This is bragging, somewhat, but not totally. It is, though, a dilemma.
My 04, the one who right now plans to play junior hockey, came home from baseball practice and said the coach got him twice with pop times of 2.0. Now, mind you, Joey is a good high school catcher, but he has caught just three innings in two years (he has been a DH and played other positions). The knock on him is that while he is a very good defensive catcher, he needs to hit more (yeah, I know, a DH who hit like .270 in limited time). We moved last summer from a strong program to a weak one.
I was skeptical upon hearing this, but they did pop times again last night and he duplicated the time. This time is considerably better than any other catcher on the team.
Now part of the dilemma: The coach has indicated he will not get to catch much, if at all (they have an incumbent, albeit a weak one), and that they would like him to try another spot, and that there would be no promise that he'd get on the field there, either. Only other thing I can tell you is that while he is of average speed (7.2 for 60 yards), he rates as one of the faster kids on his team.
The rest of the story: He'd like to play, but he won't sit the bench. His plan, although I wish he were more passionate about it, is to play hockey next year (as a post-grad), then make a decision on college.
That said, having been around the block, he knows the significance of the pop time and he's now confused.
Advice?
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