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Originally posted by Metropop:
coachbwww,
Knee jerk reaction, sorry my man. Seeing him dig back in the box after that made me a little too prideful. All is good.

No problem, I am sorry that I am really a bad joke teller.

BTW, Do you like the animation I put in there?


I wish your kid would laugh at it.

I deleted my earlier rant and I will show the animation to my kid, he'll probablly get a kick out of it.

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Originally posted by Metropop:
I deleted my earlier rant and I will show the animation to my kid, he'll probablly get a kick out of it.

Thanks , I edited my post, there's no bad joke in there anymore.

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Originally posted by TRhit:

I would not use the facemask thing--I do not believe in them---JMO

Of course you would not. You probably would not suggest using these either:



At least you say it right when the young man will let you know when he wants to return.

I have never even tried to hit a single ball in my life with a masked helmet, but it seems like it would obstruct vision somewhat. The kids didn't hit any worse with them on than without em and nobody complained. I am guessing after they all get some AB's under their belt some may opt to go without them, but I don't care one way or the other.

I will tell you what I don't believe in though. All the body armor that pro's starting wearing that is now popping up in the youth leagues on up through high school. That stuff allows kids to stand on the plate, fearless of getting plunked and takes away from the pitchers ability to work the whole plate. Alot if kids get on their heels with a good curveball or slider coming in and with the armor, they can stay in there, making the pitch a little less effective.

Just an update on my son's progress since being drilled in the mouth. Pretty sad deal to tell you the truth. In all my experiences in the game of baseball, I have never seen less results with so much work put into something. It almost defies odds, but that's where he is. Its been three weeks and he has played in 6 games and has not put the ball into play as of yet. He has taken 20x the amount of BP on his own, even having Mom take him to the cage after school, trying to work it out and still nothing. The kid has been able to hit since he was three, played one season of t-ball and begged to play coach pitch before he could even tie his shoes and always lead his team in hitting. Now, I am just hoping for that one knock, just a little flare, a swinging bunt, just something to give this little man a boost. I have tried to down play the whole thing, but he can't get it off his mind.

I have always heard that the harder you work, the luckier you get. I don't think I have ever wanted that to be true more than now for my kid.

Maybe next time I'll come back on here with some good news.

Hey, he put one into play over the weekend. Gotta start somewhere. For those of you that don't remember your first year of kid pitch, let me tell you, its the best possible place in the world to be in a hitting slump. Not a lot of strikes, so even if you are paralyed with fear, which my kid is still, he gets on base.

The situation is improving ever so slightly so if he can keep working through it, it'll be a life lesson that he'll never forget.

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Originally posted by TRhit:


I would not use the facemask thing--I do not believe in them---JMO

Yes, I'm the same way with the tooth fairy.

Who btw your child may be on a first name basis with if you follow TRhit's advice.

gameth

You are entitled to your opinion---I just do not believe in coddling kids---get up , dust yourself off and get back in the batters box

TRhit,
Opinions are like A$$ wholes, everyone has one. Quite honestly though, I don't disagree with what you have to say. Privately, I can come on here and air out a few things, but publicly people think I'm some of tyrant because I am willing to bench my kid because he is not hitting the baseball.

Coddling is subjective and means many things to different people. Discipline is the same.

As the kid's father, I have been proud that he is determined to get back on track and has shown the willingness to spend additional time hitting to work through it. I hate seeing hard work without results and I am hoping the kid catches a break because he deserves a little luck at this point.

I have been much more patient as a Dad than I have to be as his coach though. When we are between the lines, he doesn't get sympathy. Its not fair to him or any other kid on my team to look at this situation other than completely objective and to do whats right by all the kids on my team.

I know in my heart that the kid is going to come out of this slump, funk or whatever you want to call it eventually. Whenever it does happen, he'll be able to look back and say he earned it because the kid is just flat working hard now. This situation is why the 3 P's that I teach are important, because it is taking all three for both of us to get it put behind us.

Thanx for the lecture !!!!


I will leave it at that

Lecture? Nah, just emotionally invested. No hidden agenda's other than hoping my kid can block out the experience and move on.

I had several PM's from people wanting to know how the deal was shaking out, pulling for him so I let them know. Nothing more, nothing less.

Leave the boy alone---he will figure it out


How all we "old guys" make to where we are today ?


Think about it- we did not have all this cyber assistance---


Watch for another thread

Trhit,
You have got all the answers. Great advice, he turned 9 on Saturday so I don't think I'll be leaving him alone.

You come on here giving opinions and it looks like you have about 12,500 or so of them and then you condemn people for looking for some help. I'd rather worry about baseball than who is reading my PM's. Now that is some major stuff right there to be concerned about.

Metropop


As I said you are entitled to your opinions --I am only offering mine


Join the world where people offer info and if you don't like it dont use it!!!


Darn---it used to be fun when we could ACTUALLY DEBATE !!!!

I am pleased to announce that the "slump" is over. The kid actually swung on inside pitches over the weekend and got a couple hits. He was pretty pumped up to say the least.