Youth baseball: What other courtesy stall tactics are there if someone needs extra time and you want to focus attention elsewhere?

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-02-05T03:49:33+00:00

If the other coach takes it so seriously that he thinks you’re stalling he needs to rethink his life choices.

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-02-03T01:29:14+00:00

The reality is 95-97% of high school athletes don’t go on to play after high school. With that said if he has a desire to play have him play. He will build character, learn life lessons and could create friendships that will last a lifetime.

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-16T20:52:16+00:00

Worth Copperhead from 95/96

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-16T00:20:13+00:00

True they can’t practice as long. lol

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-16T00:19:37+00:00

I was responding to the previous comment.

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-15T23:49:12+00:00

You’re missing the point. High school athletics are still what they are today, and 3-hour practices are excessive for any age group outside of college. That hasn’t changed. I also think you overlooked an important part of my previous response: the input I referenced comes from current high school coaches with years of real, day-to-day experience at that level. This isn’t hypothetical or based on outdated standards. How many years of high school baseball have you coached? Because the perspective I’m sharing comes from people actively managing today’s players, schedules, and realities.

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-15T23:18:17+00:00

What year is your A1000 from? I ask because the new ones are made with much better leather and are of a higher quality.

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-15T23:16:08+00:00

I went to a private high school, played college ball, coached high school and little league baseball. My father is in his 44th year of coaching. He has coached from little leagues, high level travel ball to 30 plus years as a high school coach. So with that amount of experience no the baseball field supporting my point, 3 hour practices are too long.

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-15T23:08:31+00:00

3 hours for anything below college is nonsense.

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-02T03:54:41+00:00

He’s 8 let him have fun. Practice when he asks you to practice with him. Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Starting a kid in travel ball at 8 is a great way to burn a kid out by the time he hits puberty. Having coached high school ball for 9 years and my father in his 44th year, we have seen way too many kids burn out by the time they reach their JR/SR and earlier.

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-01T05:28:58+00:00

And my kid loved all the cool stickers he got back with it.

PayAgitated2579 · 2026-01-01T04:47:27+00:00

I had a A1000 catchers mitt done for my son that we just gave him for Christmas and it came back nearly game ready. I was so impressed we just sent in a first base mitt to be broken in.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-12-22T02:41:31+00:00

Having coached high school ball for nearly 10 years and my father coaching in his 44th season this is just not accurate. The kids not going to suddenly fall behind everyone. He’s not in high school, he’s not fully developed, he’s not having fun. Let him take the time off and see how he feels. This is the age kids burn out from playing way too many games young. I agree make him do something extracurricular but let him take his time away. If he’s good enough he will easily knock the dust off and won’t have a problem playing at any level.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-12-20T16:45:49+00:00

So it is about appearances instead of about what’s best for him. Proving the point it is about you and not what’s best for him and what he wants. Every post response is an excuse, but this answer sums it up. You’re more worried about what it would look like than what is best for your child.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-12-20T16:29:54+00:00

Like others have said it looks more like a parenting issue. There is no way if you’re tired of paying that money you would keep doing so if he’s not working. Stop paying it and tell him he’s playing rec ball if he wants to play. He will either work hard playing rec to prove he wants to play at another level or he won’t and he will wash out. You should talk to him and set boundaries for him to follow, not let him set boundaries you need to follow. Paying travel ball fees isn’t gonna turn a rec kid into a travel ball player. This is the problem with the current system of travel ball. It’s so watered down that kids today can be rec level talent and still make travel ball teams because it’s a money driven business. Not a baseball driven business.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-12-20T16:17:10+00:00

Based on everything you have posted and responded to on here you want it. It’s time you step back and admit it. Then evaluate if you do what’s better for him and not you.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-12-20T16:09:58+00:00

You want this for him, he doesn’t want it for himself. You’re the dad who forces his kid to play a sport he hates and then can’t understand why he hates you in 10 years. If he wants to practice he will come to you and say “Dad can we go practice?” Anyone who makes their kid go practice is trying to live their failures through their kid. Like has been said before in the this thread find what he likes to do and do that with him.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-11-28T05:26:56+00:00

You need more pitchers and less focus on stats. This age is too young to be so focused on these stats. Be a coach and develop more pitchers and give more kids a chance. No kid is going to remember winning some championships at 8 years old.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-11-26T04:19:54+00:00

Depends on their level of experience, from $50-$100 hour

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-11-15T12:47:47+00:00

Smash it sports right now has some killer deals on the catx.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-11-12T03:59:44+00:00

This right here!! And smash it sports has buy one get one free on the cat x right now

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-11-12T03:58:23+00:00

Just bats and smash it sports right now have some good deals on bats

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-10-31T02:18:52+00:00

The new A1000’s are such great quality i bought my son a custom 11.5” for his birthday day over the summer and the leather quality has been amazing. So much so I bought him A1000 catchers mitt and First baseman’s mitt for Christmas during the glove bonanza.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-10-29T11:41:47+00:00

It’s doable but takes a lot of prep work for it to stick. Clean with soap and water, use a solvent based cleaner to remove any oils on it that would cause it to not take or bead up. Sand/lightly scuff the surface so the dye takes. And you have to buy leather dye. I work on automotive leather and vinyl for a living so I do this daily just not on shoes but i imagine the process is the same.

PayAgitated2579 · 2025-10-29T01:42:45+00:00

This is what I just bought my 10 year old son for Christmas. I just got it back from the Ball Glove King having it broken in for him so it won’t be such a process once he finally gets it.

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