Tagged With "Varsity for Freshmen"
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southgeorgia14
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Ball41512
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Tyler do
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Work 1 year after high school and then go to college?
It's been a family tradition to work full time for 1 year after high school and then attend college at age 19. This gives an 18 year old boy time to see the real world and grow up a bit before taking off for college. The idea is that he will take...
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What is a college education?
Many players and parents will be faced with college or pro decisions in the near future. Let me give you my feelings of what has happened to my son over his last three years of college and his subsequent decision to turn pro after his junior year of...
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Should we be discouraged?
Son is a "guaranteed walk on" at a D-1. After a pretty successful fall season (freshman), he met with coach and was told that he would be primarily a bench-player in the spring and they'd get him in for some at-bats. Last week, the coach did arrange...
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Freshman year ! End of sr year - time to begin NEW
I had originally put this in the 9th inning sr year, but decided to start a new thread in keeping with the theme of the post! Eavery day is a new day - fresh, with no mistakes -or something like that - from Anne of Avonlea...In 2006, my oldest...
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2-4 Transfer Rule
My son went to a JUCO out of high school. He started and played half of his freshmen year and then he tore his labrum and had a partially torn rotator. He had surgery a year ago and took a medical redshirt this year. He will go back to the JUCO next...
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Freshman roommate (player or non-player)
I didn't see this topic when I searched, so please point me to a strain if I have missed it.Many coaches during our search said they encourage players to room together as freshmen . . . support, understanding of the crazy schedule, accountability,...
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Rx for college
Just wanted to post about a vaccine available for bacterial meningitis. We lost a senior this year to the disease. The quickness of it was frightening. We were told that the UofA and ASU require all incoming freshmen to have the...
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How do non-playing freshmen in collge get practice?
I was recently told that college players who aren't getting much playing time aren't getting much practice time either.Wouldn't a position player continue to take batting and fielding practice? Wouldn't a pitcher continue to throw bullpens and in...
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2009 Grads to have impact this season?
Anyone keeping tabs on any 2009 grads who will be playing as freshmen in college this year? I'm excited to see how Taylor Eames does at SNHU I heard he is really throwing well inside this year. He has tons of potential.
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Coaches, players and parents
She realized he probably wouldn’t be able to hear her.Still, as Tywanna Patterson watched her son, Patrick, get lambasted by former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie during a game at Rupp Arena last season, the outspoken mother felt...
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Keep working hard - you never know what can happen
Thought I would post and interesting story about a pitcher who played in my son’s HS program a few years ago. He was one of the better kids on the team but certainly not a blue chip standout. He is a R/R was throwing 85ish as a Sr. He went to a...
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Playing Time in College
Don't want to be specific as to names but I'm surprised at how little playing time some of the freshmen and transfer websters and other players who we know are getting so far in college at any level. Guess you gotta pay your dues.
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It's not just baseball
Just got off the phone with a friend of mine whose son plays LaCross at near by school. He is a freshman playing on the freshman and JV teams. Well, long story short, the parents of the sophmores did not like the freshmen coming up and taking PT away...
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When can a coach communicate with a player?
OK...my limited knowledge has got me confused (not unusual)...I hear that a coach can't talk to a player until he's a senior...OK...if so, then how do you see Sophmores and even Freshmen committing early to programs? Son is a 2012, so I'd say we're...
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SoCal High School Baseball Calendar
I’m wondering if some Poster(s) wouldn’t mind giving me an overview of the High School baseball calendar in Southern California, or more specifically, in the San Fernando Valley? I’m aware that the High School season runs from Feb to...
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Solutions?
So none of the Manchester schools have a freshmen team? They also don't have any funds for assistant coaches from what I understand. If three class L schools don't have freshmen teams that is an awful lot of players that are not having places to play...
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Batting Averages are Selfish
Hello again HS Baseball Web Community,Recently a student of mine told me he was stressed about going 1 for 5 in the first two games of the year. He’s a great ballplayer, a freshmen starting on Varsity, and it scared me to see that all his talent...
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Really???
Freshman accepts USC offerYet to play a varsity game, Wando's Nick Ciuffo commits to GamecocksWritten by PHILIP M. BOWMANThe (Charleston) Post and CourierWando High School freshman Nick Ciuffo has not played in a varsity baseball game. But the...
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Which side of mound to stand at?
I am a freshmen in college. When I was in little league I use to throw from the left side of the mound (I am left handed). I seemed to be ok from there but in HS moved over to the right side of the mound and seem to be pretty successful from there. I...
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2010 Summer High School Tournaments - O'Fallon & Edwardsville HS
The following Tournaments will be hosted by O'Fallon High School and Edwardsville High School during the Summer of 2010. For further information or to obtain registration forms please contact Jason Portz at portzj@oths.k12.il.us (618-972-8682) or Tim...
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DIVISION 1 or JUCO
Just thought I would throw this out and get some opinions. Say a player gets a D1 offer but he knows he will not start or get much playing time his freshmen season because of the senior players in front of him. Would it be wise for the player to opt....
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D1 or JUCO
Just thought I would throw this out and get some opinions. Say a player gets a D1 offer but he knows he will not start or get much playing time his freshmen season because of the senior players in front of him. Would it be wise for the player to opt....
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what to do if coach had bad affect on son.
We moved to a new town smaller town last year the kind of town with one high school. My son join the baseball team but didn't have a good year the coach for some reason would say stuff to him that would just make things worse the more he told how to...
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SED POY Commits
I got a great phone call this morning from a very excited Dean Ali of Indian River High. He informed me that, after speaking with Coach Meyers and Goulet this morning, he has committed to Old Dominion University where he will join fellow Southeastern...
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Freshmen Team Tryouts
We have 3 nights of tryouts. First night we have 50 minutes to evaluate on defensive, 1 hr on 2nd and 3rd night each. What type of drills would you do to evaluate the players in this short period of time?
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Expectations of players (and parents) playing in college baseball
This thread is about what expectations players and their parents have regarding the “College baseball experience”. It was triggered by Swampboy’s post below in another thread: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “What optimistic players and parents imagine as a "normal" college baseball career is extremely rare. Very, very few players earn regular playing time early, stay healthy, become an increasingly significant contributor to the team, avoid...
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College Fall Ball 2014
This is my favorite thread each year. For freshmen players and parents, one of the most exciting times in your player's career. Lets hear the stories and keep them coming. For you senior parents, there is always some bitter-sweetness...
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Time off prior to high school freshmen ball
Couple of questions for those of you who know a whole lot more than I do :-). Son is a catcher and has been playing travel ball year-round for 3 yrs. I've heard different opinions regarding playing travel ball Sept-Dec (fall) or taking this time to...
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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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DFW TWINS FALL TRYOUTS 2014
The DFW TWINS BASEBALL Club will be having their fall tryouts this SUNDA, August the 3rd at 4:00pm for incoming freshmen thru senior players. Tryouts will be healed at TX Wesleyan University's practice field at Sycamore Park. Players are...
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Playing both jv and varsity?
Does anyone think having a kid play both jv and varsity is a bad thing? For instance, let's say you have a freshmen or sophomore who can be a back up on varsity and starter on jv, do you think it is good to have him on both teams or just...
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JUCO Redshirt
My son is a freshmen at a JC. Team is stacked with sophomores. Only two freshmen were designated to spring team. Son was listed to Redshirt. Looking for input on this situation. Does it hurt future recruiting chances? If he does redshirt, should he...
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Baseball & Track co-existing in HS?
Been reading the site for a few months, and the information given on here is truly remarkable. My first post...We have an interesting situation with my 2018. Out here on the west coast high school track & baseball fall in the same spring season. My son has been a highly ranked Junior Olympic sprinter & long jumper since grade school, but baseball is his passion. We all agreed he'd take the fall off from track to focus on baseball to try to make his high school baseball program, and...
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Fall 2014/Spring 2015 team tryout question
I'm looking for advice on getting my 2016 on track for potential college play. He is a catcher/OF who has been on HS Varsity team since end of his Freshmen year. (I have reviewed the recruiting timeline and other great information on this...
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Recruiting Video
Hey All, I would greatly appreciate it if you guys could give me some feedback on my Freshmen year recruiting video. Granted, I think that I have improved much over the summer, but I would like to hear what you guys think. My ultimate goal for a...
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Fun right?
So far in my high school career Ive had "good" success. I went undefeated as a freshmen pitcher and put up solid #'s at the plate. I had a pretty good summer as well and pitched against some good competiton which helped me improve alot. I worked hard...
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DMN Player of the week, Colton Cain
What he did: Cain starred in Waxahachie's sweep of rival Ennis in the Class 4A Region II area round, the first playoff series of his career. Cain went 2-for-3 with two home runs and six RBIs in a 14-3 victory in Game 1. He pitched a complete game in a...
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Need some help getting noticed. any tips?
Hello. I am a Freshmen this year and i have made the Freshmen high school baseball team (Freshmen can only play freshmen baseball freshmen year) I want to play college baseball when i get out of high school, i think i am good enough. I play on a...
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High school player looking for some tips for recruiting.
Hello. I am a Freshmen this year and i have made the Freshmen high school baseball team (Freshmen can only play freshmen baseball freshmen year) I want to play college baseball when i get out of high school, i think i am good enough. I play on a...
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Article on the 5 Twin City (Bloomington-Normal) teams
Sorry, it's pretty long.ROSTERS FILLED WITH EXPERIENCED STARS - by Randy Kindred, Bloomington Pantagraph Intercity high school baseball teams combined for a 101-68 record last year, with four of the five schools finishing above .500. It appears they...
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Matt Sulentic
Really nice article in today's Dallas Morning News on Matt Sulentic. He's an outstanding kid and is one of the hardest workers I've ever seen. Glad to see him get some ink.Sulentic's Work Ethic On And Off Field Pay Off For Him And Hillcrest03:59 PM...
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Watching try-outs dilemma over!
I thought I would tie this thread in with a couple of others. First I want to thank everyone for their input on watching freshmen try-outs, everyone had some great advice.TR cutting the cord was harder than I thought it would be. After working with...
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Am i right?
allright i am 15 years old and a freshmen pitcher. Most pitchers my age think throwing hard is a good thing (dont get me wrong it is). But it seems like if a pitcher throws two fastballs for 2 strikes (0-2 count) then his next pitch would be a...