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| justletemplay |
Posted - 04/07/2013 : 17:07:33
Now that the freshman and JV seasons have mostly ended; some general questions regarding those teams/players at their respective schools.
1.How many players from fresh/JV, where you are, moved up to JV, or varsity to finish out with the varsity team?
2.When and how did your young man get notified?
3.What do you look like to return next season to the high school venue through you or your sons choice, or a team choice.
4.What do you think are contributing factors for the freshman and JV players to have a above average chance to be a returning player next season, on the next team up?
5.What are you doing til summer ball starts?
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| justletemplay |
Posted - 04/09/2013 : 17:56:41
That is great feedback. Actually, I feel confident he's earned his spot. Not putting all the eggs in one basket though :)The communication loop is a funny thing. The things we observe and try to interpret as positive or negative. He got to play some varsity innings as a freshman. but made the JV team. He actually has had a great experience. It is just hard to gauge a freshman experience from the coaches angle. As in, how do they feel about their picks as the season winds down. We had all good kids, averages all over the place,untimely physical errors, mental lapses from developing kids.... but hard workers.....for the most part, there was only one player, talented too, that seemed to be high maintenance. Just did not appear to hustle, running extra laps, causing team mates to run extra laps, mildly smart mouth...............made some great plays thru the season, started out slow, ended up in a good place. We had a winning season, that went fast.
And some awesome talent that was the opposite. Started out with a bang and then hit the funk. No doubt the boys are above par. 15-18 games is not a real chance to see more than moments of what potentially is ahead for them all, if they can reach that :) and we all hope they can.
Now it's a few weeks til the young teams get to play or practice much. Just keep working at getting better.
Just wondering what previous parents had experienced. This is our 1st go round.
there were quite a few players from last years fresh/JV team that were at tryouts that didn't advance. There were a few freshman boys that could/should have made the freshman team, but didn't. i think it was as much #'s as anything.
We played one school that carried 26 JV players. All our teams were way less than that.
Just picking brains that are out there. Now on to supporting varsity and getting extra work in on other areas. |
| zwndad |
Posted - 04/09/2013 : 14:23:24
I think I'm answering your questions right, but I could be misunderstanding the questions. I have a junior and senior now, so I'm speaking about my sons' experiences over the last 3-4 years, plus what I've seen in our program.
1. In our program almost none of the Freshman team players are called up to Varsity at the end of their season. The coach will call up the 9th & 10th graders on JV who he thinks will be around in the future. It's not a great sign to be on JV and not get called up at the end of the JV season, in our program.
2. I don't know about all the players, but last year, the coach texted my son and told him to be at the Varsity practice the next day. It might seem impersonal, but this coach does a lot of texting with the players.
3. Even though high school baseball isn't perfect and we often hear the bad side of it on this site, my kids love being a part of the high school athletic community. My oldest is finishing a four year high school career (3 varsity), my second has another year (he'll be back), and I'll have another one coming through in a couple of years. I guess it helps that we've never had to worry about whether they'd make the team, but they would all keep coming back.
4. Assuming (1)High school baseball is important to you, and (2)Unless you are a stud who will start being recruited after your freshman/sophomore year, one of the best ways to ensure a shot the next spring is to play summer ball with the high school. It's the reason that my oldest son got a chance to play Varsity as a sophomore (even while playing through injury).
With that said, it really depends on your coach's opinion of summer ball. For example, our coach really wants the guys to play for him in the summer, but he encourages those players who have a chance to play for the top programs to do so. Those guys don't have to worry about getting a shot to play next year.
It sounds like you feel like your son is borderline or unknown (I could be misreading this). If that is the case, then playing summer ball is probably his best chance to show the coach what he can do.
5. Rest for a few days, then ... Throwing program / lift / put back on any lost weight from spring season (my oldest lost over 10 pounds last summer because of the grind) / work on skills (hitting/pitching/fielding).
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