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baseball713
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CaCO3Girl
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bama21
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 Posted - 05/18/2016 : 11:39:02
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leftfielddad
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Posted - 05/23/2016 : 16:50:15
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Just saw this thread. Just trying to get my $.02 in:
1) My son got an offer from D1 school and one of the reasons he got the offer is because of switch hitting.
2) Since my son was a little kid (11 years old), we always talked about how he can separate himself from other kids. There are thousands of short stops, 2B, etc. Well it worked for him - switch hitting truly separated him from everybody. Did it take a long time to develop? Yes. Did he fail a lot during games? Yes. Was he frustrated when he was failing? Yes. Did he eventually get used to it? Yes. Was it worth it? Absolutely - he reached his goal of playing baseball at higher level(college). Maybe switch hitting is not your son's means of separating himself during showcases, but for my kid it served its purpose. One more thing, we were fortunate that the coaches and baseball organization he played for taught and supported switch hitting in games and that made a HUGE difference.
At what age did they support his switch hitting, from 11 and up?
CaCOGirl, yes from 11 and up. You can probably guess which baseball organization he currently plays for :) |
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CaCO3Girl
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Posted - 05/24/2016 : 08:02:32
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Originally posted by leftfielddad
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Originally posted by CaCO3Girl
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Originally posted by leftfielddad
Just saw this thread. Just trying to get my $.02 in:
1) My son got an offer from D1 school and one of the reasons he got the offer is because of switch hitting.
2) Since my son was a little kid (11 years old), we always talked about how he can separate himself from other kids. There are thousands of short stops, 2B, etc. Well it worked for him - switch hitting truly separated him from everybody. Did it take a long time to develop? Yes. Did he fail a lot during games? Yes. Was he frustrated when he was failing? Yes. Did he eventually get used to it? Yes. Was it worth it? Absolutely - he reached his goal of playing baseball at higher level(college). Maybe switch hitting is not your son's means of separating himself during showcases, but for my kid it served its purpose. One more thing, we were fortunate that the coaches and baseball organization he played for taught and supported switch hitting in games and that made a HUGE difference.
At what age did they support his switch hitting, from 11 and up?
CaCOGirl, yes from 11 and up. You can probably guess which baseball organization he currently plays for :)
Well, your email option is off so I can't email you my guess, but do they by any chance give a discount if you live in Marietta? |
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