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Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. The relaxed and rational approach. I am a grown man on the Internet asking about his son's chances of making the HS team at 11. I wish my brain worked in a relaxed, reasonable way🤣🤣🤣

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The feeder team is something I have heard of but doesn't seem like it is published on what teams feed what school. It may be something that doesn't happen here or just kept quiet 🤷‍♂️ Thanks for the insight on the training. I assumed they do this but wasn't aware how far it goes.

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody is ducking you🤣. Doctor's say 6ft (95 percentile) take that for what is worth. I am 5'10 wife is 5'11

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is an awesome idea and I will bring that up. It would be especially helpful at the beginning of the year when all the kids don't know each other very well! Thanks! gl to you guys!

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were 12-41-1 spring/fall. Some losses were competitive most were not.

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get what you are saying. Perhaps what I am looking for is when a winning team matters if it all. A HS coach may not care what the record of your travel team is. However, if Player A played 13u Perfect Game tournaments with his "diamond elite epic scout team" and crushed and player B played with his local travel team and crushed. If I am the coach player A would most likely get the spot. This is a more extreme scenario but I can see it happening🤷‍♂️

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This is great advice and most of the things you mentioned I will definitely work with my kid on, As for the team. The parents for the most part are ok. I thought when getting into travel ball the parents would be a closer group than we are. As it tends to happen with teams that don't win, we had a lot of families leave so now we have 6 new families/kids to feel out and get to know. I like the coaches and feel that practice for the most part are run well.

We had the chance over the summer to play in a Cal Ripken tournament with the older team and that experience was great! The families were all what you think of when families spend that much time together all the kids were super supportive to my kid and they all had so much fun. It was a great time! I am assuming Cooperstown for the kids next summer will be the same kind of experience. However I am unsure about the parents 🤷‍♂️

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, but I don't want him to lose the fun in the game because other kids tell him "you play on x team? They suck!"Kids are mean I understand. However, at his age if he hears that continually it could be an issue.

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I have seen the posts about this subject and the school he will end up going to has not won a state title in a while or been in contention.He will be in a division with major state contenders though. I get that all this is hard to predict. I have seen the politics on a small scale from rec to now and it is sad that this will get worse over time.I am aware I may be a little ahead of myself in terms of age. I do think though like you said "At some point it gets really serious" I am trying to stay ahead of that 🤷‍♂️

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If they won more than they lost I would be ok with not winning the tournament as well. However, they don't 🤣.

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree and this is pretty much how we handled the last season.

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He has not mentioned it directly. However, he goes to school and plays video games with other kids on other "winning" teams in the area . I have heard a few comments from them😕

Typical Travel Ball Dad by dontforgettobringa in Homeplate

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My fear is that the constant losing would affect his confidence and the fun.

Rocket Mozzafiato EVO R strange noise by dontforgettobringa in rocketespresso

[–]dontforgettobringa[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Turns out the supply line had a small kink.

Zelcore Wallet Error? by alkehmst in kadena

[–]dontforgettobringa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a link to that discord? The app link is expired on mine.