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Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:21 pm to Purple Spoon
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The travel ball culture is hurting the talent pool in the US Not helping it.
only thing it is helping is the economy
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:22 pm to LSUFanHouston
Do travel teams drill on hitting, fielding, IQ? From what I’ve seen travel ballers have separate hitting and fielding coaches and the TB team coaches don’t do shite but maybe some situational practice. Where’s the best bet to have actual ground up coaching, travel or rec ball?? Thx
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:25 pm to White Bear
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:26 pm to lsu777
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cool, we go hunting and fishing too....but mine will actually have a chance to play high school ball. didnt want to make that decision for them.
this is just sad. 
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:26 pm to UpToPar
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Obviously this isn't the case for every school. But lsu77 is spot on for schools like Barbe.
ETA: I'd be surprised if Barbe had a single kid make their baseball team in the last 5-6 years that didn't play select baseball at some point.
yea and im not saying you have to play 80-100 games a year, far from it. can play 40-50, between fall and spring(imo only 1 fall tournament is perfect) and just practice/train alot. to make it on any of the schools with really good programs...better be playing against aaa/majors level competition starting at the latest 12, if you want to ever see the field. I mean this is true for the schools around BR too, not just barbe. Catholic, UHigh, St Amant, dutchtown, central, zachary....also true for the catholic league schools, the good schools like stm, ED White, TC, VC around Lafayette and south.
obviously there are exceptions, especially at the really small schools but pretty good rule of thimb for 3a and above, especaially at big time programs. same for other schools besides barbe around LC, same with WM, OG and otehrs around Monroe and the ones around shreveport. Menard is mostly kids from the Cenla knights etc.
its funny everyone like to point to the DR kids as an example. those kids arent playing many games but they are moving to academies where they live, go to school and train 8 hours a day starting at around age 10. the dominicans you see in the MLB...they arent playing street ball and suddenly plunked at 17
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:27 pm to Uncle JackD
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I have 2 and one on the way. I take them camping/fishing and we play weekday rec ball. Works out great.
I skipped my son’s tournament a couple weeks ago to go fishing
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:29 pm to Purple Spoon
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The travel ball culture is hurting the talent pool in the US Not helping it.
yet the game is being played at an all time high level at all levels.
i agree many play way way too many games and not enough training, made that clear in past post
but bottomline is...not making the mlb without playing high school ball and bottomline is...not making a HS team without playing travel
is what it is. and that isnt changing. you can be the parent that makes the stand against it...thats fine...your kid will stop playing baseball at 14 at the latest. good luck with that.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:29 pm to thejuiceisloose
Probably held his kid back in school so he could DEVELOPE.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:30 pm to yellowfin
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I skipped my son’s tournament a couple weeks ago to go fishing
played the big three sports in hs and did a little track, my dad ran his own business and I fully understood how much time that took, I can just about count on my hands how many games he saw me play if hs
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:30 pm to lsu777
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thats fine...your kid will stop playing baseball at 14 at the latest. good luck with that.
oh no, the end of the world if your kid stops playing ball at age 14. Yea, you’re not living vicariously through your kid at all. Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:31 pm to lsu777
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but mine will actually have a chance to play high school ball. didnt want to make that decision for them.
Love the travel ball coaches/parents using this implied threat to extract cash. “If you don’t play now your kid will be behind and won’t play high school ball.” Well frick you then. No high school ball. Go grift off some other poor gullible bastard.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:32 pm to LSUFanHouston
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that travel ball has less to do with player development and more to do with separating parents from their money.
you got all that from a store in an outlet where they host the opening event ceremonies at for kid' world series at the orange beach sports complex?
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:32 pm to DCtiger1
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oh no, the end of the world if your kid stops playing ball at age 14.
It is if the kid is wanting to play baseball, but he can't because his parents didn't allow him to keep up with his peers.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:32 pm to Chad504boy
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the opening event ceremonies at for kid' world series
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:33 pm to White Bear
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Do travel teams drill on hitting, fielding, IQ? From what I’ve seen travel ballers have separate hitting and fielding coaches and the TB team coaches don’t do shite but maybe some situational practice. Where’s the best bet to have actual ground up coaching, travel or rec ball?? Thx
depends on what you are calling travel ball.
in louisiana you have the state level majors teams and high aaa teams that play against each other. These teams absolutely practice with each other and drill those things. the kids still have private coaches but the absolutely do full team practice 2x a week in season and the fall and 3x pre season and weeks they are off from a tourney.
then you have national level teams like traction and couple others in certain age groups like primetime, gold culture etc where they have kids from all over. usually these teams have practice and you are expected to attend a certain number over the course of a month. these are the teams that travel all over the southeast. there are only like max 2-3 in an age group like this.
in general even in aa ball its like what i posted above with 2 practices a week as a team and the team is made of local kids.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:33 pm to 777Tiger
it was lame. that much is fully granted.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:34 pm to DCtiger1
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oh no, the end of the world if your kid stops playing ball at age 14. Yea, you’re not living vicariously through your kid at all.
He sounds COMPLETELY eaten up by “travel ball”.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:35 pm to LSUballs
You can scream it til you’re blue in the face. Playing travel ball doesn’t guarantee shite. The only thing that matters is talent.
You saps thinking travel ball is the key to your kids future is sad. Go live your life with your damn kids
You saps thinking travel ball is the key to your kids future is sad. Go live your life with your damn kids
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:36 pm to DCtiger1
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oh no, the end of the world if your kid stops playing ball at age 14. Yea, you’re not living vicariously through your kid at all.
how the frick am i livign through my kid because i decided not to make the choice for him at age 8 if he could play in hs and left it to him?
i dont give a frick if he plays in hs. he could quit tomorrow. my oldest doesnt even play baseball.
we have 3 rules in my house...must maintain all A's to play sports, must attend mass every week, no exception and you must be involved with something...can be sports, can be boy scouts, can be a club at school.....i dont care, must be somethign though. not gonna have my kid sitting playing video games all day
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