Reply to "To all the parents of college players..."

HeyBatter1,000+ posts

I can only add more of the same above. Most of the kids on my son's HS team were not LL allstars. Most of the allstars were done by age 13. Burn out or what

Of the kids who absolutely dominated our local LL program, I only recall one or two who went on to play in HS and by that time, everyone else had caught up with them. If you are dominating in HS, well that's usually another story

As for my own son, he was always a better than average player in LL, made most of the allstar teams over the years and steadily progessed from a combination of natural skill, hard work and just loving to play baseball. I've given him a few nudges over the years, but nothing too much. Besides playing LL and Senior LL, he played on travel/club teams from age 12/13 and went to showcases and such after his sophmore and junior years in HS.

Bottomline, until HS age, its pretty early to predict anything and even once in HS -well then you need to look at the thread here about having a crystal ball

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