Select Baseball 2018

[Huntindad]

Well guys my kid is getting ready for his tourney team. Working on a pitch. He had no change-up as strange as it sounds. Palm and circle he can throw for strikes but they have no movement. He is working a on a split change. Works great. He throws about 3 then throws a fastball. He spiked a fastball and I was spinning out and it caught me dead center on back of calf. Walking today but limping. Did it yesterday AM. Thinking of hanging up the bullpen mitt

Guess you weren't wearing the shin guards i gave ya

[glen]

No cup. Nothing on back of calf. Don’t mind breaking stuff in the dirt. It is the straight ones that have a mind of their own

[eradicator]

I have a question for you guys with older players who have been through it. My son is a 12u player, but is in the 7th grade. He has an August birthday and we let him start school early. My delimmea is what to do with him next year. He really needs to play 14u ball before going to highschool, but his team will only be 13u. Do I let him continue with his team and try to see if he can pick-up some with 14u teams or do I try to get him on a 14u team for the full year? Also it's time to start upping his bat weight, but I'm just not sure he can handle a -5. He will have to swing a -5 if he plays 14u next year. Do I get a -5 now and let him hit with it all summer in hopes he can figure it out before next year? He's a small kid, but does have decent strength and swings his -10 louisville and -7 wood well. Just trying to keep him from going from -10 to -3 in a year. I'm afraid the next 2 seasons will be rough on him unless he grabs a gear in the growth department. Any info would be appreciated!

All of our 8th graders play 14u regardless of age, size, strength, etc. They also all use -3 BBCOR bats. That gives them a whole year to prepare them to make their high school team. It's a struggle sometimes for them but it's the right thing to do for the kids and their development.

[cwill]

Cwill- my kid is a late August kid. Does your organization have older teams? If so talk to them and get him time playing up if possible. The big difference is pitching. You will still mostly see looping curves thrown by kids dropping arm slot and twisting the ball but will start to see kids that throw sharp breaking curves that come off hand with fastball arm speed. I had my kid bounce up to some time with a 16u team at 14 so he could get ahead. I like putting him on a bigger stage than where he is getting most of his playing time if possible. I would get him with his graduating class as soon as you can

All of our 8th graders play 14u regardless of age, size, strength, etc. They also all use -3 BBCOR bats. That gives them a whole year to prepare them to make their high school team. It's a struggle sometimes for them but it's the right thing to do for the kids and their development.

Thanks for the feedback guys! The organization does have 3 teams in that next age group and I plan to talk to the coach about our options. I know he'd rather stay with his current team, but if that's not what's best for him then we'll do what we need to. Ordered him a 30 inch -5 bat this morn and we'll work hard this summer and learn to handle it.

[jshouse]

we just signed up for the slumpbuster in omaha, june 20-25... has anyone done this before?

anything we need to try to see or do up there?

[lexingtontexas]

My son’s 8u team got it done this weekend at Baseball USA. Won the championship by beating a team that beat them in pool play. In the semi finals, had to play two extra innings but the boys were able to pull out the win. Crazy game!

My son played in this tournament.... Cypress Blast, We are a new team and trying get it going. Maybe we'll see at the next one!

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[bfd1200]

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[eradicator]

we just signed up for the slumpbuster in omaha, june 20-25... has anyone done this before?

anything we need to try to see or do up there?

College World Series and casinos. Watch out for tornadoes!

[Grant2]

I have a question for you guys with older players who have been through it. My son is a 12u player, but is in the 7th grade. He has an August birthday and we let him start school early. My delimmea is what to do with him next year. He really needs to play 14u ball before going to highschool, but his team will only be 13u. Do I let him continue with his team and try to see if he can pick-up some with 14u teams or do I try to get him on a 14u team for the full year? Also it's time to start upping his bat weight, but I'm just not sure he can handle a -5. He will have to swing a -5 if he plays 14u next year. Do I get a -5 now and let him hit with it all summer in hopes he can figure it out before next year? He's a small kid, but does have decent strength and swings his -10 louisville and -7 wood well. Just trying to keep him from going from -10 to -3 in a year. I'm afraid the next 2 seasons will be rough on him unless he grabs a gear in the growth department. Any info would be appreciated!

They have some 13U tournaments that play 60-90 just for this reason. I would play him up and get him in the weight room the drop -5 won't be a problem by the time he plays HS.

[jshouse]

College World Series and casinos. Watch out for tornadoes!

yeah i am pumped to get to see some college baseball while we are up there. looks like we might try to hit a wichita wingnuts minor league game on the way up there tuesday night, or maybe catch the rangers who are playing in KC that same night.

[systemnt]

its difficult watching your kid deal with a hitting slump....and not being able to do anything to fix it.
he's great in cage.. but something about the diamond is in his head...cant seem to wait, chasing them out front... like way out front....
speed up the pitches...he speeds up his swing and still out front..

frustrating for him...(and me because i cant figure out how to help him)

[jer_james]

its difficult watching your kid deal with a hitting slump....and not being able to do anything to fix it.
he's great in cage.. but something about the diamond is in his head...cant seem to wait, chasing them out front... like way out front....
speed up the pitches...he speeds up his swing and still out front..

frustrating for him...(and me because i cant figure out how to help him)

Good Luck ! He will pull through.

If he is anything like my Kiddo, no one can kill him more than he kills himself. Kill him with encouragement. Practice some stuff he's great at where he can see positive results.

[eradicator]

yeah i am pumped to get to see some college baseball while we are up there. looks like we might try to hit a wichita wingnuts minor league game on the way up there tuesday night, or maybe catch the rangers who are playing in KC that same night.

You can also slide over to Haymarket Park in Lincoln and catch some indy ball. It's a very nice complex

[jshouse]

You can also slide over to Haymarket Park in Lincoln and catch some indy ball. It's a very nice complex

man it does look nice, thanks

[jshouse]

its difficult watching your kid deal with a hitting slump....and not being able to do anything to fix it.
he's great in cage.. but something about the diamond is in his head...cant seem to wait, chasing them out front... like way out front....
speed up the pitches...he speeds up his swing and still out front..

frustrating for him...(and me because i cant figure out how to help him)

My 10yo was going through it too, he was 2-20 at one point with more strikeouts than he's ever had. I noticed that he was too far away from the plate, IMO anyway, and if course he didn't believe me so I took a pic of him right before he struck out on a pitch. His swings look good, he's on time and under control, he was just missing the ball.

He's too far away in both pics but the first one is real bad. Toes on the white line is what I want to see.

He agreed and scooted up and what do you know, has 2 hits in the next game.

I think it was Pete Rose that said whenever he was struggling he never changed his mechanics, he just moved around in the batters box a little or opened/closed his stance a little.

If he's out front I'd try scooting all the way up in the box.

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