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Re: PSA
[Re: Ben2]
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05/30/19 08:11 AM
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twaldrop4
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Why any kid would play any sport at 5-6 is beyond me I could care less if mine play or not. They asked when they were 4 because they saw a cousin and now they want to play all the time. They start asking during the winter when baseball comes back.
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Re: PSA
[Re: Ben2]
#2818347
05/30/19 08:14 AM
05/30/19 08:14 AM
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Coosa1
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Why any kid would play any sport at 5-6 is beyond me 5-6? Hell my best friends kid started some sort of T-ball at like 3. I hope and pray that my kids are like me and don't care to get into sports.
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Re: PSA
[Re: Big Bore]
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05/30/19 08:53 AM
05/30/19 08:53 AM
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Avengedsevenfold
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Don’t worry. Just teach them to throw, catch, and hit. Daddy ball is over about 13 years old. Most of the boys whos Dads played politics for them hate baseball by then Can’t come soon enough. I can’t for the life of me understand why so much focus is put on something that isn’t a viable job option for 99% of kids (and ain’t a job for 99% of Dad’s)...yet so many families lives revolve entirely around ball. Teach em to throw, catch and hit. Let them have fun. But don’t make it life
Carrying a gun isn't comfortable; but at times it is comforting
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Re: PSA
[Re: Avengedsevenfold]
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05/30/19 09:02 AM
05/30/19 09:02 AM
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jmudler
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Can’t come soon enough. I can’t for the life of me understand why so much focus is put on something that isn’t a viable job option for 99% of kids (and ain’t a job for 99% of Dad’s)...yet so many families lives revolve entirely around ball. This. My son can pick one sport to play usually at the YMCA. All other time we would spend traveling to games or at practices is time he gets with me and I teach life lessons (how to work, fix things, be a man, ethics, faith, etc). I cant teach that from a bleacher.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Re: PSA
[Re: twaldrop4]
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05/30/19 09:11 AM
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hunterbuck
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Dr. Andrews and many other well-known orthopedic surgeons frown heavily on travel ball and the such.
He states that his business is approximately 50% adolescents now, as opposed to 15% a little over a decade ago...nearly all shoulder and elbow injuries from baseball.
"You think I care? Roll Damn Tide"
Have you tried Google?
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Re: PSA
[Re: hunterbuck]
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05/30/19 09:25 AM
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Semo
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Dr. Andrews and many other well-known orthopedic surgeons frown heavily on travel ball and the such.
He states that his business is approximately 50% adolescents now, as opposed to 15% a little over a decade ago...nearly all shoulder and elbow injuries from baseball. I believe it. I had shoulder surgery at 16 and it ended my ability to pitch and QB in football. I will pay closer attention to my kids so they have more than 1st base and reciever as an option for their senior years if high school. Plus, being in high school and having too much pain to drive with your right arm is no fun either. Or batting it for almost 30 years afterward. But I sure am glad we won those little league games back when I was 12.....
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Re: PSA
[Re: twaldrop4]
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05/30/19 10:19 AM
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257wbymag
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The whole travel ball thing is just a money racquet. No more thing as just city rec league. Glad my 10 ur old is into farming related things and working on electric motors
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: PSA
[Re: Ben2]
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05/30/19 11:10 AM
05/30/19 11:10 AM
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Posts: 20,217 Northport, AL
GomerPyle
Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
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Why any kid would play any sport at 5-6 is beyond me because kids need some outdoor activity and exercise. additionally, they need to learn at an early age to be part of a team and how to take "coaching" from someone other than a parent. It's not the kids that screw up youth sports, it's parents with unrealistic or selfish expectations and motivations. GomerJr wanted to play, anyway, but I was quick to support it because he is naturally a really shy kid. We have tried to get him involved in as many things as possible to "break" him of his shyness. Church and baseball have been the 2 biggest factors in helping with it. I won't push to play baseball, or any other sport if he doesn't want to. But as long as he wants to, I'll gladly support it. (but we ain't doing that travel ball crap).
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There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: PSA
[Re: hunterbuck]
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05/30/19 11:16 AM
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GomerPyle
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Dr. Andrews and many other well-known orthopedic surgeons frown heavily on travel ball and the such.
He states that his business is approximately 50% adolescents now, as opposed to 15% a little over a decade ago...nearly all shoulder and elbow injuries from baseball. Predominantly thanks to the dirtneck daddies trying to teach their 10yr olds to throw curveballs and sliders so they can lock up that scholarship before they start middle school....
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: PSA
[Re: GomerPyle]
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05/30/19 11:20 AM
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Hix14
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Why any kid would play any sport at 5-6 is beyond me because kids need some outdoor activity and exercise. additionally, they need to learn at an early age to be part of a team and how to take "coaching" from someone other than a parent. It's not the kids that screw up youth sports, it's parents with unrealistic or selfish expectations and motivations. Yes Gomer. Our 6U team won the league this year. But after every game, the kids would ask "did we win"? Lol. They just wanted a drink and snack. But the parents act like they've bet the farm and lively hood on the out come of a 6U game. Screaming and yelling like wild banshee's. Excuse me Ma'am, Sir....um he's 5 years old. Chill. But I've been known to have uncontrolled outbursts as well.
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Re: PSA
[Re: twaldrop4]
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05/30/19 11:20 AM
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Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
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I was racing dirt bikes at 5 & 6, broke my leg, nose and three fingers, before I was 6. Had a concussion, and numerous contusions, before I was 10. My dad was racing, my mom was racing, two cousins and aunt and uncle were all racing back then. My mom peeled off her left kneecap dropping her Yamaha MX 125 at about 70 mph. Dad broke his back twice and his tailbone. He got injured worse, on a motorcycle, than he did in Vietnam. We rode in the back of trucks and we played outside all day when momma didn't even know where we was or what we was up to.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: PSA
[Re: twaldrop4]
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05/30/19 11:25 AM
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I signed mine up at 4 to see if he would enjoy it. He did and asked to play at 5 so I let him, i missed signups this year and told him sorry, well I could see he was upset so I contacted the league rep and he let him play. I will never pressure any sport on my kid I'd rather be fishing with them anyway but there is absolutely nothing wrong if a kid wants to play at 5 or 6. I don't like it when some parents try to make up for them sucking at sports in school by being hard on a youngster hoping he will be the next goat
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin
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Re: PSA
[Re: GomerPyle]
#2818492
05/30/19 12:03 PM
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hunterbuck
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Dr. Andrews and many other well-known orthopedic surgeons frown heavily on travel ball and the such.
He states that his business is approximately 50% adolescents now, as opposed to 15% a little over a decade ago...nearly all shoulder and elbow injuries from baseball. Predominantly thanks to the dirtneck daddies trying to teach their 10yr olds to throw curveballs and sliders so they can lock up that scholarship before they start middle school.... Not according to the conversation I personally had with him two weeks ago. I asked him specifically about that, because that was my thought. He stated that it has much more to do with a child's growth rates/patterns and stresses placed on them during that time. "You would think that, but you would be surprised" was his exact comment.
"You think I care? Roll Damn Tide"
Have you tried Google?
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Re: PSA
[Re: hunterbuck]
#2818543
05/30/19 01:07 PM
05/30/19 01:07 PM
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Posts: 20,217 Northport, AL
GomerPyle
Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
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Dr. Andrews and many other well-known orthopedic surgeons frown heavily on travel ball and the such.
He states that his business is approximately 50% adolescents now, as opposed to 15% a little over a decade ago...nearly all shoulder and elbow injuries from baseball. Predominantly thanks to the dirtneck daddies trying to teach their 10yr olds to throw curveballs and sliders so they can lock up that scholarship before they start middle school.... Not according to the conversation I personally had with him two weeks ago. I asked him specifically about that, because that was my thought. He stated that it has much more to do with a child's growth rates/patterns and stresses placed on them during that time. "You would think that, but you would be surprised" was his exact comment. Interesting. Probably doesn't matter what "pitch" you're throwing. A lot of these kids 9-10 months out of the year, between Spring baseball, summer All Stars/travel ball, Fall ball. There's a breaking point...
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: PSA
[Re: twaldrop4]
#2818552
05/30/19 01:18 PM
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Semo
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I love all these people saying parental prodding is the only reason saying these kids (admittedly some are pressured into it)are playing without knowing the individual kid. These are the same men that would be criticizing if they were inside playing video games. They’d be claiming when they were kids they planted 5000 acres with a nothing but a hoe and could hit a rock 500 feet with a stick. They are the same ones bragging about there kid fishing or killing deer. (All of which I’m fine if you choose to do so my kids have) They are the very ones claiming that these younger generations are soft. My kids killed there first deer when they asked and could do it on their own and if anyone knows my kids, they know you won’t be around them long till deer hunting or baseball comes up in their conversation. I never pressured them into doing anything. I tried talking my kids out of playing. Told them we’d fish turkey hunt or whatever they wanted to try to do this summer. They chose baseball. The way I work it’s very hard for me to be there half of the time. There are many great reasons to play organized baseball/sports. I think the point is that not treating it like semi-pro ball before the age of 13 would benefit kids both physically and mentally. Baseball and football were my life until injury occurred. I hope my kids grow to love the game as much as I do and form life-long friendships and memories. The parental prodding is an issue. I would say most kids today haven't experienced a pick up game or practice without a "parent" organizing and directing it. But my point is there are no full scholarships on baseball teams...well maybe one but "your kid" isn't getting it. I can't tell you the number of parents I hear talking about college baseball scholarships. My tip for them would be give the $100 glove and $200 bat a rest and buy some books.
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