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How to nicely tell a player he needs to lose alot weight

Frank MartinFrank Martin1,000+ posts
Recently a player who a year ago was 6-3 165 lbs. threw about 80-81 mph. This year he throws 86-87 mph and touches 90 mph only problem he now is now 6-3 260 lbs.

How do you nicely tell the parents and the player to get into shape and develope good eating habits.
A personal trainer would be good for him.
Not only would it benefit him getting into college baseball. But for his own heath.

The player right now cant run to the fence and back without stopping.

The scary thing alot of supposely in shape players cant even run to the outfield fence and back without stopping.
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P PGStaff10,000+ posts
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do you think some one told Prince Fielder he's heavy?


No one had to, he knew!

Prince was at the PG National in 2001 at Tropicana Field. Late in the event we moved him to left field. I was setting in the left center field seats at the time and hollered down “Hey Prince, how come they didn’t put you in center?”

He turned around, looked up and said “TOO FAT!”
coach2709coach270910,000+ posts
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Originally posted by piaa_ump:
If this is true, the player has gained 100 lbs in one year? .........I'd reccomend to him that he see a doctor to understand how a healthy young man can add 100 lbs in one year........

Lets rule out a medical problem first....


Yeah what's going here? How can he gain 100 pounds in one year? I say send him to the doctor right now.

If there is a medical problem then the doctor needs to tell him what to do to lose the weight and the coach follows the program created by the doctor.

If there is no medical problem sit him down and explain the situation - then run him. You can do it and be nice about it and show you care.

I am a pretty big guy and I tell my heavy kids to not end up like me.
L lafmom5,000+ posts
If anyone gains a 100 lbs in a year... there's some kind of medical issue. Even a slug that sat on the couch, ate, watched TV only getting up to go to bed would have a difficult time gaining that much weight. If a young kid who has some activity put on that much weight, his parents had better get him to a doctor to have his thyroid and a couple of other things checked FAST.
TRhitTRhit10,000+ posts
A few years back we had a higly recommended kid attend a showcase who was drastically overweight---he ran the first 60 and nearly didnt make it---he started the second 60 and quit after a few steps--- In our evaluation we noted he needed to lose weight and should see a doctor---in our eyes he was a heart attack waiting to happen even at the young age of 16---well did we hear it from the parents

PS---come to find out that they had a history of heart problems in the family--- HELLO!!!!!
TR Tom R10+ posts
What age is the player? A pitcher on our travel team was overweight from age 12 (when he joined our team) until 15-16. Then he discovered "High School Girls". From the end of fall ball until the start of indoor practice the next January he lost a lot of weight by dieting, running and lifting weights. He still runs heavy but he is in much better shape.

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