Rivals Now Ranking 6th Graders

VA Tech already has them in the data base!! Where have you been!! LOL I am joking they only have a few in the data base!

They certainly put you in the database when you attend a camp.

PG has already been doing it since 2005!

 

December 5^th 2015

 

Perfect Game Toddlers announced

 

The industry leader in showcasing and scouting of the nations top 7-11 year olds announced today a new organization for tracking and following the most critical talent pool for baseball available;  kids aged 2-6 years. “After extensive studies on MLB players we have found a direct correlation between high performance baseball skills and the performance of kids games such as; duck duck goose, four square, and ring around the posey” “We have found that kids that excel in hand eye coordination games that we used to think were for fun and entertainment for our kids actually translate into high performance baseball skills at the major league level” said program director Ferris Wheeler.

 

‘Our research has shown that if we can track toddler’s performance and help them improve their performance in kids games then they will be able to translate these skills directly to the baseball field, abet a few years later” We have found that for instance that the Hockey Pokey is a perfect warm up and cool activity, “you can warm up and cool down by shaking it all around” said Dr. I. Ball director of physical programs for PGT.

 

Although tailored and directed toward identifying the top 200 Toddlers in the United States this program is by no means meant to be exclusionary. “We think all kids need to participate in dodgeball and Jacks” said Dan Saul Knight Western Director for PGT.

 

Said Eastern Region Director Ginger Vitus “we will be sure to make sure that there will be opportunities for kids of all skill levels to participate” “though performance testing we can easily identify the top 200 toddlers without upsetting the play yard” she added.

 

I.P. Daily program devloper said “we will begin introductory showcases starting next week in Florida” we will initially focus the program on the South East and then we plan on actively introducing this program to the rest of the county”

 

Filling out the PGT staff will be Hy Ball, Director of Hockey Pokey, Iona Frisby, Director of duck duck goose, Lois Price, Director of Jacks, Noah Lott, Director of doggy where’s your bone, Sam Manilla, Director of red light green light, and finally Sum Yung Guy, Director of Marbles.

 

Once successful in the South East  PGT plans on opening toddler development and testing centers across the United States. “We think that that this program will dovetail perfectly with Gymboree where kids were having fun, but not developing the necessary skills to make them rich and famous like we all want our kids to be” said  National PGT spokesperson Constance Noring.

 

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Does anyone know of a good Hokey Pokey coach in the Houston area?  I prefer one who at least has college credentials, pro experience is good, also.  I don't want my toddler falling behind.

Ok that was funny.  Hopefully PG will take it with good humor as intended.

There is a sucker born every minute..Pt Barnum is rollin over in his grave that he didn't have this idea..

Thanks for reviving, BOF.  Ferris Wheeler is the best fictitious name ever.

How can you not laugh? plus they are making money off all of this, credit cards from 6th grade parents cash as well as any other!

 

Well done BOF!

  This is crazy.

 

My son started playing Pwee football at age 9 and finished playing at age 12.

 

Age 9 position:  tackle

Age 10 position:  TE

Age 11 position:  TE, linebacker

Age 12 position:  QB, punter, kicker.

 

Now as a sophomore he is starting Varsity QB and punter. 

 

How many college QB's will be drafted as pro QBs?

If there is money to be made, someone will find an angle.

If the people want it and will pay for it, someone will provide it.

The smart people will find it amusing, the others will hire an Agent.

Baseball America has been ranking 12yo 6th graders for years.

Originally Posted by roothog66:

Baseball America has been ranking 12yo 6th graders for years.

 

And the accuracy of those rankings is about as the same as their rankings for HS players, which is just about nil.

Just by way of example, here is an "All-American" ranking of 10U players from a few years ago:

 

http://travelballselect.com/10u-tbs-2012-all-america/

 

Crazy stuff.

You might want to take another look at that. In fact, their ranking of 12yo's has been remarkably accurate in at least a few years. I actually charted this a few years ago and found, for example, that for one season (when Bryce Harper was 12) their top 10 consisted of 4 eventual first round draft choices. All the others but one attended D1 schools and the one landed at a prominent D3. However, when you're talking the absolute cream of the crop, picking 10 players, even at the age of 12, who will find success isn't all that hard.

However, to give BA some credit, they stopped ranking 12yos in 2005.

This would be a great thing if it was intended as a study to show who was a stud at 9 yrs old and ended up getting on 1. HS team 2. College 3. Pros; maybe Stats4nats could run the algorithms.

Hoop Scoop starts rating players at age ten. My son was rated one of the top 10yo point guards in our metro area. A friend, a former NBA player asked me what I thought it meant. I told him I thought it was foolish to rate a 4'8" basketball player. Aside from being good for ten he was passing to a 5'10" ten year old who became the top college recruit in his grade in our state. He went to an ACC.

I kid, I kid...