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Reply to "Why My Son Will Never Receive One Ounce Of Hitting Instruction!"

Originally Posted by Smitty28:

Ok, you gave your daughter instruction and she no longer plays the game.  Maybe there's cause and effect there, or maybe she just gave up the game because she didn't want to play anymore.  I think it's quite a leap to presume that if you do the opposite (no instruction) your second child will want to continue playing.  It's also possible that years of incorrect technique will be impossible to fix at 13 years old, or will put the kid hopelessly behind his peer group and make getting onto a competitive team at that age very difficult.  I guess you'll find out in 10 or 15 years.  Reminds me a bit of Whole Language though.

Thats not really what I was getting too, but I could see how you would interpret it that way.  One of my points inside the video was the frustration and confusion that is involved with instruction (Pleasing).  

 

It's setting up kids to fail and frustrating them, or just going overboard that players end up despising the game, IMO.  

 

As far as the competitive teams, not worried about that at 12 or 13 years old.  

 

The goal for my son will be to enhance the ability side- the skill side will become a focus once he is older.  Could care less about skill level at 12-15 years old.  

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