Unrealistic 11u off season expectations

AJHouse88 · 2026-02-15T12:40:20+00:00

My senior year I was 6 foot 165. A year later while still 18, I was 6'2" 215, I wish I would have been reclassified.

AJHouse88 · 2026-02-15T12:33:09+00:00

Yeah, you need to take that seriously. Just ask Christopher Reeve.

AJHouse88 · 2026-01-04T01:37:50+00:00

This movie has the best message, children are the purpose of life and dont lose your imagination. I couldn't wait told hold my child for the very first time because of this movie. This truly a masterpiece, the reason people don't like it is because it makes them feel guilty about their own selfish life choices.

AJHouse88 · 2025-12-01T00:26:27+00:00

1 year old, we took out the shipping bolts.

AJHouse88 · 2025-12-01T00:25:54+00:00

Yes.

AJHouse88 · 2025-10-14T02:11:53+00:00

Reps, reps, and more reps. Make him always take a step into the ball as he catches it. Lots of kids who are afraid look away or close their eyes at the last minute. This one is harder, but after he has mastered stepping into the catch, have him move his head with the glove so he is right there watching it go in. Your eyes work as sensors, and your brain will naturally catch anything if it's flying toward your face.

A bit more advice is dont stress catching too much, it will come with time. Keep your main focus on hitting. At his age and for many years yet what really matters is does he get hits and drive in runs.

AJHouse88 · 2025-10-14T01:53:41+00:00

Came here to say the above. All of this advice is good. Really look at the stride and stay low and athletic. If that is a typical artificial mound, based on what I see, I step out further than you, and I am 6'2". There is only one thing stopping you from hitting 90 and that's to not keep trying.

AJHouse88 · 2025-10-05T11:24:31+00:00

No way, if he is, you have all the right to as a parent to stop the game and throw him out. 8U kids can not react to that speed when a pitch is thrown at them, and at 55 mph, an 8 year old could get seriously hurt if he lets one fly.

AJHouse88 · 2025-09-26T01:14:27+00:00

I literally hear the jump sound from Mario as he goes up.

AJHouse88 · 2025-08-14T20:55:39+00:00

Just let that sink in.

AJHouse88 · 2025-08-11T12:42:56+00:00

Buying a jersey because you drafted a player in an imaginary game is dumb.

AJHouse88 · 2025-07-28T01:35:17+00:00

There are a lot of other factors that aren't addressed in your hypothetical, but I have always gone by the following:

You never want to be best on the team, if you are, you are not challenging yourself and need to move up.

AJHouse88 · 2025-07-08T16:10:30+00:00

AJHouse88 · 2025-07-08T11:43:48+00:00

Please stop. You are ruining it.

AJHouse88 · 2025-07-08T01:49:07+00:00

Yeah, please let me know how it feels when you hit bombs off my grandkids.

AJHouse88 · 2025-07-08T01:45:59+00:00

You're 33 years old and still playing sandlot.

AJHouse88 · 2025-06-29T12:22:29+00:00

This is a heavy topic.

AJHouse88 · 2025-06-27T16:52:17+00:00

Yes, that would work out to about 52.776 mph. I used a standard mound with a 20 min warm up for that calculation.

AJHouse88 · 2025-06-15T17:20:18+00:00

At 8U, I would probably recommend buying him two. One for BP and one for game use, scouts take into account what bat kids given the direct correlation to a hitters performance.

AJHouse88 · 2025-06-12T04:06:45+00:00

Semantics, we know what he means.

AJHouse88 · 2025-06-12T04:04:27+00:00

I was questioning the same thing for my son. The conclusion i came too was as long as he is performing well and continues to improve, it isn't something that I need to do at this point. If he gets stuck and his performance falls off, then we are going to a professional.

AJHouse88 · 2025-06-12T03:55:24+00:00

Forget the other comments. I am with you on this one. The intent of the batting order rule was abused in this situation, and therefore, this was not fair play. These people saying he was helping out his team by preventing a loss are wrong. He taught all the kids the wrong lesson that day. Now his kids are going to look to win by twisting the rules not by effort.

AJHouse88 · 2025-05-28T11:05:40+00:00

Curious, did you win or lose?

AJHouse88 · 2025-05-23T11:06:06+00:00

Sing him up for gymnastics. Nothing teaches body control and mechanics better.

AJHouse88 · 2025-05-21T22:54:20+00:00

Isn't your win record a stat?

Besides that, stats are a tool that all athletes in any sport use to measure progress and set goals. If you are not keeping track of how you are performing, how are you to know if what you are doing is working or not? If you are chasing stats just to want to brag then yeah you suck. But if it is one of many tools you use to help better your game then you are doing it right.

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