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Reply to "Advice For The New College Baseball Parent"

@hokieone posted:

1.Get a good camera and take a ton of pictures.

2. Don't accept evasive answers academically.  Yes, they need space to grow but they also need a GPA that doesn't start with a decimal point, so freshman year, don't hesitate to as about classes and don't accept fuzzy answers.

3. After games, talk about what they want to talk about. Follow their lead.

4. Keep their stats to yourself. They probably know all of them, other parents are focused on their kids, just not a good conversation topic.

5. Move Heaven and earth to get to as many games as possible. It will fly by. I did a lot of 6 hour drives to watch my older son sit, then took him out to dinner, then drove back home. Years later he proudly mentioned how insane it was for his dad to do that...but it meant a lot to him.

6. Don't whine and don't stay around parents that do.  You have no control over playing time, so get over it, all your son can do is to work hard and do his best when he gets a shot.  

Great post. Thanks!

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