Sophomores Pulled Up to Sit on Bench

Too late...it's on an open forum. Very good response itslife

 

Coach, I loved your post...but this paragraph was the most profound. March to May is glory time. But June to February is the bedrock of success. I've rarely seen a complaining Parent who grasped the REAL meaning of off-season. My son is 22 & still hasn't seen DisneyWorld.

 

Sophomore year

If the team concept is too difficult or emotionally painful for parents to accept, then perhaps we should direct our child-athletes into sports such as golf, tennis, track and cross country. While our kids' scores help an overall total, at least in these sports, their accomplishments can be better publicized, glamorized and they will no longer be no names. If they don't become that superstar we KNOW they are, we have nobody to blame but ourselves for not providing better genes.

 

This is a helpful post. That's a good way to think about it. Thanks Coach.

 

Timing is everything

Even a FINE wine will go bad sitting around in a PINE barrel.

 

Wow. I won my bet

"we have nobody to blame but ourselves for not providing better genes" - lol

 

MO

Originally Posted by Coach 27
"If a player is counting on 24 JV games being the difference in developing into a good player then he is already in trouble. The hs season is short. Get your reps in during the summer and fall. Do what is best for your hs program and accept the role that helps your team win."

School Ball is "glory time" the fun time. Should be. UK7Dook3 is right on.

What Coach27 said is dead on as usual for him. Many folks put a lot of stock in the JV/V playing time. It important but its not the whole enchilada. The bread & butter is the off season. (Why am talking about food? lol.)Thats where, IMO, players are made.
Hard work. (But QUALITY hard work). That work in the off season is what determines playing time during school ball. Well IMO if the player has done his part then it should show during school ball. (I know sometimes it doesn't work like that. The kid gets the pine anyway.)

Lots of players do not practice enough IMO. In the summer and fall if you are serious about playing ball then you will get after it. You will eat sleep and cry baseball.

How does it go? Don't worry. Someone out there is trying to out work you.

Unless there is a need for the Sophs to play a specific role then I think they need to stay on JV. But JV and V should ALWAYS practice together. Imagine a Sophomore getting a plate appearance to face Madison B. Now I bet that would open their eyes! If had coached him(Madison B.) I would have had all the Sophs on JV face him during practice. Id have Madison bring it! And bring it inside!

 

UK7Dook3...jeez...let the boy see DisneyWorld hahahaha hope you and Tyler are doing well. I know Tyler is a hard worker and would much rather play baseball than see that place ha

 

Thats what I was going to say.

Boy aint been to Disney? Gotta go to Disney.