Now that school has started - HS freshman

Mine is in football pads.

My freshman kid is also in Football pads. Plays fullback and middle linebacker.

He was playing on a fall ball baseball team comprised of high level upperclass varsity players, but head football coach put a kibosh on it, will not allow football players to play another sport during season.

Too bad, it was a good experience. Had to quit after two games.

Rob,
That stinks I played football and fall ball last year, but I couldn't do it this year at varsity level football. So I didn't play football.

CADAD, as the parent of a College Freshman, all
I can say is tell him to ENJOY High School, its one of the best times of his life, and it passes all to soon! Good luck

Hey CADad, welcome to the next level! After spending a couple of years on this board giving others good advice you should be a pro at HS baseball! Best of luck to your son during tryouts!

rhp05parent,
The only thing I'm going to do with HS baseball is (silently) watch as many games as I can get to. Thanks,
CADad

CADad,
Try not to miss any, the 4 years of HS go by WAY to fast!

My freshman is wearing the football pads to. Then on Sundays he switches them for baseball cleats. This is a first for him. So far so good.

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Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
My freshman kid is also in Football pads. Plays fullback and middle linebacker.

He was playing on a fall ball baseball team comprised of high level upperclass varsity players, but head football coach put a kibosh on it, will not allow football players to play another sport during season.

Too bad, it was a good experience. Had to quit after two games.

Same here. The kid is playing freshman football as a wide receiver and defensive end. With practices five or, depending on the coaches' mood, six days a week, there is no time for baseball right now :-{

Garry

Mine is playing football as well. Starting on the sophomore team at WR. No baseball for now. At some point, he's going to have to decide between baseball and track for next spring.

My oldest is now a freshman as well. He's playing fallball with what is basically the JV team, and he's the starting catcher and cleanup hitter (not a spot I like him in, he's more of a number 2 hitter imo..).
team is taking it on the chin since most of their competition is 16-17 yr olds, but its great experience. Its given him so much confidence that his goal is to be the starting catcher on the JV team in the spring...

Mine is playing JV S****r, I figure he runs 4mi/day. A Catcher/SS, we throw Home to 2nd probably 30 times every other day and take 100 swings off the tee

i am a freshman and i workout with the varsity team. we do plyometrics (spelling?) and long toss 4 times a week. we also do fielding drills 2-3 times a week. and we lift 3 times a week. i have never gotten real fielding instructions on arm slot, footwork, etc so alot of the stuff he talks about is all pretty new to me but we have 2 months to get it fixed so its all good.