play other sports. Football will be interesting, track will be fun...we’ll see.
I can’t wait to watch him play other sports. Football will be interesting, track will be fun...we’ll see.
This post was edited on 1/23/19 at 10:54 pm
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Posted on 1/23/19 at 11:10 pm to The Torch
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same team since he was 4.
Too young.
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Plus it was something to get him out of the house and off the PS4.
He’s 12, tell him to get the frick off it.
Posted on 1/23/19 at 11:18 pm to cwill
Is his name Brayden, Hayden, or Jayden?
Posted on 1/24/19 at 4:13 am to pensacola
You forgot Caydyn
Posted on 1/24/19 at 5:21 am to jkylejohnson
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Fortnite just got banned from our household yesterday. frick that game.
Neighborhood kids ridicule my kids for their lack of skills in playing the video games.
I honestly think I’m going to have a yard sign made celebrating my victory.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 6:28 am to The Torch
I quit baseball after 6th grade to focus on basketball. I'm a 5'9" white guy. Wasn't my wisest decision.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 7:08 am to Kickadawgitfeelsgood
Fortnite has been great for my sons communication skills. They play teams of four and honestly I’ve never heard him talk that much. They laugh their asses off, make fun of each other...it’s almost like real hanging out...except when they actually hang out they all can’t play. I set up my laptop in his room when he has a friend over so they can play together. They’ll play all night.
Strange to not let them play something so culturally relevant. Do you make them play scales on the piano or something instead?
Strange to not let them play something so culturally relevant. Do you make them play scales on the piano or something instead?
Posted on 1/24/19 at 7:37 am to Gaston
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Do you make them play scales on the piano or something instead?
They come to work with me. My 8 and 10 year old daughters are being taught office mangemnt and organization skills.5 year old son (wakes up at 5 am on weekend mornings to work with me) has more work ethic than the college kids I hire. I don’t know if work is “culturally relevant” in your world....it is in mine.
This post was edited on 1/24/19 at 7:39 am
Posted on 1/24/19 at 7:38 am to Gaston
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my son, 12, quits his travel sport, soccer, it’ll be because I ride his arse about being the best. Everyone else gets pissed at the refs or the coaches, but not me. I can’t wait until he has school coaches so I can lay off...and just enjoy it.
I enjoy your posts about your sons soccer but man this sounds a little cringey. I used to critique my sons practice performance. Then I thought about it and was embarrassed.
I try to keep my mouth shut now. It may not always work but it is 20 times better than I was. He was nervous and I was being stupid
Posted on 1/24/19 at 7:50 am to The Torch
Sign him up for Boy Scouts.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 7:56 am to tigerfoot
I work with him outside of practice, we go to the fields together and work on all sorts of things. Drive the ball low and left of center...I’ll give him a few tries, then we’re ‘talking’ about it.
It is cringy. Most of the time it’s funny, but we’ve ended barely talking before.
Kids need to at least put more time out of practice working on skills, than they do in...and I’m ready for that work to be done with his school mates instead of me. Surely their coaches will strongly advise it.
It is cringy. Most of the time it’s funny, but we’ve ended barely talking before.
Kids need to at least put more time out of practice working on skills, than they do in...and I’m ready for that work to be done with his school mates instead of me. Surely their coaches will strongly advise it.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 8:02 am to Gaston
Mine decided not to play after his senior year of hs... Said he had a great HS career made all district, all metro, all state and pitched a complete game shut out in quaterfinals.... It was time to move on...only thing missing a state title.
His time, his life, his decision.
His time, his life, his decision.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 8:05 am to choupiquesushi
Mine is a freshman and I thought he was going to want to hang it up this year, but then he went out for tryouts and beat out a Senior at shortstop, now he’s the starting SS as a freshman so he’s going to stick with it for now.
I’m totally okay with whatever he wants to do.
I’m totally okay with whatever he wants to do.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 8:06 am to The Torch
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and off the PS4.
reality check.
Time to learn how to program games.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 8:09 am to The Torch
I personally believe that if your heart isn’t in to the sport anymore, you shouldn’t have to play it.
Sports teach life lessons, but if you don’t have fun playing them, you don’t get anything from them.
Sports teach life lessons, but if you don’t have fun playing them, you don’t get anything from them.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 8:13 am to choupiquesushi
That’s great success, and right...time to use that work ethic and focus to start the next phase of your life.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 8:14 am to The Torch
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It's time to sign up for baseball and my son 12 has decided he doesn't want to play anymore
Look at it this way, now instead of all of those days, nights, travel spent on baseball, you will only have to spend 2 or 3 days a year with him at the pride festivals.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 8:53 am to Rouge
quote:if he doesn’t want to play or burnt out , what’s the point? I’d rather him be happy and a good student
Letting your 12 year old have that decision is your first mistake.
Posted on 1/24/19 at 9:05 am to BowDownToLSU
quote:this.
he doesn’t want to play or burnt out , what’s the point? I’d rather him be happy and a good student
12 is more than old enough to choose your leisure activities.
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