With so much experience and knowledge on this site, I am hoping to learn from it. With time and spaced limited by weather in the Northeast, what skills are most important for a young kid to possess? "All of them" seems too simplified. Is amazing range in the field it? An incredible arm? Hitting/Power?
And which one is the easiest to develop?
Thanks!
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For my son and as a personal opinion on this subject. I've focused our efforts on what I think my son's best attributes are. For my son is his fielding/hitting so we focus on that.
I have read on here more than once "If he can hit, they will find a spot for him on the field".
If your kid is a weak hitter the secondary advice on here has been "SPEED, SPEED, SPEED!!!!" A sub 7 second 60 will turn heads.
30+ACT 2000+SAT and the GPA to match.
With so much experience and knowledge on this site, I am hoping to learn from it. With time and spaced limited by weather in the Northeast, what skills are most important for a young kid to possess? "All of them" seems too simplified. Is amazing range in the field it? An incredible arm? Hitting/Power?
And which one is the easiest to develop?
Thanks!
ephins,
Get creative would be my advice. I'd focus on ALL the talents that separate your son from others at the levels he is considering. Whether it is pitching, hitting, running or academics. It is going to be different for most. My oldest son was a RHP that topped out in the low 90's mostly cruised in the mid to high 80s...not exceptional by any stretch of the imagination. But, if you look at his velocity in the context of the high academic schools he was interested in then he had separation. Just one example that you don't have to fit a specific mold, but rather find the right mold. Again, find or create the situation that rewards your son's talents.
Good luck.
ephins, check your dialogs.
