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I'm not the most active on here, but I love reading through the different discussions! Being a parent of a young, aspiring pitcher is challenging. I've got a 5 year old boy and a 2 year old boy, so I'm getting ready to start that journey myself (wish me luck)! To give you a little background on myself, I pitched in the Royals and Blue Jays organizations for 6 seasons. I spent 2 1/2 of those seasons on the DL. When my career came to an end, I really wanted to stay involved in baseball, so I...

Has anybody here had their son do any vision training? Also, can anybody recommend a good sports vision optometrist in the Atlanta area? My son's hitting took a nosedive and at the same time he started driving. We noticed some squinting. Took him to an eye exam ... 20/25 vision. Not horrible but pretty horrible for seeing a 90 MPH baseball. I've done some research on sports vision training. It won't correct the vision; he'll need contacts for that. But even athletes with 20/12 level vision...

Texas Lions Baseball is expanding into the N. Ft Worth/Keller Area and we are now scheduling tryouts for the 2016 summer. As an organization, we are committed to player DEVELOPMENT. We focus on helping our players develop their physical skills while also teaching and stressing the importance of the mental side of the game. We hold multiple organized practices every week during the summer to ensure that our players leave our organization better than when they came to us. All of our coaches...

When my son was in 4th grade he started having trouble computing Math addition/ subtraction Problems that were stacked 3 - 4 high. He did not have the ability to visually hold the numbers in place & have his mind compute the problem. Went for eye testing. There are 17 complex process's the eyes & brain work together to take information from the environment , analyze it, and have output. People use Dyslexia for a trash can word that encompasses all 17. Son was found to be deficient in...

Do you mind if I ask about the vision therapy? We were referred to a doctor who quoted us over $300 JUST for testing and then the therapy would be around $8K. No insurance covers it. My son isn't blind. He has 20/25 vision. Also, we aren't wealthy; there's no way we could afford something like that. Are there less expensive yet still effective therapies available?

Many college baseball programs do vision training. I never thought of paying for it beforehand.

You will have to look into it but juggling may help.A number of years ago I went to a high school juggling event at our library.(not our HS) after The teacher had her presentation and the show the kids put on I was fastenated.I talked to the teacher for 15*20 minutes during refreshments afterword. She had been running the program for a number of years. Lots of facts and figures by using program of sorts. The resutls she was looking for with the kids was reading.Words per minute.Of course...

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You gotta be careful with vision therapy. It can be a huge rip-off. My son had something called convergence insufficiency when he was in kindergarten and 1st grade. Couldn't make his two eyes converge on a target unless it was moving. Made it really hard to learn to read. We first went to someone who specialized in vision therapy -- an optometrist, I think. It was going to cost an arm and a leg. Like 5- 7k. We went to an ophthalmologist for a second opinion. She told us it was a waste of...

I’m a 14 year old who is going to be trying out for my schools team this March. How often should I be getting in batting practice and how many swings should I aim to take each session? I’m currently getting around 300 swings a week. I also try to incorporate some time each week to conditioning and strength training. Any tips for my routine would be appreciated. thank you, Nick Asmar

Hey, as a 13 yr old here, I also do some of the same things you do. For speed and agility drills, try to get an agility ladder(pretty cheap) and try some variations to work on your footwork. As far as speed drills not being done outside, try plyometrics(can be done indoors in a larger space like garage) and sprints if you can get to an indoor facility. Stay away from distance running, doesn't help for baseball and also slows you down since you get used to training slow. If you have social...

For conditioning I usually just do body weight exercises (push-ups, sit-ups, etc.) what type of speed/agility drills would you recommend? I can’t really do anything outdoors because of the weather here in Michigan.

Keep up the strength training. What do you do for conditioning? I would work on speed and agility drills in place of old school “conditioning”.

Thank you. I’ll look into the agility ladder and start doing some sprints.

Dang... I've got a 2025 and he doesn't write like you do. Kudos! Keep working hard. Sounds like you've got a goal and plan.

Thank you!

I’ve actually thought of that and will try to do some. Really is a good workout.

do you have a walk/driveway that needs shoveling? full disclosure, i'm from Hawaii and live in California so I don't know much about snow but I've thrown my share of dirt around and I know that's a heck of a workout. can you incorporate shoveling every other day (or every day if it needs it)? you get some upperbody work, posterior chain work, core/twisting work, aerobic activity, etc.

Lots of great advice here, body weight plyometrics are great ways to develop strength and power. Weight training is another option but I would not advise it unless you are supervised for proper technique and that may be hard at home. Please do not neglect the hitting and throwing prep. Remember if you can throw gas or mash, they will find room for you on the team. Lastly one of the old timers made a great statement about team practices...it is not to make you better, it is an opportunity for...

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okay thought i’d share this as I think its both effective and entertaining. My youngest son is slow. But sometimes I’ve actually seen him move very fast and athletically, so I began to surmise that maybe he just didn’t instinctively know how to RUN fast. Off season he ran cross-country which I always hated for baseball players because it trains you to move slow. my belief but cant convince mom of that. So I came up with a game, I sent him into the fenced back yard with a backpack with 3 to 4...