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Goosegg10,000+ posts

This will be the first introduction your son has to "optional" things. There will be "optional" practices, "optional" lifts, "optional" meetings.

Here, his future coach has "invited" an incoming freshman to play for that same coach's summer team. It is "optional" in the sense the coach cannot force the player to play; the first impression the coach will have of the player will not be "optional."

This is where the rubber meets the road - playing baseball in college is a full time job; it just so happens, the job began - in this case - before college actually began. Quite an honor to be asked and it will give the player a huge head start in understanding the coach's drills, philosophy, game prep, game strategy and the type of pitching he will face (the majority of pitchers he will face from summer on will be over 18; for the most part there is a huge difference between a just graduated HS pitcher and a college pitcher. The earlier he begins his adjustments, the better).

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