Anyone had their boys do yoga before? My son has been told he needs more flexibility .Would in season yoga be ok? What about Pilates? Would these compliment a weight program well?
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Yes and yes and yes... Yoga is great for flexibility and core strength and should cause no problems in season. Thanks for the reminder, I've thought about getting my 15 year old back into Yoga. We've been doing so many other things it slipped my mind.
One of my boys HS coaches swears by it. Team won state championship, so he continues it today! 
It not only helps the physical being; if done with the proper guidance, it is great for mindfulness and resilience. It gets you not to overthink things.
One of my son's former teammate's mother is a yogi. She would do sessions before the games during the fall tournaments. Despite the initial chuckles and goofiness that come with teenagers, there was a clear benefit to both flexibility and the improved mental relaxation that imo resulted in a better focus ti fielding and hitting. My only regret is we moved on from that team and did not continue yoga (not enough resources as weight training is the most needed now).
no harm in doing it, and likely to be some good. The slower the pace, the better, IMO. Dance "stretch classes" are also great, though somewhat painful. They will have the most manly whimpering by the end of class.
14YO has been doing it for 2 years now. The change in his body has been very noticeable. Also good for injury prevention.
Thanks guys...he starts in the morning!:-)
I can see why it might interest a young man
Yoga pants!!!!:-)
Yoga is great for improving core strength and flexibility.
There are some yoga sessions (videos) that are geared more toward athletes.
Yoga went great today. He loved it .Took his girlfriend with him. He gained flexibility already .He can touch his toes now but at beginning of session not close
A good friend of mine played at UVA with and is still close to Ryan Zimmerman of the Nats. You may recall last year, at least at some point early in the season, he had video game like numbers and ended 2017 with offensive stats that were, across the board, well above his career averages. Attended a game early Summer with my friend who conveyed that Zimmerman had told him at dinner the week before that he did nothing but yoga in the off season and his body and mind "never felt better." There are stories like this all over baseball - Jake Arrietta (Pilates), Josh Bell of the Pirates (hooked on yoga), etc. At this point, I'd say it is almost a "no brainer" for athletes to work into their routine.
I do yoga and love it, especially when the room is 95 degrees (the sweat is amazing). My RHP son does it when he can at home and loves it, too. The great thing about yoga is that one (well, maybe not all of us, but definitely young athletes) can do it everyday or do it on days off from lifting. It is a great "off day" or "recovery day" routine.
Agree with others... yoga, good. Well, almost always.
I've told this story before but ...
About four or five years ago, one of our asst coaches got into yoga and decided he would introduce it to the team as part of the winter conditioning. Great. Problem is that he was a very intense, fiery yeller by nature. So, there was some major conflict between the concept of yoga and his normal coaching style.
RELAX, DAMMIT !!!! 
Great info guys thx! He's already wanting to go back Friday so will definitely be going back.
As others mentioned, it's great for flexibility and core strength. For kids who are hyper-flexible, their time might be better spent on strength training (but that is the minority of kids).