Hi guys

I enjoy viewing the kids clips; hitting, fielding and pitching, and I hope others do as well.

This clip is the 3rd out of the first inning on Saturday. Boomer pitched the 1st & 2nd innings for his 10U AAU Team. The scrimmage was against an 11U AAU Team. Boomer faced 6 batters in two innings and K'd all six!!

Ross, You have a PM.

Rob, new PM.

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Hey Ross, My man Boomer was ringing up the the K's. Keep filming, because he is at the best age, and the memories will always be right there if you capture it all on film. I like the 200ft sign in CF.....I can remember when that was a long drive to get it over the CF fence. It looks like he is pumping his fist after the third strike too.

Callaway... nice clip. Thanks for sharing and good luck to your player.

Learning day by day on the hsbbweb...

Nice stuff Callaway!

That's not a first baseman's mitt he's pitching w/, is it? Just looks a little like one, IMO.

So, is he also bangin' shots over that 200' fence? Our league is 220' in CF, 200' at the corners. But our kids have fun in the Cities, when they venture onto smaller fields.

Doug,

Yeah, he is pumping his fist! He pumped it on the 3rd K in the second inning as well. He was bummed that he got pulled with a perfect game working! Those 11 year-olds tattooed the rest of the pitchers though which made him feel better. I could see his wry grin all the way from RF.

I can't wait to get you some updated video of his hitting! He is crushing the ball and his swing is beautiful. He has been working very hard. He is leaving tomorrow for Philly to go to his Great Grandmother's B-day party (104) so it will be a week or so.

Do you have any video of Brett as a youngster? That would be awesome for the grandkids someday.

MWR-VA

Thanks, I hope that more people will put up clips. I don't want to be the only one. I feel like the guy at the party who whips out the pictures and bores everyone to death!!

Sandman

Good call. Yes he went out there with his 1B glove. I have no idea why. I asked him through the fence after the first inning and he gave me a look like I was an idiot. What do I know.

Meanwhile, the Wilson A2000 Pitcher's mit that I dropped some coin on was collecting dust in his bag. Geeeez....

Callaway

I also have made some clips, and they are great fun and preserve memories. I've made websites for my sons, and for friends and family to share... I have my oldest son's site listed in my profile and there is a link to my youngest son's from there. You'll find many clips.... If you'd like to share techniques on making them or have ever used "FLASH" clips, PM me....

The site has actually turned into a pretty good RECRUTING tool for my oldest son. I can post all the pertinent information schedule etc and college coaches or whoever can see it all with a click of a mouse.

Enjoy it... and share it with friends and family.... and keep the memories....

But remember in baseball its what have you done lately.... By the time your son gets to high school, no one (but family) will care what he did at 10 years old other than to prepare himself to meet greater challenges.

SDBB...

Thanks for sharing such a wonderful piece of accomplishments by your boys and the fashion in which you captured each moment.

I am extremely impressed with the numerous accomplishments and in the manner in which you showcase their achievements.

Websters, if you have not taken the time to view his site PLEASE, PLEASE take a look if you want to see something very impressive. I will admit that I went through your site twice reading the details and admiring the results.



Learning day by day on the hsbbweb...

Callaway, I have some video but it's only video from practicing in our basement. I have some video from this past season also (and years past) but I haven't transferred it to my PC yet. He's VERY different today than he was a few months back.

Boomer is 10 right? When does he turn 11? Brandon just turned 12 a few weeks ago (January 3rd). Has anybody taken him deep yet? It happened to my son for the first time (twice) this past season as an 11 year old. One was a MOON shot by a very big 12 year old. The other was a grand slam after he'd shutout the team for 4 innings in relief.

Here are a couple basketball clips of him:

Jump Shot

Steal

P.S. You'll need the latest version of Quicktime to view the clips.

Jason

SDBB

Yes, I owned a web development company in my "prior life" so I have web sites for my boys as well. I also create sites for each new team. Here is an example:
The Carolina Lynx Use lynx and stats on the password page.

I have web sites for every team that Boomer ever played on including his very first! He went by "Cole" back then:
The Red Tigers

FlippJ

NICE!! One question, did Brandon make the lay-up after the steal?

Boomer turned 10 in August and he has not been taken "yard" yet!

Actually he didn't. He got fouled. Missed both free throws too. He needs a little work on his shooting mechanics. Basketball is his best sport at the moment. It's also the one he likes the least. Football and baseball are at the top of that list.

As for Boomer... He's the same age league-wise as Sandman's boy. Two years behind my son (Brandon).

Later!

Jason

Yeah, except Kevin had the "joy" of being taken yard for a GS in fall ball by a kid about 5'7 ~140lbs or so! Kevin did what he had to do tho; throw a strike. But it was up/away and the kid got his arms extended and bye-bye.

Welcome to the Majors kid!

Hey Sandman,

I've seen Kevin's swing and he will create his own "pitcher pain" this spring!!

Why don't you post it again or a new one. I love watching him swing a bat!

R.

Thanks Callaway.

He just attended a 2-day (4 hrs each) hitting clinic at Brown U this weekend. I filmed and might toss a clip up.

But he realizes that he's uppercutting a bit much and stepping in the bucket too. He admitted to being afraid of even the coaches pitching from 25' behind a screen. "It looks like it's coming right at me." Sad thing is, his swing under such conditions is SO different - no load at all, late stride in the bucket, late swing, not a good chance of hitting outside half of plate, etc..

It's going to take some time for him to overcome this and let his ability come out. In the meantime, there's going to be some frustration on his and my part.

Sandman,

I know you know this but for the benfit of parents with young players....kids have to learn that the bail out route is inside. Take tennis balls and softly throw inside. Have the player load and commit the front side in during the stride. When the ball is too close make them turn in toward the catcher and spin out inside. This gives them a plan to protect themselves but enables them to commit the front side to the swing.
Learning to bail by opening the front side( stepping in the bucket) makes it hard to hit. Telling them to stay in there without an escape plan doesn't sell to well.

I still remember hitting my son in the back accidentally and driving home from the field with him crying when he was about 10.

Little kids reflexes are not as good as they will be later . Their brain tells them to protect themselves. Its OK. The pitching gets better with age and their confidence in their ability to protect themselves goes up too.