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EastOfRaleigh · May 28, 2006 at 10:54 PM

yes

cheeze105 said:

in my highschool program, i'm happy if they play rec ball during the summer. i'm also happy to have enought for a jv team, but during the fall and spring work outs, its real obivious who played travel and who didnt, so i really dont have to look too hard. but no matter what, positons are filled by talent, not what you did during the summer/fall, and thats how i think it should be, dont you east????
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yes, Cheeze , I do agree that positions should all be filled by the best talent (TB or non-TB) that will give the TEAM the best chance at success. I agree that the large majority of the best-skilled players do play TB, but there are some exceptions and hopefully the school coaches will allow for those few exceptions for the overall TEAM success.

sports buff · May 29, 2006 at 2:05 PM

betterbatter said:

Mastering fine points of the game are what separate the good from the best. The fine points are learned at practice and performed at games. Travel teams are full of excellent athletes who play alot but don't practice much during the travel season. Some of them have mastered the fine points, many have not. The ones who have not, are getting by on their athletic ability alone. The ones who have, learned it with good coaching and lots of practice, and will be the ones earning college scholarships in the larger college programs.

High school programs practice two days for every game they play. Travel ball teams practice (maybe) two days for every 3-6 games they play. Travel ball players who demonstrate the best fundamentals are usually the ones who come from the best school programs.

Softball needs both school ball and travel ball. They both serve the sport. The reason players are attracted to travel ball is because its less intense. They can play under less pressure, have fun, extend their season beyond school ball, and not get burned out.

Those who talk junk about school ball either have had no experience with a good school program or are just not very bright!

Some of the better school programs in west central NC: Central Cabarrus, North Davidson, Butler, West Forsyth, Central Davidson, Mt. Pleasant, West Stanley, Forbush, Southwestern Randolph, Kings Mountain, West Rowan, East Surry, North Moore, and the list goes on.
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Thank you all for your kind words that are greatly appreciated. Because if we all work together this great game can only keep geting better.Spoken like true and passionate students of the entire game. All this from the mountains to the coast. :bananalam

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