Thanks. A lot of good points. Just to follow up on some.
He is making most of the after school HS workouts. He misses the early AM sessions because they are duplicative with what he does the night before and doesn't get home till 11:00 pm.
Yes coach is a new coach, hired in late fall. He is also new to the school, so not much is known about him. Essentially, every player is a "new player." It's going to be an interesting spring.
Cmass, that is what he is mainly thinking. He's going to have to perform on the field in the spring no mater what happens in the winter. His winter has been going good -- made several positive strides in strength, speed, velocity and mechanics. Time to put it on the field though. Heck, I told him that when they start hitting he needs to pull out is Rawlings 5150 which makes a god awful loud ping -- but it really turns heads.
Kid is a little shy with adults and doesn't like talking to coaches about these things. He feels it sounds like complaining and he doesn't want to be "that guy." Something he's going to work on.
So sounds like he'll need to juggle as best he can. He probably needs to get to some AM workouts so he isn't deemed "sleeping beauty." It's amazing but start of season is only like 6 weeks away.