Son is a high school freshman. He played JV this year. Probably due to time and field constraints JV practices consist mainly of soft toss to each other in the cages, running, and the catchers catch bullpen for V while others shag balls for V. Son feels practices are very unproductive - yet time consuming.
Many parents are frustrated and are considering leaving school to go private. I would prefer not to go the private route this year since money is tight at the moment. We will probably send him to private for junior and senior unless coaching staff changes.
Playing time is not a complaint, he plays every other game. However, when looking at the big picture there are only 14 games in the JV season - therefore he will be playing 7 games during the spring season. In my opinion only a few games for 4 months of unproductive practices.
My question is: if he doesn't switch schools for sophomore year what is your opinion of playing for his summer team, finding a fall team, and taking off spring to train and focus on hitting (which he couldn't do this spring due to the time commitments of his hs baseball)? Also, if he does that will it raise a red flag with colleges that he didn't play 4 years for high school?
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