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TS55
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 Posted - 08/26/2011 : 09:40:25
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| Just how much baseball is your football player playing Mine's playing JV and Varsity football with a little Baseball mixed in, maybe one or two tournaments this fall. How are ya'll handling it? |
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gasbag
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Posted - 08/26/2011 : 12:31:28
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| Mine is doing the same playing football w/ 3-5 baseball tournaments for fall and he's already begun his individual workouts for wrestling on top of the football & baseball. I'm getting tired just thinking about it ! |
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PMaggio
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Posted - 08/26/2011 : 15:35:27
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Nothing beats Friday Night Lights in Georgia. However, it gets tougher and tougher each year as they get older (physically, mentally and schoolwork wise). My son is a HS junior and this is his first year not playing fall baseball and just football. He is the only one on his 2012 summer team who plays football but the coach is understanding and supports it. Actually you will find that most college coaches actually encourage kids to play a different fall sport and take a few months off to rest the baseball muscles. While fall baseball college camps, showcases and Jupiter are big events where HS players can make their name known, playing in all the ECB tournaments this summer with every college coach already in attendance offsets the impact of not playing in the fall.
That being said, there still is the risk of getting hurt playing football, but as the kids get bigger, the risk is still there in baseball as well. |
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aj94
182 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2011 : 15:49:17
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| Football along with fall baseball (5-6 tourneys) |
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AllStar
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Posted - 08/26/2011 : 18:45:26
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1 sport at a time. I used to hate it when players would either a) miss practice or b) come to a game or practice beat because they were doing Spring football. I didn't ask them to miss football in the fall for baseball. Or to play a game the same day they had football games. It would have been nice to get the same courtesy,
Now that I am not coaching, I would be a hypocrite if I did the same to his current coaches. Plus kids need some down time between their studies and their sports. |
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itsagame
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Posted - 08/29/2011 : 14:41:04
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my son is a Freshman playing on the Freshman football team. He is not playing fall baseball, but does have a practice 1x per week (at this point) with his travel team.
I like the mulitple sports approach and I know my son enjoys the change of scenery. |
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Strike 2
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Posted - 08/29/2011 : 19:17:54
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| Agree with AllStar. This is first year (15) that we finally are doing one sport at a time. So football it is until basketball rolls around. |
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