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by exD1dad » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:18 pm

Sorry Jtat but 8 yr olds don't need a "competitive environment" unless of course you went to the Marv Marinavich school of coaching & parenting where you mess your kid up by turning them into a robotic machine with a single-mindedness solely based upon you own need to gratify some unfulfilled glory by living through you childs deeds with the twisted notion that you actually know what's best & will decide what your child will pursue with their life.
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by Safebyahare » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:58 pm

If 12u and 14u TB parents are bad,,,what would I do with 8u TB parents? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQxGkwDQ7M
Don't push too hard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-6mvrqZ_w
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by ontheblack » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:16 am

We all know several kids who at 8 are slated to be future a D1 POY, only to stop growing at 12, or never progress past their 10u or 12u All Star skill level.

Coaching rec with my youngest DD, I am dealing with a league that is so worried about losing kids to cheesy TB teams that they are pushing "Select" teams that will play friendlies on Sundays while playing rec on Saturdays. They want these 9 and 10 yr olds who are still playing softball, soccer and BB to pick a sport and "commit" to it. I want to take my fungo to these idiots' heads.
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by Dugout Dad » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:42 am

8 years earlier...........

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by Pale Rider » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:01 am

Dugout Dad wrote:8 years earlier...........

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by eclipse09 » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:53 pm

ontheblack wrote:We all know several kids who at 8 are slated to be future a D1 POY, only to stop growing at 12, or never progress past their 10u or 12u All Star skill level.

Coaching rec with my youngest DD, I am dealing with a league that is so worried about losing kids to cheesy TB teams that they are pushing "Select" teams that will play friendlies on Sundays while playing rec on Saturdays. They want these 9 and 10 yr olds who are still playing softball, soccer and BB to pick a sport and "commit" to it. I want to take my fungo to these idiots' heads.



I totally agree.

I do not think we need 8u travel ball or 6u all-stars to grow the sport. We just need more girls to give softball a chance. I am seeing way too many kids committing to one sport way too early especially with soccer. I would love it if more kids would play a variety of sports and activities before deciding on one or the other. Too bad parents often get in the way....
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by ontheblack » Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:54 pm

eclipse09 wrote:
ontheblack wrote:We all know several kids who at 8 are slated to be future a D1 POY, only to stop growing at 12, or never progress past their 10u or 12u All Star skill level.

Coaching rec with my youngest DD, I am dealing with a league that is so worried about losing kids to cheesy TB teams that they are pushing "Select" teams that will play friendlies on Sundays while playing rec on Saturdays. They want these 9 and 10 yr olds who are still playing softball, soccer and BB to pick a sport and "commit" to it. I want to take my fungo to these idiots' heads.



I totally agree.

I do not think we need 8u travel ball or 6u all-stars to grow the sport. We just need more girls to give softball a chance. I am seeing way too many kids committing to one sport way too early especially with soccer. I would love it if more kids would play a variety of sports and activities before deciding on one or the other. Too bad parents often get in the way....


Ask Arto. He will tell that parents ALWAYS get in the way.
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by jtat32 » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:19 pm

exD1dad wrote:Sorry Jtat but 8 yr olds don't need a "competitive environment" unless of course you went to the Marv Marinavich school of coaching & parenting where you mess your kid up by turning them into a robotic machine with a single-mindedness solely based upon you own need to gratify some unfulfilled glory by living through you childs deeds with the twisted notion that you actually know what's best & will decide what your child will pursue with their life.


Just to clarify, I was using the term "competitive environment" in the context of a more skilled environment as opposed to one that is more focused on wins and losses. More skilled is also relative - this was rec ball, and our home league is not strong by any stretch of the imagination.

I also said that we did this after 8U.
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by DonnieS » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:45 pm

And as always in these inane discussions, all these girls are created the same. Trust me on this, there are situations where the kids drag their parents in to athletics. I remember a 9 year old little girl watching the US Olympic team playing and saying , "I can do this." , then meeting Lisa Fernandez and before it was over the two of them, talking about which way they like to have their hair when they are on the field, one a triple olympic medal winner and the other, the kid who would be the smallest kid on every team she played on until college. I remember hearing her want me to start a team because the team she is playing on only played two weekends a month, she was 11 then, and she wanted to play more. I remember reading the , stuff, on eteamz and later on here, telling me that I should fell guilty about how much she played until I remembered the conversation we had when I asked her if she thought we were playing too much. "So we go to some different town every weekend, stay in a hotel, hang out with the best friends in the world, and then I get to play softball all weekend - and what is I am supposed to get tired of ?, honestly Dad, you must talk to some really stupid people. " And what she likes about college ball is - guess - they get to play so many games, that mean something, in such a short period of time. :roll: Out of the mouths of babes.
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by artomatic » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:59 pm

Donnie your kid doesn't count.
Neither does Gone in 2.6's or Blind Squirrel's kids.
I'm pretty sure a scientist created those 3.
But for the rest of the planet, slow it down, these are your little 8 year old girls.
Deserve's got nothin' to do with it.
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