senior year....but...

Kids stop playing ball for many reasons. the reasons you mentioned are ones that all kids go through. How he deals with it is the key. you just never want to look back and say what if. that goes with any endeavor not just baseball.

For some the other things in their life are more important than baseball.

Not all are into the game as we are here on this site and that is fine too--we all walk different roads in life--- I had four sons--three played college baseball--the last gave it up in his junior year of HS--he is now a grammar school teacher in Florida and happy

I say God Bless the young men as they make the decisions that impact their futures--we can only support them and hope they are happy in their decision

And SOCAL I do not term them distractions-- they are just part of the process of a young man maturing and making decisions

TR is absolutely correct. I have two kids. A son that plays baseball and it's his absolute passion. If his coach told him he needed to scale a tall building to be able to play, he'd find a way to do it. Has never complained one time in his life about practice or work involved with ball. First one there and last one to leave.

I have a daughter who plays softball. She does it for fun and to be around the other girls. It is in no way a passion. She never talks about playing in college. Every winter, I wonder if she's even going to do it this spring. That's fine that it's not her number one thing. I'm not really sure what is - she's the kind of kid that loves doing a little bit of a lot of things.

I want them to have their dreams and do what is special and meaningful to them. Of my friends that have had boys give up baseball at the college level, it's usually the parents that are having a hard time giving up. The boys usually either accept they didn't have the ability or they know they didn't have the desire. As a parent, we have to support whatever else they are focusing on outside of school.

Sooner or later, it will be over for us all. There's always friends with young ones playing!

It is around 16-17 when they begin to drive, find a girlfriend, get a job that their priorities change.
But it is also that time that the ones who are pretty serious playing beyond HS continue with their passion. My son had a car, a job, a girlfriend, but his first love was baseball and he knew when to seperate that from the other distractions. Sometimes our desires for them to continue on a certain path doesn't always match theirs, and we have to accept at that point that it is their LIVES not ours.
Best of luck to your son.

As usual TRHit is right on!

There are many reasons that a kid moves in a certain direction. Some kids passion for the game levels off, decreases and some kids passion grows and burns like a wild fire. What is really important though. To me it is that they leave the game with no regrets. It is also important that they know that no matter what road they choose to travel that we as parents are proud of them and support the decisions that they make. Isnt the ultimate goal in life to be happy and satisfied with the direction of our lives. And as a parent my goal for my children is no matter what road they choose I want them to be happy. I have told my kids I dont care if they are a carpenter a plumber a bus driver or a doctor. All I want for them is happiness and to wake up in the morning excited about what they are doing that day. If you love what you do you are going to be happy and you are going to be good at it.

Coach May - Amen!

socaltruker My senior year I went through the samething was thinking bout quiting and not playing if your son really wants to play he will play maybe he wants to take some time off from playing. It happens I know it did with me.