Reply to "Prospective College Players Scouting Current and Potential Teammates"

3and2Fastball10,000+ posts

This thread speaks to me about one of the problems with travel ball: people say that you should choose a team where you will get significant playing time in travel ball. However if you are handed everything up until you reach a college campus, it can be a mental & emotional shock if for the first time in their life they have to battle for a spot & battle for playing time.

I'd rather see kids play up a little higher than their current level in travel ball, be the 9th-14th best player on a very good travel team and have to fight for playing time. It might not be easy only getting 4-5 at bats in 4 games but the lessons learned will pay off when so much more is on the line ( and will make the premise of this thread irrelevent)

7/14/1910:17 PM

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