14u fall ball

My son's org has a "football plan"...he doesn't have to come to practice, and will play some in a couple tournaments. Rosters will be expanded.  Parents set the pitching rules.  Mine will pitch 6 - 10 innings in the fall.

 

Son is also in 8th grade.

If he is playing football (or another sport) then stick with that.  No reason to play fall ball.  If he is sitting around playing xbox, then fall ball is a good alternative. 

My 2017 played football and and fall baseball when in 8th grade.  His summer league baseball team played in a fall league on Friday and Saturday nights which worked out real well because his Catholic school's football games were on Sunday afternoons.  Both set of coaches knew about the other sport.  If there was a conflict he went to football.

The fall season was his first experience on the 90' diamond which is a big adjustment if your play third.

 

If you can do it logistically I suggest you try.

 

The first year on the 60/90 was 13u fall ball (post LL and 50/70 12u) where we lived. I put together a team for the following spring. Almost everyone was playing a fall sport. We practiced for four Sunday's in September. We played a doubleheader and one tournament in October.

You guys should run this by stats before suggesting anything.Possibilty he won't like it.He sure didn't like hearing that 2016 played school bball(in fall here) and the local org. football at same time.Would tell you how things came out but.  last time I did(2-3 weeks ago) I got disrepected by a couple in the "in crowd" be watchful. and have fun

In the Atlanta area there are a lot of Sunday only tourneys that cater to the Football crowd that also play baseball. 

 

Might want to look into seeing if there are any in your area.  My son is also in 8th grade and his year round team plans on only 4 tourneys this fall, then speed and agility over Winter, and hit the field hard in February to be ready to play in March/April.  There are some 9th graders on the team so Spring HS ball may be a factor.

As we know from another thread my son was going to play about 30 games.  We decided to opt out of the jv league and just play with our age/grade level a mere 8 games.  The kids were all pretty spent by the end of the year and this will keep minimal innings on each arm.  This was 2020's choice and it makes sense to me.  Caco we are also beginning our strength and fitness immediately following 2 weeks at grandma and grandpas farm.

This is a "different strokes for different folks" question.

 

The right answer will depend on how into football your son is, how well he can manage two activities with school, how much he wants to play baseball, how beat up he'll be on his days off from football, how flexible and agreeable the baseball and football coaches are, and how much social/down time he wants/needs.

 

The totality of circumstances is unique for each player.  I've seen people make solid decisions on both sides of this issue for different kids and in different years for the same kid.

 

 

allenb,

If your son is playing football you may consider the fall to be a good time to focus on football and take some time off from baseball, rest the arm and rest the mind.  My son did this last year (8th grade also) and it worked out great.  He took 2 months off from throwing then eased back in with a progressive long toss program over 6 weeks and was better then ever when he came back.  He hit throughout the fall and was ready to play when he re-joined his team in November.

Thanks for the responses. We may just do long toss and hitting practice.  The transition to the larger field is the primary concern as there aren't many fields that allow for people to use for practice here.  Well that and I know he can hit off my pitching.  I think some teams around do a Sunday only league, but they don't advertise as such.  The only other reason is to get on a team is he to find one could stay on for Spring. Both sports are for fun, but I don't know if he wants to even try HS football.  He mostly wants to make the HS baseball team.