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excoach12
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 Posted - 08/26/2010 : 20:11:47
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cop is right.
The part of baseball my son liked the most was seeing improvement in himself. Learning a skill he did not have before and then executing it in a game.
He becomes a better ball player by playing WITH better players and AGAINST better players.
He was the best player on his rec team for 3 years in a row, always the first kid picked in the draft room, and always on the all-star team and he just was not challenged his last year in rec ball. He became fed up with kids not showing up, kids who didn't care whether they were there or not and kids who just couldn't make a simple play. We went to travel last year and all of a sudden he was not the best on the team. That made him work harder to become the best. This year we've moved to a major team where he is back to being in the middle of the pack and will challenge him for the next couple years. |
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Whitlow
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Posted - 08/26/2010 : 21:22:59
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Originally posted by biged
No AGE is good. Quit while you still have a life. Once you start travel ball it is over. All your money and time will be consumed.
 - so true, but it gives you something to do with your son and you can reminisce after all the money is gone!
It really depends on the rec program I think NYO and Buckhead Park have good rec programs that play a lot of travel. Also larger Parks are more competitive because of the number of kids. I think in the past 12U was the age to start travel, but I think it is better to start at 9U if that is where all the AllStars are going. If I had to do over again I maybe would have started my son in pre-tee ball. They need a breaks though or another sport as well. It also depends on where they are going to get the best coaching as well as competition.
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bosox04
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Posted - 08/27/2010 : 09:01:14
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Pay attention to your kids and you'll probably get the answer from them and you'll know when it's time. Both my boys were bored with rec ball at a young age and wanted to be challenged more. We're not trying to make it to the pros just trying to learn life's lessons on the way. My 9yr old learned what hard work does from travel ball, he brought that into school and got straight A's last term. (Wouldn't have got that from rec ball.)
The only other thing I'll add is that no matter how athletic they are, they need good instruction every step of the way, it's a game of continually developing skills and mechanics, unless your son is the next Jason Heyward. |
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Juice11
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6bomber
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 22:33:05
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| juice i saw it and almost signed up. little did i know. |
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coachdan06
433 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2010 : 00:46:06
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watching this board is a topic close to my interest as an
oldtime old school guy.
i looked at the 11 year old Astros 2007 as an example to compare to 15 year old teams today as high school kids
of the 15 listed according to usssa only 5 or 6 are still evn playing the game competitively and none of them are still with the Astros .
a strong argument that a boy who joins at 11 dont mean anything even in the short run |
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Alter-Ego
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Posted - 09/03/2010 : 06:32:20
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Coachdb007,
My instruction has always been free. Charging for it would make it "work" and take all the fun out of it.
If people are going to pay, make sure you see, in writing, the instructors bio. It can't just all be from someone who read stuff in books and is trying to teach. Their coaching experience must have some successful experience in older age groups as well. An instructor that has not coached at the older age groups is typically going to have a hard time developing players for that level. Getting instruction should be for future levels as much as it is for your current level. |
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jongamefan
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Posted - 09/03/2010 : 10:32:18
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Nice observation Coach , not surprising
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Originally posted by coachdan06
watching this board is a topic close to my interest as an
oldtime old school guy.
i looked at the 11 year old Astros 2007 as an example to compare to 15 year old teams today as high school kids
of the 15 listed according to usssa only 5 or 6 are still evn playing the game competitively and none of them are still with the Astros .
a strong argument that a boy who joins at 11 dont mean anything even in the short run
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leftyrightyecb
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Posted - 09/03/2010 : 11:33:47
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| That ad for the 3U is funny Juice. Took me a minute to figure the contact name out but it says to contact Hall and Oates (Holland Oates). |
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Age to start Travel Ball
