Fall HS work outs

Very nice......

I'm glad I haven't broken any rules......yet.....LOL. Thank God for travel ball teams who like to practice.

 

Yep...with pretty good success. But this is their inaugural season. Raleigh has been doing it for awhile

 

Here ya go cheeze. This is a long thread about it, so I'll post some other stuff as well, so one doesn't have to read through the whole thread

http://www.thisboardrocks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=133691&highlight=Metro+League

 

This is from one of the posts. I believe the guys at HQ4 are trying to do the same thing in softball. The only thing I can say with any certainty is that Marty Barker @ HQ4 is always about helping the one's left behind "financially speaking". He has tailored the Metro organization to retain high calibre players, hire outstanding instructional coaches, provide an atmosphere that invites college recruiters and at a fraction of the cost. Here is the post.
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METRO LEAGUE - In a nutshell: Players can get good training, development and instruction, work with their high school's baseball staff to enhance their high school baseball experience, work with other players from their school district to develop team chemistry, get more game time in a high school baseball atmosphere, all at a fraction of the cost of traditional travel, academy and showcase teams.

Coaches can teach, coach, develop and protect their players, advance their school programs, see players in game situations and be compensated for their time.

Metro League started in the Charlotte area this past summer and is now into a fall season. The idea came about a couple of years ago sitting around with some of the area HS coaches listening to horror stories about lots of different players in lots of different playing atmospheres.

During fall workouts one player told his coach, "Coach, I can't throw a bullpen today, I pitched 11 innings for my travel team this past weekend". Another player told his coach "Coach, my other team's coach told me to make sure I used a 30 OZ. bat so I'd develop more bat speed." Another said "Coach, we do it this way on my other team". The comments from players made us think there had to be better options for the players, HS coaches and HS programs that would help the players, coaches and programs.

How many times have you seen a high school team loaded with talent that just did not play up to what we all thought was their potential? Maybe we thought they were better than they were? Maybe they did not develop team chemistry because they went their separate ways each weekend and at the end of the season? THEY WERE A GROUP OF GOOD PLAYERS BUT NOT A TEAM???

Some academy teams, travel teams and showcase teams do a great job but others seem to just drain your wallet while selling us parents a bill of goods that simply is not true! How many "showcase" events do college representatives attend for players less than 17 years old. NOT MANY! We have commitments from several college representatives to attend our end of season tournament and the numbers will grow as our league grows. They will come to where the players are.

Metro League and AM Legion Baseball - We are big fans of AM. Legion Baseball. Both Metro & Am. Legion are eligible to start as soon as the HS season is over. We view Am. Legion baseball as a great avenue for summer baseball competition mostly for graduating high school seniors and returning college freshmen. The underclassmen don't usually get much development or playing time on most legion teams. We'd like for Metro League to be a feeder system for Am. Legion baseball. By the way, AM Legion and Metro are the only two programs in the state approved by NCHSAA to start before school is out for summer vacation.

METRO LEAGUE (NCHSAA approved)
HS coaches may form teams from their school zone. (teams are not officially associated with the school or school system)
Coaches may coach 1 team from their school with up to 18 players on a roster with only two restrictions from NCHSAA. 1) no games or practices may be scheduled during exam week. 2) Metro league schedule is not to interfere with the HS baseball season.
Additional teams from a school zone may be formed as long as no baseball staff members are part of the coaching staff of the additional teams. Coaches may generate lineups, submit practice plans and have input with the additional team coaches in order to help develop his players and program.
There is no rule against dual participation although coaches may set a minimum commitment level to allow their team's league play to happen.
There is a per player fee used to pay a league fee for each team. The league fee is used to pay umpires, insurance and other league expenses. The player fees may include coaches compensation.
Booster clubs are encouraged to collect a maximum $3 per person gate fee and to operate a concession stand in order to earn money to go to the schools baseball fund.
We've put a lot of effort and thought into the planning and implementation of the Metro League but are open to questions and comments to help improve the experience for the players!

If we can provide within the NCHSAA rules local competitive league play, good instruction and development & exposure all at a much reduced cost, WHY NOT!

We've grown from 7 teams this past summer to 10 teams this fall.

Fall Metro Teams: Myers Park, Hopewell, East Meck, South Meck, North Meck, Mallard Creek, Home School, Core1, Core2 & Charlotte Metro

A fall game schedule will be posted in the next couple of days on our metro website www.metroshowcasebaseball.org Come to a game and check us out!

Metro League is sponsored and managed by HQ4 Baseball
Al Dahlgren & Marty Barker
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Marty @ HQ4 Baseball
[email protected]
704-423-0030

 

Be Careful

We had an experience a few years back with a parent who's daughters came to all of our winter workouts, but didn't make the team in the spring. There was one day in a legal period that we had 10 girls show up and we let them all stay, but divided pitchers and catchers. After this parent's kids didn't make the team he called and reported us to the NCHSAA for that one infraction. We weren't fined, but had to give up two practice days in season and that incident brought even "more" scrutiny to girls athletics...which we all know is not needed.

Sometimes, even when we try to help kids, we shoot ourselves in the foot! We found that you better go by the books, because you never know where trouble will come from!