I do not have one but love reading it every year. Let's start with your son's grade, what level they play (middle school, 9th grade, jv or varsity), position, school if you would like to share (some of my favorite people on here are ones I've met in person by being at the same tournament or going to watch their kid play or vice versa. During the season, keep us updated, good or bad. This is one of my favorite parts of the message boards every year. GO!
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I’ll start: sophomore (2022) playing first year of varsity. We are a slightly below average team in baseball rich Southern California (CIFSS). Could be a rough year as there are more 2022’s in the starting lineup than seniors.
12th grade, varsity, SS, GA, Class A-Private. 1st scrimmage is 2/6 and 1st game is 2/10. Trying to figure out how to slow down time, while taking 1000s of pictures AND watching every second of every game (and making a living). Good luck to all!
2022 Varsity SS/RHP in SE PA. Had a great freshman year and has worked hard over the winter, even while playing JV basketball. Tough school schedule plus basketball plus baseball has proven to be a wake up call for all of us. Can't wait to see how his sophomore year on the diamond goes.
Son is a senior. School lost in Texas state finals 6A classification last year. Son hit third all season, missed school record for hits by a couple. Was All State first team pitcher by sportswriters, second team by another group of voters. Went 13-2 /1.17 era with 118 strikeouts in 95 innings. Six of his wins were in the playoffs.
Team looks to be just as good as last years team, different but probably just as good. Besides the final game, they only lost one other playoff game. Even so, it takes a lot of breaks to win five consecutive series to make it to the final four. It would be hard to believe if it all happened again.
Practice starts last week of January. Scrimmages start about two weeks after that. Looking forward to it getting started.
- Senior OF
- Tryouts/First day of practice was Monday
- Intersquad World Series 1/31 - 2/1
- First scrimmage against another team 2/8
- First game 2/13
Someone told me that 6-8 opponents ranked in the preseason top 50 (depending on who you ask) so it will be a fun year.
-2024 C/OF going to school in South Jersey (last year of middle school baseball -- thanks for the invite, PitchingFan)
-aspiring (and working his tail off) to make varsity next year at a Philadelphia INTER-AC school (just got his HS acceptance letter today!!!!)
- First day of practice in NJ is March 6, 2020
-MS team was strong (for small private school in SJ) last year, but is very young this year - not much established pitching. I'm wondering what my son will do if asked to pitch. He's not pitched more than an inning (and that very rarely) since he was 10 and had little league elbow.
Son is sophomore catcher in NorCal - Sacramento area. Team won their league last year and 2 rounds in the playoffs. Returning many kids and should be very competitive. Son will either be back up varsity catcher or starting JV catcher. Starting varsity catcher is 2021 and already committed. Probably best player on the team. I have heard our pre-season schedule will be much tougher and we need that.
Son is a sophomore middle infielder/RHP at Perry High School in middle Ga. Team is holding tryouts as best they can - been raining almost every day this week. So don't know what level if any he will be. He swims also - so has been juggling practice and meets this week. They went two deep in the playoffs last year so a pretty good team.
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Son made the team. He is in the middle of Varsity and JV. We will see how he does going forward....should be a fun year.
Son is a Senior RHP. First scrimmage is beginning of February. We lost 3 starters from last year, which were very big contributors, but should still be solid. We will have 6 D1 commits, a D2 commit and a Juco commit. We lost in the 6A semi finals last year. We have a weak conference and a very strong playoff field so we will see how it all goes.
Sophomore at 5A (second largest group of schools in Texas). Last year 10-0 on mound 2.00 ERA and never topped 84 (wrote 6-3 so many times in score book...........). Hit 385 batting. Team went 3 rounds deep. Played SS and CF when not on bump.
Preseason top 10 in most polls. Will pitch and play SS, 3rd, 2nd, and CF depending on whoever else is pitching (I guess versatility is good, although he LOVES just playing CF in the summer). Hopefully we'll gel as a team, and our 10 deep will stay healthy.
Hope everyone has a great and healthy season. Enjoy it goes SO FAST (seems like oldest was just at this age, and he just finished 4 years at a D1).
You have no idea how envious I am of everyone who posted already. we live in CT and pitchers and catchers is two MONTHS away. You are all so lucky..... Son is a 2020 LHP/1B, middle of line up hitter. We lost our ace to Duke and word is he may be a weekend starter this year. Our high school is in currently enjoying its best run of baseball (past 4-5 years). This years team will be good, has a chance to continue this run but we really have to see how it all comes together. The conference lost a lot of 2019 talent to D1's and the draft so competition will not be as stiff which is not a good thing for development.
Son was recruited to pitch in D3 but he's hoping they see him as a two way player. He is planning on a big spring, been in the gym 3-4x a week since early September. Don't know how I will fill the next two months.
I get to see both my kids play HS ball together this spring. 2020 is a RHP, and 2022 is a RHP/IF. Our games don't start until April though.
Son is a 2020 RHP...... team consists of 1 D2 , 3 D3 pitchers and a D1 catcher and SS. This isn't too bad for our small Northeast Ohio conference. JV coach moved up to be the V coach after previous coach's contract wasn't renewed. Son commited to a OAC D3 and he is ready to get on with his last season. Team made some noise three years ago in the state tourney, but have struggled to get back. Hopefully this year they can get back on track.
My kid is a just turned 15yo freshman in a very baseball rich environment area of Florida. 4 state ranked, one of which was nationally ranked in the top 10 on max prep in the area and his school was not one of them last year. Very good Soph class with two D1 commits so far. He has been around serious competition on Travel ball and the local babe ruth league has two teams that made final 4 in national tournament. I have kept him out of travel ball and babe ruth all stars for the past two seasons to work on his flexibility and strength on the field. The boy has an 18 year old explosive arm on a maturing body (5 ft 7 and 130 pounds). He hit 87 on the gun at practice the other day and got a proud holy s%34 moment from the boys watching the bullpen session. I have only been keeping his arm loose and doing bullpen and long toss with him myself. Coaches in travel and Babe Ruth tend to burn out young arms and I wanted my kid to go into high school as a freshman strong and very well rested. He has pitched live maybe 20 innings over the past two season with no more than 3 innings in any one outing. Im not blowing an arm like that out so some coach can win a tournament or two. He runs a 6.75 60 and has an exit velo of 88 from the outfield. Its fun to watch him throw out players from CF on a regular basis at first. He can play but i dont want him sitting if he happened to make varsity. I have him finally signed up for some PG and UA showcases to get him seen and he will attend a couple of summer one day camps locally to see how he matches up against competition. Cant wait until he hits 18 to see where he is at.
2023 Catcher/RHP. Will be varsity catcher for a solid prep school in FL. I’d be shocked if he got to pitch this season as the backup catcher really isn’t much of a catcher. I personally think his pitching days are behind him.
There have been 9 kids (8 D1) go on to play college ball the past 2 seasons. This season will be a somewhat of a rebuild. 4 D1 potential 2022’s and 4 D1 potential 2023’s will make the starting lineup. The schedule probably won't have a lot of W's this year, but if all these kids hang around they should compete for a state championship in 2-3 years.
Not really sure if my son will be a D1 prospect or not yet. He’s grown significantly this fall and added a ton of speed and strength. The other kids have offers or will soon.
2023 catcher in a small private single A school. Catcher ahead of him is a senior that is committed to an SEC school. He's either going to be the backup catcher at varsity or starting catching for JV (or both). I think I like the idea of having him do both rather than just be the backup catcher in varsity. He can have the varsity experience and learning from the starting catcher while having playing time at JV. Starting catcher also has a great arm pitching so will probably be one of the pitchers. My son may get to play varsity when he's pitching. Very young team as they graduated a lot of senior last year, mostly pitcher. My son is not a pitcher but he can benefit with the starting catcher being one of the remaining good pitchers.
Tryouts all this week. Varsity and JV roster will be announced either end of today or tomorrow morning. Season starts first week of Feb until mid April. Son played JV last year and learned a lot. Thankful for a small school as (1) he gets more playing time; (2) opportunity to play more positions (he plays infield also); and (3) encourages multi-sports athlete (early morning football workouts starting this week also).
2020 SS Varsity at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville. He ramped up his workouts after committing last summer. Swing is improved and he is faster/quicker due to those workouts.
Good group of seniors on the team and we should be competitive albeit in a modest conference with the exception of one other school (Baylor School). Need pitching - ever heard that?
2020 SS / RHP Jacksonville, FL Last year of high school baseball before son heads either to college(UF) or possibly begins professional baseball career. Trying to soak it all in. Seems like yesterday he was the young freshman and now he's the Sr.
2020FLDad posted:2020 SS / RHP Jacksonville, FL Last year of high school baseball before son heads either to college(UF) or possibly begins professional baseball career. Trying to soak it all in. Seems like yesterday he was the young freshman and now he's the Sr.
CH?
Yep. I thought that was you Herb.
hshuler posted:2020FLDad posted:2020 SS / RHP Jacksonville, FL Last year of high school baseball before son heads either to college(UF) or possibly begins professional baseball career. Trying to soak it all in. Seems like yesterday he was the young freshman and now he's the Sr.
CH?
Chick Hearn? (or ghost of..)
GA 2020 OF JUCO commit, as other 2020 parents have posted, hard to believe the ride is almost over, truly passed in a blink of a eye. As each "last" comes and goes the reality sinks in. Having watched my son work hard to go from the scared freshman playing varsity hitting 8th as an average player/kid, to hitting lead-off since his sophomore year and helping his HS make the finals last year has been a hell of a ride. Upcoming season team doesn't look as strong as last year but never know until its over, just hoping for him to have a successful memorable senior season with his buddies before moving onto the next level.
Go44dad posted:hshuler posted:2020FLDad posted:2020 SS / RHP Jacksonville, FL Last year of high school baseball before son heads either to college(UF) or possibly begins professional baseball career. Trying to soak it all in. Seems like yesterday he was the young freshman and now he's the Sr.
CH?
Chick Hearn? (or ghost of..)
Chick - Is that you?
Best wishes to you guys this spring. Tell Lil Chickie that we said good luck!
2022 will not be even trying out for another two months. Large public HS in(arguably ) the toughest conference in the State. It's a dogfight, here. He hopes to make JV...I would guess only one or two of his class will make V. Unless you are really good, very few SO make V here. The worst thing is if they bring up a fast SO kid to be a pinch runner, and he ends up rotting on the bench for the year. I prefer that my kid gets lots of playing time, wherever he ends up.
Very, very few Freshman ever make V. Maybe 2 or 3 a decade.
Excited about the season, as a new coach is coming in. Very good baseball man. Was a 1st round draft pick, and had an extensive Milb career. Charismatic guy who "gets" kids, and knows what it means to be a top athlete.
We are expecting 9-12 " of snow today and tomorrow.
Son just called to let me know he made varsity. He’s pretty pumped. He’ll mostly sit behind the starting catcher but he will he able to start some game’s when the starting catcher pitches.
2023 with tryouts 3/2. He has been told by a lot of people outside the school that the coach doesn’t move any freshman up. I’m ok with that. I’m going to try and enjoy the moment.
57special posted:2022 will not be even trying out for another two months. Large public HS in(arguably ) the toughest conference in the State. It's a dogfight, here. He hopes to make JV...I would guess only one or two of his class will make V. Unless you are really good, very few SO make V here. The worst thing is if they bring up a fast SO kid to be a pinch runner, and he ends up rotting on the bench for the year. I prefer that my kid gets lots of playing time, wherever he ends up.
Very, very few Freshman ever make V. Maybe 2 or 3 a decade.
Excited about the season, as a new coach is coming in. Very good baseball man. Was a 1st round draft pick, and had an extensive Milb career. Charismatic guy who "gets" kids, and knows what it means to be a top athlete.
We are expecting 9-12 " of snow today and tomorrow.
Being on varsity and sitting most of the time can be better than playing JV or freshman ball. He would be practicing with higher skill level players. It places a little pressure of expectations on your son. He would be around more focused players. He would be more focused. He would be showcasing himself in practice to make getting on the field a given for the following season. If he’s on a quality travel team he will get plenty of playing time in the summer.
Kid's school only has spring season. Tryouts are in March. The JV team from last year has started hitting in the gym. There are many winter sports players like mine from last year's roster so it was not a great showing. I think the coaches understand that.
57special posted:2022 will not be even trying out for another two months. Large public HS in(arguably ) the toughest conference in the State. It's a dogfight, here. He hopes to make JV...I would guess only one or two of his class will make V. Unless you are really good, very few SO make V here. The worst thing is if they bring up a fast SO kid to be a pinch runner, and he ends up rotting on the bench for the year. I prefer that my kid gets lots of playing time, wherever he ends up.
Very, very few Freshman ever make V. Maybe 2 or 3 a decade.
Excited about the season, as a new coach is coming in. Very good baseball man. Was a 1st round draft pick, and had an extensive Milb career. Charismatic guy who "gets" kids, and knows what it means to be a top athlete.
We are expecting 9-12 " of snow today and tomorrow.
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2022 C/UT in GA, 7A school, perennial contender. Will almost certainly be starting C on JV, with no V time seen unless something happens to (D1 commit, top 10 in nation) starting V catcher. More than happy to see him work JV and keep building strength/skills for summer and beyond.
First V intersquads were last Fri night, son caught some of it. Was a blast to watch the guys shake the cobwebs off.
Son is a sophomore (2022) catcher playing second year of varsity. We're in the (NJ) Shore Conference. Team last year lost more than they won - but many of the losses were by 2 runs or less. Some more offense and a few less key errors in the field and their record would have been much better. Personally, I'm looking forward to this season. Assuming everyone stays healthy and performs up to expectations, they're going to have a very strong starting staff and the offense should be better. A winning record is more than possible. This season and next season may be their best window to make some noise. The pitching pipeline is not promising and all the big arms will graduate before 2022.
Could use some advice here from some of the crafty veterans who have been through the high school ball thing. Yesterday was the first day of practice/tryouts for my son, 2023 C. My son has played travel ball for the HC for 2 years and has a great relationship with him. The coach is very new school with a lot of things he teaches. So yesterday my son meets the new C/P coach and he immediately lets my son know he's an old school guy and starts changing up his stance and receiving back to the old school way my son was taught when he was 10-12 years old. My question is, would my son be out of line for asking the new C/P coach if he can show him the way he was taught by his private catching coach? My son is afraid the coach will think he's trying to show him up or something.
TerribleBPthrower posted:Could use some advice here from some of the crafty veterans who have been through the high school ball thing. Yesterday was the first day of practice/tryouts for my son, 2023 C. My son has played travel ball for the HC for 2 years and has a great relationship with him. The coach is very new school with a lot of things he teaches. So yesterday my son meets the new C/P coach and he immediately lets my son know he's an old school guy and starts changing up his stance and receiving back to the old school way my son was taught when he was 10-12 years old. My question is, would my son be out of line for asking the new C/P coach if he can show him the way he was taught by his private catching coach? My son is afraid the coach will think he's trying to show him up or something.
He could certainly set up a meeting but in my experience, old school coaches don’t change and they aren’t open to new ideas...especially the ones who tell you they are old school. It may be a frustrating few years. The only success my son had was trying the coaches way and then saying that he really liked the other way better and it felt more comfortable. He sat the bench for a year but he doesn’t try to change him anymore.
Your son is probably in the best position to decide how to approach this with his coach. It will be his relationship going forward. He is the only one who has all the info and context from working with the coach. And he has to live with the relationship going forward. Trust him to work through it.
Go44dad posted:Your son is probably in the best position to decide how to approach this with his coach. It will be his relationship going forward. He is the only one who has all the info and context from working with the coach. And he has to live with the relationship going forward. Trust him to work through it.
He's asking for advice on how to handle the situation. He's concerned the coach is going to form a poor opinion of him for letting him know he likes the other way better.
That is a surprising dilemma. Most new school guys would not hire an old school guy to be an AC. If he has such a good relationship with the HC, maybe the avenue is to just have a one on one with the HC that what he has been doing for him for 2 years is not what the new C/P coach is making him do. My son went through it in a different sport but the school paid to send him to Mark Richt QB camp when he was at UGA. I paid half and they paid half. He came home and started practice the next day. When he began to do the drills that they had taught him at the QB Camp, the QB coach told him no we don't do it that way and made him do it his way. My son came home so frustrated. My son and I went to see the HC in private that afternoon and told him what had transpired that morning. We were good friends and I told him if they wanted him to do the coach's way then they owed me my half of the camp because it had been a waste. He said he would handle it and talked to the QB coach and explained that they had sent him and wanted him to do it the way the camp had taught him. He taught all the QB's the drills that day. It was a couple of days of sarcastic comments but everything was good after that. I would have my son talk to the HC for advice. I would not bring private coach into it. That is a no no to almost every coach, especially old school guys. If he says anything to c/p coach, it would be this is the way I have learned to do it but I would have him talk to HC first.
TerribleBPthrower posted:Could use some advice here from some of the crafty veterans who have been through the high school ball thing. Yesterday was the first day of practice/tryouts for my son, 2023 C. My son has played travel ball for the HC for 2 years and has a great relationship with him. The coach is very new school with a lot of things he teaches. So yesterday my son meets the new C/P coach and he immediately lets my son know he's an old school guy and starts changing up his stance and receiving back to the old school way my son was taught when he was 10-12 years old. My question is, would my son be out of line for asking the new C/P coach if he can show him the way he was taught by his private catching coach? My son is afraid the coach will think he's trying to show him up or something.
My two cents your son has three choices - Ignore the coach and keep doing it the way his private coach taught him, listen to the HS P/C coach and do it the coaches way or speak with the coach and find a solution. I would advise against straight up ignoring the coach, and I am sure you would agree. Your son clearly doesn't want to do it the old school way. So that leaves speaking to the coach which you seem to also know is the proper course of action. As noted above you can't be the one to have this conversation. A Freshman vs an old school coach is not an easy convo by any stretch but that's the situation in which you find yourself. Its a tricky convo. IMO, your son needs to explain he's been taught both ways and over the past two years he's gotten very comfortable with his current approach. He needs to explain why that is the case and he should ask the coach if its ok he continue with the stance that he feels gives him the best opportunity to compete. Maybe you can convince your son to approach it this way (if you agree). It takes an incredibly mature freshman though to execute this convo but unfortunately that seems to be where you are right now.....
PitchingFan posted:That is a surprising dilemma. Most new school guys would not hire an old school guy to be an AC. If he has such a good relationship with the HC, maybe the avenue is to just have a one on one with the HC that what he has been doing for him for 2 years is not what the new C/P coach is making him do. My son went through it in a different sport but the school paid to send him to Mark Richt QB camp when he was at UGA. I paid half and they paid half. He came home and started practice the next day. When he began to do the drills that they had taught him at the QB Camp, the QB coach told him no we don't do it that way and made him do it his way. My son came home so frustrated. My son and I went to see the HC in private that afternoon and told him what had transpired that morning. We were good friends and I told him if they wanted him to do the coach's way then they owed me my half of the camp because it had been a waste. He said he would handle it and talked to the QB coach and explained that they had sent him and wanted him to do it the way the camp had taught him. He taught all the QB's the drills that day. It was a couple of days of sarcastic comments but everything was good after that. I would have my son talk to the HC for advice. I would not bring private coach into it. That is a no no to almost every coach, especially old school guys. If he says anything to c/p coach, it would be this is the way I have learned to do it but I would have him talk to HC first.
Thanks PF. This is great advice. My son was very frustrated yesterday. The HC has him teaching his younger travel teams a lot of his drills and mechanics, and then boom, back to the old school stuff. I know the HC and the AC are pretty good friends. I just figured maybe the HC wasn't paying attention to what his new assistant was doing.
TerribleBPthrower posted:PitchingFan posted:That is a surprising dilemma. Most new school guys would not hire an old school guy to be an AC. If he has such a good relationship with the HC, maybe the avenue is to just have a one on one with the HC that what he has been doing for him for 2 years is not what the new C/P coach is making him do. My son went through it in a different sport but the school paid to send him to Mark Richt QB camp when he was at UGA. I paid half and they paid half. He came home and started practice the next day. When he began to do the drills that they had taught him at the QB Camp, the QB coach told him no we don't do it that way and made him do it his way. My son came home so frustrated. My son and I went to see the HC in private that afternoon and told him what had transpired that morning. We were good friends and I told him if they wanted him to do the coach's way then they owed me my half of the camp because it had been a waste. He said he would handle it and talked to the QB coach and explained that they had sent him and wanted him to do it the way the camp had taught him. He taught all the QB's the drills that day. It was a couple of days of sarcastic comments but everything was good after that. I would have my son talk to the HC for advice. I would not bring private coach into it. That is a no no to almost every coach, especially old school guys. If he says anything to c/p coach, it would be this is the way I have learned to do it but I would have him talk to HC first.
Thanks PF. This is great advice. My son was very frustrated yesterday. The HC has him teaching his younger travel teams a lot of his drills and mechanics, and then boom, back to the old school stuff. I know the HC and the AC are pretty good friends. I just figured maybe the HC wasn't paying attention to what his new assistant was doing.
Old school guys just love it when you go over there head...... be careful. Not saying it won't work but its not without risk.
Lefty has two ways of doing some things, the HS way and the TB way. Most of them are inconsequential: routes in the outfield, lead off and base running, etc. They do have him doing a few things different on the mound but everything is about the way he comes set (But nothing for actual pitch delivery thank god). Playing for different coaches and giving your best effort to achieve what they are asking is part of being an athlete IMO. (Not baseball related but maybe relevant, I was a competitive gymnast, and also left handed. My natural inclination is to rotate in the “wonky” direction. Club coach totally on board. I either went first or last so he could switch sides to spot when working in groups. HS coach couldn’t be bothered said right was right. Reminded me of how they used to make lefties write with their right hand because it wasn’t “natural”. While it made for a frustrating 4 months, it also made me a stronger athlete. In fact, gave me more options for how to do things when I got to choose myself.
Now if it’s something he may hurt himself (arm) doing then he’ll have to talk to old school coach. Maybe asking HC for advice on how to approach the conversation may lead to a soft intervention?
Kids are going to have multiple coaches throughout their lives, then multiple bosses, girl friends, etc. Each will have different styles and approaches. You tell your son, especially as a freshman, to take in all the information he can gather, adapt and grow. I would especially not have him approach the HC as a freshman. These are good life lessons he will take with him.
I especially agree with GO44DAD response, as this is your son's relationship he's building with the coach. I can tell you the one my son had with his coach was night and day, when you compare freshman to senior year. It was all on them to develop.
TerribleBPthrower posted:Could use some advice here from some of the crafty veterans who have been through the high school ball thing. Yesterday was the first day of practice/tryouts for my son, 2023 C. My son has played travel ball for the HC for 2 years and has a great relationship with him. The coach is very new school with a lot of things he teaches. So yesterday my son meets the new C/P coach and he immediately lets my son know he's an old school guy and starts changing up his stance and receiving back to the old school way my son was taught when he was 10-12 years old. My question is, would my son be out of line for asking the new C/P coach if he can show him the way he was taught by his private catching coach? My son is afraid the coach will think he's trying to show him up or something.
IMO (without knowing more specifics of the personalities and relationships between the coaches) -
He has a great relationship with HC and HC is the boss. He should speak to HC separately. He should explain the situation to HC, ask for advice on what to do, and express that he is very concerned that he wants to be respectful to the AC and will do as asked at the end of the day. He should state that he wants to be a team player and not be a problem but is struggling with that particular change. Then, he should listen.
The key is to instruct him to be very respectful when he talks to the HC and then both coaches going forward. As others have mentioned, not an easy discussion for most HS freshmen to initiate. He will fumble some things. But, it is the spirit in which he looks for advice that will win the day for him.
This is a great early opportunity for him to start learning some of the hard lessons sport teaches. If he can push through this himself, the results are likely to be better in the long run than having dad step in with an assist.
As someone else mentioned, this is not without risk but I think the best route to take to get resolution one way or the other early on and to set the tone as a young player who will handle issues properly.
I will agree with others that there will always be different teachings and a player should pull the best from all and adapt. My recommendation applies only if the changes are significant and difficult to incorporate both teachings.
As a side note, there is a decent chance that this actually helps the two coaches move toward being on the same page, which is important. Let us know how it goes.
Second side note - as a coach, I frequently reminded players that several aspects of the game have multiple teaches and it is important that they speak up if there is any confusion or if they were being instructed outside of the program to do things a different way. We would discuss pro's and con's and determine best course moving forward for that player at that time. I think most coaches are aware of this and, hopefully, it won't be the big issue that your son fears it is.
I am almost always a big advocate of the direct approach. I veer in this instance, in part, because I think working through the HC is still working within the same organization and is likely to have better results than "my private instructor says to do it this way".
So everything worked out. Told my son he had 3 options; say nothing, talk to HC, or talk to AC. Told him to choose what he was most comfortable with. He chose to talk to HC. Coach basically told him he knows what my son’s skill level is and that he wants him to play the way he’s most comfortable.
2023 C from San Diego. Most public schools here don't fund a Freshman team - so it's either JV or V for him. On the one side, the V catchers from last year both graduated and there is only a 2021 'part-time' catcher ready to go now. That leaves my son and 1 other C vying for a chance to be the starter on V. Either way, he'll get plenty of reps on V or JV and mostly I am glad he's so excited to play with school friends again after many years of travel ball. I am kind of amazed at how many C dads are on here though - I wonder what that means about us?
TerribleBPthrower posted:So everything worked out. Told my son he had 3 options; say nothing, talk to HC, or talk to AC. Told him to choose what he was most comfortable with. He chose to talk to HC. Coach basically told him he knows what my son’s skill level is and that he wants him to play the way he’s most comfortable.
Great to hear! But we all want to know how that was going to be conveyed between the coaches??
TerribleBPthrower posted:So everything worked out. Told my son he had 3 options; say nothing, talk to HC, or talk to AC. Told him to choose what he was most comfortable with. He chose to talk to HC. Coach basically told him he knows what my son’s skill level is and that he wants him to play the way he’s most comfortable.
That's great for you guys. Hope your son has a big year.
This being written language, us human and with different experiences and having never met most on this board, communication can be trite and lack context at times. When someone says old school, I envision older, overweight baseball coach dressed in a wool baseball uniform spitting (and missing) a spittoon in the corner of the dugout and yelling "hit into the ground, get the guy over!". The mention of new school puts an image of Domingo Ayala in my head, swinging out of his shoes and up to the sky, woven gold neck chain flying as he strikes out with runners on second and third, while saying "just missed!". I try and not say old school or new school for these images.
Posterior elbow impingement on the throwing arm. Osteo side shows no damage or inflammation. MRI next week. Padlock on all throwing activities. Kid is a cucumber, mom is poorly hiding her worry for her baby, dad is making lemonade and hopes his kid will persevere and be a better/stronger person from this.
2022NYC hoping for the best for ya’ll.
I think Old School is the way it has always been done. Doesn't even want to discuss using technology and makes you run for everything. Play through it, rub some dirt on it. My way or the highway. Usually don't make good AC's unless the HC is also old school. Had one of these and I had to have multiple conversations with him. Alienates himself from parents and players.
New School is the guys who talk launch angle, technology, bat speed, exit velo, and use new ideas to get them where they need to be. More relational in their discipline and how they deal with players.
I have moved from old school to new school in just a short time. I've seen the results of new school outweighing new school. It is interesting because you can pick out the guys on here that are old school by their responses and criticism of new ideas.
PitchingFan posted:I think Old School is the way it has always been done. Doesn't even want to discuss using technology and makes you run for everything. Play through it, rub some dirt on it. My way or the highway. Usually don't make good AC's unless the HC is also old school. Had one of these and I had to have multiple conversations with him. Alienates himself from parents and players.
New School is the guys who talk launch angle, technology, bat speed, exit velo, and use new ideas to get them where they need to be. More relational in their discipline and how they deal with players.
I have moved from old school to new school in just a short time. I've seen the results of new school outweighing new school. It is interesting because you can pick out the guys on here that are old school by their responses and criticism of new ideas.
My point is the words have become stereotypes.
PitchingFan posted:I think Old School is the way it has always been done. Doesn't even want to discuss using technology and makes you run for everything. Play through it, rub some dirt on it. My way or the highway. Usually don't make good AC's unless the HC is also old school. Had one of these and I had to have multiple conversations with him. Alienates himself from parents and players.
New School is the guys who talk launch angle, technology, bat speed, exit velo, and use new ideas to get them where they need to be. More relational in their discipline and how they deal with players.
I have moved from old school to new school in just a short time. I've seen the results of new school outweighing new school. It is interesting because you can pick out the guys on here that are old school by their responses and criticism of new ideas.
I take issue with your definitions of both old school and new school. When I have more time on my hands I may offer up my own definitions for your amusement. But for now I would summarize my thoughts by saying that IMO the best coaches draw from both schools. You can’t be stuck in the past and not adapt. But you also can’t be totally dependent on technology. Many things that can be measured are important but all of them aren’t. Anything that can be measured has to translate into game performance in order for it to matter. That is the biggest disconnect I see with people that use measurables as their go to for discussing a baseball player’s level of ability. Measurables don’t always translate into skills.
Not disagreeing but I would be interested in which ones you think do not relate to skills. I agree many guys are numbers only and I don't consider those guys new schools, those guys are techie. But the usable numbers took me a while to understand and begin to implement. I believe most of the numbers relate to some area of skill when accounted for in a game not in a showcase. I still believe in the eye test. Showcase numbers can be manipulated but game numbers are more realistic. When you see game numbers, you also see kids who pass the eye test.
Go44dad posted:PitchingFan posted:I think Old School is the way it has always been done. Doesn't even want to discuss using technology and makes you run for everything. Play through it, rub some dirt on it. My way or the highway. Usually don't make good AC's unless the HC is also old school. Had one of these and I had to have multiple conversations with him. Alienates himself from parents and players.
New School is the guys who talk launch angle, technology, bat speed, exit velo, and use new ideas to get them where they need to be. More relational in their discipline and how they deal with players.
I have moved from old school to new school in just a short time. I've seen the results of new school outweighing new school. It is interesting because you can pick out the guys on here that are old school by their responses and criticism of new ideas.
My point is the words have become stereotypes.
They are stereotypes. No different than PO means you can't hit but that is not always true. Some college and pro pitchers who only pitch are great hitters. I don't think you have to be one or the other but when you classify yourself one or the other and believe it then you have stereotyped yourself. You are telling people what you are by your own definition as the OP's AC has done. I think you can be both but I've found myself moving quickly away from Old School and more to New School in my approach to players and use of technology and new ideas.
I started using Core Velocity Belt in pitching lessons and my guys have made huge jumps in velocity. I did not buy their belt at $370 but bought two items on Amazon for $50 that does the same thing. One jumped 5 mph in three sessions and one broke his personal best and put on 3 mph in his ride speed in 4 sessions. I've never been a fan of gadgets but this and a few other things have changed my mind.
PitchingFan posted:Not disagreeing but I would be interested in which ones you think do not relate to skills. I agree many guys are numbers only and I don't consider those guys new schools, those guys are techie. But the usable numbers took me a while to understand and begin to implement. I believe most of the numbers relate to some area of skill when accounted for in a game not in a showcase. I still believe in the eye test. Showcase numbers can be manipulated but game numbers are more realistic. When you see game numbers, you also see kids who pass the eye test.
Game numbers are all that matter. But the overwhelming amount of numbers that are measured are in Showcase or practice settings. Exit Velo is a perfect example. Putting a ball on a tee and measuring the speed that it comes off the bat while generated by a manufactured swing means absolutely nothing. What matters is Exit Velo in game competition. Same is true with fastball velo. It doesn’t matter how hard you can throw the ball if you can’t command it in a game. You know how I know that? Because I threw 94 mph ball 4 a thousand times before I learned to gear back to 90 and command the baseball. Same is true with spin rate. High spin rate on a FB doesn’t do you any good if you can’t locate it. Great speed in the 60 doesn’t matter if you take bad angles to the ball and don’t know how to run the bases. I can go on and on. The point is that you have to be good at playing the game for the measurables to be relevant. You can’t measure desire, coachability, heart, and attitude. All of those things are important too. Technology is important and can help any player improve their game. But IMO you need to learn the fundamentals of how to play the game first, and then apply technology to get better. Too many people have the cart before the horse.
To me, old school would refer to guys that teach things the same way I was taught back in the early 90's. These guys aren't necessarily still saying squish the bug, but it isn't far from it. I see it more with my son and catching. He was going to a guy for a while for lessons that I feel gave him good fundamentals, but a lot of it was the same stuff I was taught in high school. By chance, we were introduced to a new guy who has a ton of new drills, new receiving ideas/techniques, and he sends us videos all the time of things he wants to try.
Basically, I guess I see the 2 as one is stubborn and it is their way or the highway, and the other is more forward thinking and looking to try new ideas.
adbono posted:PitchingFan posted:Not disagreeing but I would be interested in which ones you think do not relate to skills. I agree many guys are numbers only and I don't consider those guys new schools, those guys are techie. But the usable numbers took me a while to understand and begin to implement. I believe most of the numbers relate to some area of skill when accounted for in a game not in a showcase. I still believe in the eye test. Showcase numbers can be manipulated but game numbers are more realistic. When you see game numbers, you also see kids who pass the eye test.
Game numbers are all that matter. But the overwhelming amount of numbers that are measured are in Showcase or practice settings. Exit Velo is a perfect example. Putting a ball on a tee and measuring the speed that it comes off the bat while generated by a manufactured swing means absolutely nothing. What matters is Exit Velo in game competition. Same is true with fastball velo. It doesn’t matter how hard you can throw the ball if you can’t command it in a game. You know how I know that? Because I threw 94 mph ball 4 a thousand times before I learned to gear back to 90 and command the baseball. Same is true with spin rate. High spin rate on a FB doesn’t do you any good if you can’t locate it. Great speed in the 60 doesn’t matter if you take bad angles to the ball and don’t know how to run the bases. I can go on and on. The point is that you have to be good at playing the game for the measurables to be relevant. You can’t measure desire, coachability, heart, and attitude. All of those things are important too. Technology is important and can help any player improve their game. But IMO you need to learn the fundamentals of how to play the game first, and then apply technology to get better. Too many people have the cart before the horse.
This! All you have to do is go on Twitter and see the guys pimping their 95 MPH FB videos, then check out their MiLB stats and 5/9 BB:IP ratio. There's a reason why they're stuck in low A ball with that velocity.
CTbballDad posted:adbono posted:Game numbers are all that matter. But the overwhelming amount of numbers that are measured are in Showcase or practice settings. Exit Velo is a perfect example. Putting a ball on a tee and measuring the speed that it comes off the bat while generated by a manufactured swing means absolutely nothing. What matters is Exit Velo in game competition. Same is true with fastball velo. It doesn’t matter how hard you can throw the ball if you can’t command it in a game. You know how I know that? Because I threw 94 mph ball 4 a thousand times before I learned to gear back to 90 and command the baseball. Same is true with spin rate. High spin rate on a FB doesn’t do you any good if you can’t locate it. Great speed in the 60 doesn’t matter if you take bad angles to the ball and don’t know how to run the bases. I can go on and on. The point is that you have to be good at playing the game for the measurables to be relevant. You can’t measure desire, coachability, heart, and attitude. All of those things are important too. Technology is important and can help any player improve their game. But IMO you need to learn the fundamentals of how to play the game first, and then apply technology to get better. Too many people have the cart before the horse.
This! All you have to do is go on Twitter and see the guys pimping their 95 MPH FB videos, then check out their MiLB stats and 5/9 BB:IP ratio. There's a reason why they're stuck in low A ball with that velocity.
But doesn't the ability to throw 94 is what allows you to throw 90 with command as opposed to maxing out at 90 and having to come down to throwing 85 with command?
atlnon posted:CTbballDad posted:adbono posted:Game numbers are all that matter. But the overwhelming amount of numbers that are measured are in Showcase or practice settings. Exit Velo is a perfect example. Putting a ball on a tee and measuring the speed that it comes off the bat while generated by a manufactured swing means absolutely nothing. What matters is Exit Velo in game competition. Same is true with fastball velo. It doesn’t matter how hard you can throw the ball if you can’t command it in a game. You know how I know that? Because I threw 94 mph ball 4 a thousand times before I learned to gear back to 90 and command the baseball. Same is true with spin rate. High spin rate on a FB doesn’t do you any good if you can’t locate it. Great speed in the 60 doesn’t matter if you take bad angles to the ball and don’t know how to run the bases. I can go on and on. The point is that you have to be good at playing the game for the measurables to be relevant. You can’t measure desire, coachability, heart, and attitude. All of those things are important too. Technology is important and can help any player improve their game. But IMO you need to learn the fundamentals of how to play the game first, and then apply technology to get better. Too many people have the cart before the horse.
This! All you have to do is go on Twitter and see the guys pimping their 95 MPH FB videos, then check out their MiLB stats and 5/9 BB:IP ratio. There's a reason why they're stuck in low A ball with that velocity.
But doesn't the ability to throw 94 is what allows you to throw 90 with command as opposed to maxing out at 90 and having to come down to throwing 85 with command?
I would argue that if you learn proper mechanics there doesn’t need to be that kind of drop off. If you learn to command the baseball before the emphasis is put on velocity there will be a much smaller discrepancy. But nobody wants to go on Twitter and talk about how well they command the baseball. They only want to talk about how hard they can throw. Pitchers win games by commanding the baseball and changing speeds effectively. That’s what gets hitters out.
Broke his coach’s taillight at practice yesterday 😊 
HomeField2020 posted:Broke his coach’s taillight at practice yesterday 😊
Parked in the bomb range.
Opening night in two weeks. 🤩
hshuler posted:Opening night in two weeks. 🤩
Best of luck to your son! Hope he has a great senior year!
In Texas, tomorrow is first day of practices for public schools.
Yes, we have our first scrimmage next Saturday.
baseballhs posted:Yes, we have our first scrimmage next Saturday.
Good luck, thanks and same to your guy and team!
Go44dad posted:In Texas, tomorrow is first day of practices for public schools
Best wishes to HK and squad!
Tryouts are tomorrow and Saturday. First exhibition game is a week from Saturday. My 2022 is feeling pretty good about his chances to make Varsity but will not find out until Monday.
His school is a traditionally average team in a pretty decent 6A Division 1 (largest classification) district.
Here in FL we have been scrimmaging for 2 weeks and begin to play exhibition games Tuesday. The season starts 2/10. We will travel to Hoover, AL and Lake Point for HS tournaments in March. Looking forward to a great season playing some top-notch competition. Melancholy because it's his senior season. But, excited for his future playing college ball!
Best of luck to everyone!
Go44dad posted:In Texas, tomorrow is first day of practices for public schools.
Best day of the year. High expectations as always. Hope for a healthy season for all.
2022's tryouts start Monday, with the JV team only. Son is probably looked at as a PO but would like to be considered a two-way player. He's working on all parts of his game Any potential varsity players are invited to the Varsity tryouts a week later. Vars only lost two starting field players but lost 5 out of ten pitchers. I'm ambivalent about where he ends up. Not sure how durable his arm is and I can't think of any pitchers who have gone through the program doing so without arm issues. He'll throw more on JV but maybe more than he should. He won't throw a lot on Vars but that might be better for his arm in the long run.
Any suggestions for helping him learn how to close out hitters? He gives up too many two-strike hits. Does a good job getting ahead in the count but something's not clicking with his two strike pitches.
smokeminside posted:2022's tryouts start Monday, with the JV team only. Son is probably looked at as a PO but would like to be considered a two-way player. He's working on all parts of his game Any potential varsity players are invited to the Varsity tryouts a week later. Vars only lost two starting field players but lost 5 out of ten pitchers. I'm ambivalent about where he ends up. Not sure how durable his arm is and I can't think of any pitchers who have gone through the program doing so without arm issues. He'll throw more on JV but maybe more than he should. He won't throw a lot on Vars but that might be better for his arm in the long run.
Any suggestions for helping him learn how to close out hitters? He gives up too many two-strike hits. Does a good job getting ahead in the count but something's not clicking with his two strike pitches.
I think Maddux sums it up nicely.....
22and25 posted:Tryouts are tomorrow and Saturday. First exhibition game is a week from Saturday. My 2022 is feeling pretty good about his chances to make Varsity but will not find out until Monday.
His school is a traditionally average team in a pretty decent 6A Division 1 (largest classification) district.
2022 had his post tryouts sit down with the coaches yesterday afternoon. He will be in the starting rotation for the Varsity squad this spring right behind a 2021 top 20 P5 commit. First exhibition game is this Saturday.....let's goooooooo!
Congrats to your son and thx for the Maddox quote, 22/25. Really interesting, given that my guys coaches are telling him to throw curves in the dirt on 0-2 to try to get guys to chase. I think he just has to be more precise and stay focused on the edges of the strike zone on 0-2. He’s a divergent thinker. Needs self control. Not that I would know anything about that.
smokeminside posted:Congrats to your son and thx for the Maddox quote, 22/25. Really interesting, given that my guys coaches are telling him to throw curves in the dirt on 0-2 to try to get guys to chase. I think he just has to be more precise and stay focused on the edges of the strike zone on 0-2. He’s a divergent thinker. Needs self control. Not that I would know anything about that.
Unless he has something he hasn't shown that he can throw for a strike, I wouldn't throw anything they can hit on 0-2. I hate seeing kids set up a foot off the plate 0-2 as you aren't going to get someone to chase that bad. I love the curve in the dirt 0-2 if he hasn't shown it that at bat. Guess it depends if you are looking for an out or looking for a strikeout.
My 2023 (granted, this all worked against youth teams and hasn't pitched a single high school pitch yet) would go to a slide step 0-2, would throw a filthy knuckle ball 0-2, drop down side arm, you name it he would throw it. Most of his K's though would come after a couple balls and foul balls. Very rarely did he strike many kids out on 3 pitches.
Went by tryouts yesterday just to watch and see some kids we do lessons with. I will say to you guys that in the process. Don't miss it. It flies by. I can't go watch 2019 practice but I will drive 3 hours each way every time he plays to see him play or even sit the bench. Enjoy the Ride!
So far the hs "practices" have gone as expected. Not much organization, coaches aren't around much. My guess is that they are focusing on the older kids, which I understand - Varsity should be the focus. Tryouts are 3/2. Should start to get interesting. I am surprised at the number of kids who have quit before tryouts (about 5 or 6). Not that they would have made the freshman team, but still give it a shot!
My kid has been cleared to hit but no throwing for 2-3 more weeks. He is hitting with his HS team on Friday.
Tryouts start next week. Jr will be a senior and should be the #1 P on an admittedly not very strong staff. The team should be competitive, but is probably playing for 2d or 3rd in the conference at best. I'm a little concerned the boy is looking past this year to college ball--I hope he will enjoy this last HS season. (Youth really is wasted on the young...) He is my youngest and an empty nest is coming up quickly. I'm going be at every game I can.
smokeminside posted:Congrats to your son and thx for the Maddox quote, 22/25. Really interesting, given that my guys coaches are telling him to throw curves in the dirt on 0-2 to try to get guys to chase. I think he just has to be more precise and stay focused on the edges of the strike zone on 0-2. He’s a divergent thinker. Needs self control. Not that I would know anything about that.
I'm no pitching coach, but in his MLB days Maddux was throwing to guys who were a lot less likely to be fooled if he bounced a curve ball. And it also was going to be pretty rare that Maddux accidentally got too much of the plate when trying to put an 0-2 curve on the corner. A breaking ball in the dirt is a much more viable option for amateur pitchers throwing to amateur hitters.
Son pitched one inning last night at the season opener. He threw 14 pitches - 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 pop up, and 1 ground ball out. He said he his glove hand was shaking. He did good. He will play tonight at SS for the JV team.
My son, 2023 C, will be making his first HS start behind the dish tonight on varsity. He developed a severe case of the yips about 2 weeks ago. Can't throw the ball back to the pitcher. This is a kid that walked 2 batters in 31 innings over the past 2 years. He can normally put the ball anywhere he wants. It hurts to see him struggle. We've done a done of drills and worked with his pitching coach on his throwing mechanics. He's great when it is just us, but he is really struggling on the field. for some reason. The head coach told him he's not going to take him out if he struggles in the game and he's going to have to work through it.
So, with that in mind, any positive vibes, mojo, or prayers are greatly appreciated.
TerribleBPthrower posted:My son, 2023 C, will be making his first HS start behind the dish tonight on varsity. He developed a severe case of the yips about 2 weeks ago. Can't throw the ball back to the pitcher. This is a kid that walked 2 batters in 31 innings over the past 2 years. He can normally put the ball anywhere he wants. It hurts to see him struggle. We've done a done of drills and worked with his pitching coach on his throwing mechanics. He's great when it is just us, but he is really struggling on the field. for some reason. The head coach told him he's not going to take him out if he struggles in the game and he's going to have to work through it.
So, with that in mind, any positive vibes, mojo, or prayers are greatly appreciated.
That sounds really difficult. Best of luck to your son, and please post after the game to let us know how it goes.
Chico Escuela posted:TerribleBPthrower posted:My son, 2023 C, will be making his first HS start behind the dish tonight on varsity. He developed a severe case of the yips about 2 weeks ago. Can't throw the ball back to the pitcher. This is a kid that walked 2 batters in 31 innings over the past 2 years. He can normally put the ball anywhere he wants. It hurts to see him struggle. We've done a done of drills and worked with his pitching coach on his throwing mechanics. He's great when it is just us, but he is really struggling on the field. for some reason. The head coach told him he's not going to take him out if he struggles in the game and he's going to have to work through it.
So, with that in mind, any positive vibes, mojo, or prayers are greatly appreciated.
That sounds really difficult. Best of luck to your son, and please post after the game to let us know how it goes.
Thanks Chico. I'm thankful he has played with most of the kids on the team for a year now, so they know what his usual play is like. They have been very supportive and encouraging while he is working through it.
Never actually seen the yips in person, but I would recommend reviewing previous threads to get some ideas. From what I have heard/read over the years this condition is almost completely mental, and is cycle of anxiety producing thoughts. If what you are describing as Yips is truly that, then looking into a sports psychologist may be a good thing to consider. Guys like Blass, Ankiel, etc.. tried to "work through it" and didn't find much success on their own.
ReluctantO'sFan posted:Never actually seen the yips in person, but I would recommend reviewing previous threads to get some ideas. From what I have heard/read over the years this condition is almost completely mental, and is cycle of anxiety producing thoughts. If what you are describing as Yips is truly that, then looking into a sports psychologist may be a good thing to consider. Guys like Blass, Ankiel, etc.. tried to "work through it" and didn't find much success on their own.
The sports psychologist is the next step. There are some mechanical things going on when it happens. This is the first time he's ever worked exclusively on catcher throwing mechanics and he is getting stuck with the scap load which is throwing everything else off. However, once the first bad throw happens it goes downhill pretty fast.
TerribleBPthrower posted:My son, 2023 C, will be making his first HS start behind the dish tonight on varsity. He developed a severe case of the yips about 2 weeks ago. Can't throw the ball back to the pitcher. This is a kid that walked 2 batters in 31 innings over the past 2 years. He can normally put the ball anywhere he wants. It hurts to see him struggle. We've done a done of drills and worked with his pitching coach on his throwing mechanics. He's great when it is just us, but he is really struggling on the field. for some reason. The head coach told him he's not going to take him out if he struggles in the game and he's going to have to work through it.
So, with that in mind, any positive vibes, mojo, or prayers are greatly appreciated.
We dealt with this a few years ago. We were at a tournament at OU in front of quite a few coaches and late in the game he airmailed one to the pitcher. Then he did it again. I think he had a few more but the game ended and we won so no one really paid any attention to it. We got in the car and it was clearly in his head. Between games we went to a park and worked on him throwing it back to me. Thought it was fixed but it reared its ugly head again. The more he thought about it the worst it got. Here is how he got through it and then out of it. To manage it we developed a count. I think it was something like knee to the ground was 1, arm up 2, throw to pitcher 3 or something like that. It helped. What we learned was that the harder he threw it back to the pitcher the better he was and the more he tried to aim the worse it got. The count evolved into fire it back to the pitcher and eventually the yips disappeared. He also tried taking a few steps and shortening the distance but that just seemed to make it worse.
It was hard to watch, but the other players and parents didn't really notice. I can remember telling a dad about it and he said he had no idea. The only time they will really notice is when it costs you a base runner, a run scores or if it is happening every throw. Not to add to the pain, but it is probably going to be rougher on a 2023 playing HS ball than it was for my kid playing on a showcase team with kids his own age.
Now for the good news. He made it through it. The year before we had a 2021 kid play on our 2020 team and he developed something pretty close to the yips. He ended up lobbing everything back to the pitcher. The next year he committed to a solid D1 school. He made it through it too. I hate that your son is going through it but he will also get through it. Be positive, patient and give him a hug when he needs it.
I used to be a competitive amateur golfer but then in my late 30's developed the "Y" wordwhichshallnotbenamed when putting. In a tournament round once I hit 13 greens in regulation and three jacked 8 of them. Pretty embarrassing. Everyone knew what was happening. It was a tough thing to overcome. I went to cross handed putting, big grips, long putters. Quit playing competitively for awhile. It is an interesting phenomenon. Usually occurs when people get fairly accomplished at something after many years.
So for a young kid, I think he can overcome it! I bet he doesn't have the problem when he is really active. Usually happens with fairly stationary acts like putting or free throws. Similar to what Dmac said: Have him work on a set routine that he will use when he throws back to the pitcher; in addition to what he said, maybe: pop the glove once so his hands aren't static and shuffle hard; point shoulder at target and GO.
It helped me to not give a flying F about my score or what anyone thought of me. Ultimately though, grooving my routine so I was process oriented instead of results oriented is what resolved it.
Good luck and many positive thoughts your boy's way.
So he made it through the game without his throws being too noticeable to anyone else. Before the game while the pitcher was warming up in the pen he sailed a couple way off but was firing balls back to the pitcher. Somewhere around the 3rd inning something happened and he started to lob the ball back. He tried to throw it hard a couple of times and you could see the discomfort. Had one terrible throw while the pitcher was warming up between innings.
It is crazy to watch knowing what is going on. He threw a kid out with a perfect crisp throw to the inside on a bunt play, threw out 2 kids trying to steal with great throws, but that throw to the mound is just awkward right now.
First day of the official season in Southern California. Beautiful 70degree weather. Most teams played double headers. Was able to catch our son’s games plus most of another local HS where friend’s son was starting for first time as a varsity pitcher. It’s my favorite time of year! Next week Orange Lutheran (3-peat National High School Invitational winners) are rumored to start Max Rajcic against La Mirada’s Jared Jones game is being held at Cal state Fullerton. Both pitchers are expected to get drafted early. Lefty is going with some friends to watch some outstanding pitching. I may go to watch the scouts. Did I mention this is my favorite time of year?
Son’s team won their first regular season game. He started out throwing with confidence but the yips came back around the 3rd inning. He did make a couple great throws when it really mattered. Also blocked a ton and receiving was spot on.
The varsity lineup had 5 freshman, 3 sophomore, & 1 junior. Super young team but if they stick together they will be really good
Meanwhile, in Georgia.... ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️
Senna posted:Meanwhile, in Georgia.... ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️
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The rain in Georgia has been unreal but fortunately, son’s team has been able to get all four games in.
3-1 after a tough loss last night. Next game Saturday followed by three in SoCal next Friday and Saturday.
hshuler posted:3-1 after a tough loss last night. Next game Saturday followed by three in SoCal next Friday and Saturday.
SoCal? Do you mean they go to California? From Georgia?
My son's team never travelled anywhere like that, I'm always amazed when I read about such things on here.
hshuler posted:Senna posted:Meanwhile, in Georgia.... ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️
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The rain in Georgia has been unreal but fortunately, son’s team has been able to get all four games in.
3-1 after a tough loss last night. Next game Saturday followed by three in SoCal next Friday and Saturday.
Saw that walkoff. Definitely didn’t see that coming.
3-1 for V here as well. Son had been dressing V to catch pens while waiting for a JV game to actually take place.
We’ll have to arrange to meet when we play in April. Good luck in SoCal.
anotherparent posted:hshuler posted:3-1 after a tough loss last night. Next game Saturday followed by three in SoCal next Friday and Saturday.
SoCal? Do you mean they go to California? From Georgia?
My son's team never travelled anywhere like that, I'm always amazed when I read about such things on here.
Our state had a rule if teams traveled out of state for a tournament it only counted as one event/game. So instead of being locked in to 22 games four or five games at Myrtle Beach counted as one game.
hshuler posted:Senna posted:Meanwhile, in Georgia.... ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️
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The rain in Georgia has been unreal but fortunately, son’s team has been able to get all four games in.
3-1 after a tough loss last night. Next game Saturday followed by three in SoCal next Friday and Saturday.
Ha! I saw a school name I didn't recognize come through my gamechanger feed. I'm guessing it's your son's school. Only saw one game, but it's against a school just down the road, Lefty has several friends on that team. Boys are going to be lucky. Next weekend is supposed to be 80 and partly cloudy. Perfect baseball weather.
Wet snow yesterday that didn't stick, a hard frost overnight, but this afternoon was sunny and around 50 degrees here in the Carolinas for the first game of the season--a scrimmage against a HS with about 4x the enrollment of my son's. He got the start, was told he was limited to 3 innings. Jr. looked pretty good for this time of year: 3 IP, 3 K, 1BB, gave up 2 singles, one of which was a fly that the CF and SS let drop between them. First real game is Thursday.
Senna posted:hshuler posted:Senna posted:Meanwhile, in Georgia.... ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️
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The rain in Georgia has been unreal but fortunately, son’s team has been able to get all four games in.
3-1 after a tough loss last night. Next game Saturday followed by three in SoCal next Friday and Saturday.
Saw that walkoff. Definitely didn’t see that coming.
3-1 for V here as well. Son had been dressing V to catch pens while waiting for a JV game to actually take place.
We’ll have to arrange to meet when we play in April. Good luck in SoCal.
It happens. Couldn’t catch a break.😂
Thanks and same to your son and team! Let’s definitely arrange an introduction in April.
LousyLefty posted:hshuler posted:Senna posted:Meanwhile, in Georgia.... ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️
😔
The rain in Georgia has been unreal but fortunately, son’s team has been able to get all four games in.
3-1 after a tough loss last night. Next game Saturday followed by three in SoCal next Friday and Saturday.
Ha! I saw a school name I didn't recognize come through my gamechanger feed. I'm guessing it's your son's school. Only saw one game, but it's against a school just down the road, Lefty has several friends on that team. Boys are going to be lucky. Next weekend is supposed to be 80 and partly cloudy. Perfect baseball weather.
You have no idea how much it’s rained in GA. In fact, because the kids haven’t been able to practice on the field in weeks, they had a light practice after today’s game.
RJM posted:anotherparent posted:hshuler posted:3-1 after a tough loss last night. Next game Saturday followed by three in SoCal next Friday and Saturday.
SoCal? Do you mean they go to California? From Georgia?
My son's team never travelled anywhere like that, I'm always amazed when I read about such things on here.
Our state had a rule if teams traveled out of state for a tournament it only counted as one event/game. So instead of being locked in to 22 games four or five games at Myrtle Beach counted as one game.
Technically, it’s not a tournament. GA high schools get to schedule 30 regular season games.
anotherparent posted:hshuler posted:3-1 after a tough loss last night. Next game Saturday followed by three in SoCal next Friday and Saturday.
SoCal? Do you mean they go to California? From Georgia?
My son's team never travelled anywhere like that, I'm always amazed when I read about such things on here.
Yes. The program takes and out of state trip every year. This year it’s SoCal and Cary, NC.
Chico Escuela posted:Wet snow yesterday that didn't stick, a hard frost overnight, but this afternoon was sunny and around 50 degrees here in the Carolinas for the first game of the season--a scrimmage against a HS with about 4x the enrollment of my son's. He got the start, was told he was limited to 3 innings. Jr. looked pretty good for this time of year: 3 IP, 3 K, 1BB, gave up 2 singles, one of which was a fly that the CF and SS let drop between them. First real game is Thursday.
Best wishes on a good year!
