You never know who's watching!

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Down from your balcony seat and up onto the stage! Good for you GA SC Diamond...keep us posted!



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GA SC Diamond,
I am touched by your post.
I am so glad that you have picked up some valuable information here.
There are some here who say the HSBBW isn't the same as it used to be, I have to disagree. You are proof that there is much to learn with all the info here, you just have to sift through it all and decide what will work for your situation.
Tell your son to work hard in the classroom and on the field and all good things will happen. Sometimes it doesn't happen as fast as we would like, for some it appears easier for some than to others, no matter, the goal is the same, to keep playing for as long as you can!

Enjoy the ride!

The first time I found this site is when I googled HOW TO MAKE YOUR HS team.LOL, seriously.

We did everything on the list plus.That was seven years ago.The advice I got from people on here and the things I have learned have been beyond what words can express.

Glad you found the site, and it is helpful to you.Good luck to you and your son.

GA SC Diamond - I found this site about 4 years ago. We did most everything on it too and continue to follow it and ask for advise. Learning from other people's mistakes is much better than making them yourself.

There is great help here. Just ask.

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WHAT! No photo....... I was sure my post would get a photo of a dad Balling his eyes out or something

Tell your son that the old saying "You never know who is watching" should never apply to him. It shouldn't matter if he is the only one at the ball park. Or the game is played in the middle of nowhere in front of two or three parents. He should approach the game with the passion and desire as if he were playing in front of every college coach in America. Your love of the game is not dictated by who is watching, who may be watching, or if no one is watching. Your work ethic and desire and baseball character could careless. In fact "What you do when no one is watching will determine what your capable of doing when everyone is watching." "What you do in the off season will determine what you can do during the season."

Tell him to attack each practice, each work out with the same determination to win that day with the same passion to win that game. Tell him that who is watching or who is not watching should never determine anything. His character should do that. The players that understand this and live by this creed understand exactly what I am talking about. You are watching. You are your own judge. Your standards are higher for yourself than anyone's will ever be for you.

Good luck and I am glad you are here. And good luck to your son. If you love the game, the game will love you back.

not sure how I found ny way here but glad I did!

Some great folks out here, and a few nutty buddies, (gotwood!)

and now that you reminded me, I should mention to all who enjoy this site that our "hostess from Minnesostess", probably could use a little donation to start the year in proper fashion and keep this site going strong! I will be doing just that myself!

http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/donate.htm

Great post Coach May, and so true. You are the HSBBWeb's John Wooden!

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Great post Coach May, and so true. You are the HSBBWeb's John Wooden!

Great stuff Coach May!

Just emailed to my son so he can wake up and start his day by reading your words of wisdom .

We need to collect all your great posts, bundle them, and sell em as a book to raise funds for this website!

I am sure it would be a bestseller!

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"WHAT! No photo....... I was sure my post would get a photo of a dad Balling his eyes out or something"

Sorry, no photo. How 'bout a video?

You look just fine on our stage GA SC Diamond. My tailoring skills were stretched like a late season bullpen, but I got that Mudville uniform to fit you right nice! And that was no laugh track you hear...we really did enjoy your rendition of the Mighty Casey!




And by the way...great post Coach!

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Coach May - when are you going to write that book? What you said is absolutely true!
Welcome to all the new folks here on the hsbaseball web. I have learned so much about this game here. You will too! Enjoy these years with your son, they go by so fast.
People think I am nuts for spending all the time and money, heartache and happiness on my kids' activities (FFA, baseball, volleyball), but I know that too soon that will all be over. And I know too that these are the kinds of things the kids learn life lessons from.
So welcome- there is so much to learn and enjoy here! And, it's entertaining!

True story;

In Adelaide, Australia December 2002, Dave LaRoche, Jim Lentine were our coaches. Both were former ML players. We had a player Jared Sandberg from Washington who had signed with USC for football and baseball. In the first game, Jared had a developed a premature "uppercut". My son Robert was coaching and he remove Jared from the next game and during this game, Jim worked at the adjacent cages with Jared "off the high tee",soft toss and in the 7th inning Robert placed Jared into the game with two runners on base. Jared hit a three run HR and during the next 10 games he hit 8 more HR's.

After Jim and Jared returned to the field, I listened to a wood bat strike the ball off the tee and turned to see a young left handed hitter with his girl friend. The sound was explosive and I asked where he was from? He said Sweden.

The had travel the previous month from Sweden to Adelaide to play on a local Club team. The next day Jim and Dave watched him catch for the Club team. Dave was coaching at Ft Scott College and gave the young man a scholarship. Later he received a scholarship at Coastal Carolina. He signed professionally after graduation.

Yes, someone is always watching or listening.

Bob

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Or show him a list of schools that he can learn to be an Certified athletic trianer there is a list and he can start thinking about it now.

Let me know if you have questions. There's some good ones in your area both at the undergraduate and graduate level. I just graduated from Southeast Missouri with my BS in Athletic Training and currently work in a clinic as a Certified Athletic Trainer. I plan to go to grad school and hopefully get into football or baseball fulltime..

Yes coach May, I too had to send those words of wisdom to my sons via emails in the hopes that they will instill those traits, even recharge them and remind them of what potential they have inside them. Just let it out!!!!