Tagged With "multi sport"
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Play Football, Too?
Son wants to play football and baseball in college. Way down the road, he sees himself as a teacher and coach. He feels he'd have more to offer kids if he played both sports in college. I told him he can do what he wants, as long as he graduates....
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9th-12th Private Baseball School
A new nonprofit Private Christian based school dedicated to baseball will be enrolling students for the 2010-2011 school years. The school will be located in the Dallas-Ft.Worth area. It will be a state of the art facility for both academic learning...
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9th-12th Private Christian Baseball School
A new nonprofit Private Christian based school dedicated to baseball will be enrolling students for the 2010-2011 school years. The school will be located in the Dallas-Ft.Worth area. It will be a state of the art facility for both academic learning...
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The Liars Club
There's a wise passage I italicized that applies to any college sport including baseball. It came up in a recent thread.Dan Shaughnessy - Boston GlobeCollege coaches lie. How do these guys sleep at night?It’s unfair, of course, to include all...
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Sport Inequity?
.WOW! Was watching Mike and Mike this am on ESPN and Jalen Rose was takling about the current "one and done" NCAA basketball scenerio...Such conversations always get into academics, the term "student atheletes". I may have gotten this wrong.......but...
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olympics
i know it isn't baseball, but i just love seeing the USA compete. my only winter sport is plowing, not an olympic sport yet. pretty cool to watch though.
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WOW!
Was just on the Times Dispatch where they have Regional Rankings for all Spring Sports.What is up with Cosby High School?They are in top three for just about every boys and girls sport in the area.Most be loaded with athletes.Do they do as well in...
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Relevant Olympic Sports @ the I.O.C.
I'm from the South and probably just don't get some of these Winter Olympic Sports. Ok, I understand that the I.O.C. is a Sub-committee of the UN and operates with the same political biases so I should understand, as an ugly American, why Baseball and...
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LL shoulder rehab
Can anyone relate your experiences regarding LL shoulder diagnosis (proximal humeral growth plate issues). Specifically, how long was rest (no throwing) prescribed, when did rehab (strengthening exercises) start, when was throwing restarted, and how...
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Sponsorship
TOURNAMENT SPONSORSHIP - CSTT Sports wants to sponsor your tournament- We provide Free online registration page- We provide Free hotel and travel assistance- We will pay your event for working with us Contact: Bill Smith bill@sport-travel.com...
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Transferring Schools
Can anyone provide some insight on transferring schools in VA? Does the player have to sit out a year in a sport, or can they play immediately?
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Mo'ne Davis
Serious question here... I've read in several places that people have been paying a lot of money for Mo'ne Davis's autograph. I've also read that sports memorabilia businesses (I.e. Steiner Sports) have expressed desire in having Mo'ne...
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Video Analysis to increase velocity...rec
Hello, My son is a 2017 lefty. He hit 78 on a Stalker Sport this past weekend at a PG and settled at 75 later in the game. Threw 20 first pitch strikes over 6 innings. Has good overall control for a 15 year old. He is a sophomore this year. I was...
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Cut after HS JV season
As sophomore son's JV season transitioned to Varsity this past June he was cut by the Varsity coach on day 1 of summer ball. The only player cut. Reason given "your numbers don't look good (based on JV) and I have nowhere to play you" Son asked "Can I...
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Comments from Dr. Jaeger
I've not posted here for some time (Actually had to re-register , I submitted a thread a couple of years back on "The Convention on Over-use" and through my research met and became aquainted with Dr. Alan Jaeger, well he hit me with the following on another forum and asked if I'd share his thoughts with this community...so here it is; http://baseballnews.com/throwi...s-of-elite-pitchers/ (Editor’s Note: This in-depth report took more than eight weeks to research after contacting hundreds of...
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Engineering and D1 Baseball
Just happened to run into a link to this on the Cal Poly Facebook page and I thought it would be of interest to some here: Engineering Students Contribute to Cal Poly Baseball’s Historic Season Taylor Chris (mechanical engineering), Jake Lesinski (biomedical engineering), Tommy Pluschkell (general engineering) and Tim Wise (electrical engineering) were members of an historic Cal Poly team that went 47-12, won the Big West Conference championship and hosted an NCAA regional championship...
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Signed Pro Contract and Left to Attend College?
This is a link to an article about a HS kid drafted by the Braves who signed a pro contract, was at their facility for a week, then left to attend a community college. I was under the impression that this wasn't even possible... http://www.dailyfreeman.com/sp...er-community-college BASEBALL: Kingston High graduate Pat Dorrian leaves Atlanta Braves, will attend Herkimer Community College By Freeman staff Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Pat Dorrian’s professional baseball career seemingly came to an...
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2015 Commit and Thanks
My 2015 signed a NLI with his dream school last Wednesday. It was the culmination of a long process and a lot of hard work. He took care of business in the classroom, in the weight room, and on the field and it finally paid off. When he was a...
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Is it really my business if my 12u doesn't want to pitch?
My son sees pitching as a curse. He knows that when he pitches he is almost guaranteed to sit out the next game. He knows that all the pitchers he watches on TV seem to only play a few innings every few games. He thinks that might be...
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Football or baseball
My middle son plays two sports and recently committed to a university. Baseball is his main sport but he also got offered to play as a football player. I am worried about the injury risk as he is a quarterback. Does anyone have any experiences with...
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Holiday Wishes and Thanks!
As has become tradition, when we come to the end of the year and a few days prior to Christmas, we like to take this opportunity to thank the HSBBW Umpire family for another wonderful year. The opportunity to come together, discuss, share and help others through this sport we all love, is outstanding. First off, we always want to thank Julie (mn mom) for keeping the site up and running.......many of us do not know how much time and personal $$'s that it takes to keep this site open and for...
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Multi Sport Athletes In College
In recent light of watching the college football playoff and seeing Jameis Winston looking forward to playing baseball in the spring for Florida State. There has been some multi sport athletes in college (Russell Wilson, played baseball and football...
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Pro multi sport athletes ... baseball and another
How many can we name without looking them up? Has to have played in regular season games. Jim Thorpe OF and NFL Gene Conley P and NBA Chuck Conners 1B and NBA Dave DeBusschere P and NBA Ron Reed P and NBA Bo Jackson OF and NFL Deion Sanders OF...
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Workouts for players always "in season"
A lot talk about multi-sport athletes. So you have a kid who is always in season for his sport. But the kids who aren't start "unofficial" workouts -- lifting, speed training, long toss, etc. I have also read some commentary...
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Other sports benefiting the developement of youth baseball skills?
First, full disclosure: I'm not coach of any sport. I have a young son (soon to be 7) that is athletic, active, and loves baseball. I've always believed some sports help the development of skills of other sports; more so in the main...
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NCAA Archives
Here's a link to search NCAA archives. kinda neat to have everything on one page to access any program, any sport. It goes back quite a few years. Type your kids name in and see what shows up. You can do a search by name, sport, or team....
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Two Sport Recruit Question
Here is a hypothetical recruiting scenario and I'd like some feedback on how this would play out: 1. High school athlete wants to pitch AND play basketball in college. 2. Player verbally commits to play BASEBALL at a D1 school. ...
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Football helmet for catchers
After my sons 14U baseball practice a couple of us were sitting around talking and the group included both our catchers. Three dads who were college catchers and three more of us that had some catching experience. We were discussing masks and one of...
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Showcase Question for a 2016
We are thinking of either the National Underclass Showcase-Main Event in Dec or the Academic Showcase in May/June. If all things were equal my son would prefer the one in the spring after baseball season however if there is a big advantage to go in...
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pen pals project with France (write in English)
Hi there I'm an English teacher in the South of France. Our students (14 years old) will work on baseball in America this year to discover the history of the sport, the rules, players and so on. I'm looking for teachers or teens to work...
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pen pals project with France (write in English)
Hi there I'm an English teacher in the South of France. Our students (14 years old) will work on baseball in America this year to discover the history of the sport, the rules, players and so on. I'm looking for teachers or teens to work...
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Recruits who need the most Help
This site is a remarkable resource for top HS players looking for direction with their recruiting efforts. Great advice on timelines, choosing schools, showcases, camps, deciphering offers, athletic and academic scholarship info, official visit advice, communication with coaches and on and on. But I often wonder if there isn't a bit of disconnect here with the majority of kids who are capable of filling the “bottom half” of college rosters. Sometimes we talk about there being a place for...
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Too Early?
My son is a 2017. 3.75 GPA with some honors classes as a freshman. He is a lefty pitcher with good mechanics, great control. 5'10" 150lbs. Plays on a pretty good travel team(went 37-14 last year playing in Triple Crown and Perfect Game, played up an...
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UVA's Coach O'Connor favors the multi-sport athlete
Interesting discussion the announcers were having today during Ole Miss game about UVA's J oe McCarthy who was a 3-sport athlete from Scranton, PA. They said when Coach O'Connor was asked about multi-sport athletes ... he was quick to reference...
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punishments relevant to the offense
Hey everybody, I teach at the school where I coach, (going into my 2nd year) so I get to know my players pretty well. Many of my players are multiple sport kids so I watch them play soccer, basketball, and volleyball before I get them in...
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tracking programs
I was wondering if there is anyone out there that knows of an electronic program either by website or app, that can: Give me a sport specific program (such as baseball), but that I can have each one of the players go into and input their data,...
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Major League Baseball and USA Baseball on the Launch of the Pitch Smart Program
For 75 years, Little League® has strived to provide children with healthy and safe baseball and softball opportunities. Little League would like to congratulate Major League Baseball and USA Baseball for the launch of their new Pitch Smart campaign, as we continue to work together to make baseball a safe, fun sport for all children. The Pitch Smart program is a collaborative effort to encourage youth baseball pitchers to adhere to strict pitch count limits with mandatory day's rest. The...
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Lacey Waldrop Named Softball player of the Year
I know this is a baseball site but I have to give a "well done" to Lacey Waldrop a Thomas Dale Alum for being named USA Softball National Player of the Year. http://www.seminoles.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/052714aae.html Florida State...
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Scholarship burden alters prep sports; peer, parental pressure to blame for move towa
Scholarship burden alters prep sports; peer, parental pressure to blame for move toward single sport starshttp://www.independentmail.com/and/sp_high_schools/arti...8210_4624988,00.html
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Baseball Factory and BA
Any comments on the new coalition between Baseball America and Baseball Factory? More and more, it seems like big business and less like a sport...
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Student of the Game-John Paterson
Congrats to Prestonwood Academy's Varsity Baseball player John Paterson for being named this week's WFAA HS Sports Special Student of the Game.Great kid and he has quite the future ahead of him...... my son and I got to know John and his Dad several...
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Does anyone use the Schutt Striker for practice
This is the ball that hangs from a rope attached to a pole that sticks out from a fence. Here's a link: http://www.eastbay.com/catalog/productdetail.cfm?TID=75...&mvp=sport&sport=all is it durable? it seems like a good tool on gameday...