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Reply to "12U: MS *AND* AAU baseball?"

My son played MS baseball which was really low end (rec ball level or below) but stocked with his school friends and Youth baseball - simultaneously. MS baseball was truly developmental with pitchers throwing at most 3 innings per week.

Between the two, there were lots of practices - but no bullpens (the thought was the weekly throwing was done with private coaches). So, it was lots of baseball at a fairly young age - burnout ages for many of his peers.

Yes, it could be too much for some kids; one size doesn't fit all here. I'd add that unless he's reaching his potential and straining to increase his potential in the classroom, it's absolutely NOT worth the extra baseball. NOTHING should get in the way of getting him to accept that it's academics first and only AFTER that does baseball enter the equation.

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