Thirsty Thursday

williewilliejuan said:
Are they going to look into the sun? By way of disclosure, I routinely wore eye black when I was in Pop Warner, starting around age 9.
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In tee ball, if they're looking into the sun, it's because they aren't paying attention. I can count on one hand the number of fly balls I saw in 2 years coaching tee ball.
 
Guy Incognito said:
In tee ball, if they're looking into the sun, it's because they aren't paying attention. I can count on one hand the number of fly balls I saw in 2 years coaching tee ball.
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and eye black ain't gonna make a difference
 
Guy Incognito said:
In tee ball, if they're looking into the sun, it's because they aren't paying attention. I can count on one hand the number of fly balls I saw in 2 years coaching tee ball.
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Think how much more distracted they’ll be if they lose that butterfly in the sun.
 
Guy Incognito said:
In tee ball, if they're looking into the sun, it's because they aren't paying attention. I can count on one hand the number of fly balls I saw in 2 years coaching tee ball.
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Clearly you're a shitty hitting coach.
 
Guy Incognito said:
I mean, it's a different world from when I played. I don't know if anyone brought a helmet to games. Now, I have one helmet in case someone forgets to bring theirs. Almost everyone has their own bat, too. There would be some kids that had bats, which flipped to everyone having their bats in high school.
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wait, everyone has their own helmet now? shit, we had a few different sizes. and did are best to make do with them.
 
Bender said:
wait, everyone has their own helmet now? shit, we had a few different sizes. and did are best to make do with them.
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Buncha nasty blue helmets in an oversize canvas bag.
 
ill said:
maybe that's just it...I never had a jersey with my name on it or home and away jerseys for a team...

these kids are loaded with just so much crap
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baseball has gotten ridiculous. I saw something recently where there was a 7u interstate travel ball tournament. There were teams from states all across the country traveling for this damn thing.

Travel ball. For 7 year olds. Across the country.
 
RubinRock said:
baseball has gotten ridiculous. I saw something recently where there was a 7u interstate travel ball tournament. There were teams from states all across the country traveling for this damn thing.

Travel ball. For 7 year olds. Across the country.
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the football uniforms for these kids are even more ridiculous.
 
Guy Incognito said:
Obviously. I'm saving the good lessons for my travel tee ball team.
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You joke, but...
RubinRock said:
baseball has gotten ridiculous. I saw something recently where there was a 7u interstate travel ball tournament. There were teams from states all across the country traveling for this damn thing.

Travel ball. For 7 year olds. Across the country.
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RubinRock said:
baseball has gotten ridiculous. I saw something recently where there was a 7u interstate travel ball tournament. There were teams from states all across the country traveling for this damn thing.

Travel ball. For 7 year olds. Across the country.
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I think there's 9u around here. Can't fathom it. We didn't even do district tournaments before 10. I'm coaching 6-7 year olds now, and I can't imagine what a travel game of coach pitch looks like.
 
Bender said:
it's all about psyching out your opponent.
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@guys pregame ritual for the kids?

Read New Zealand GIF by Rugby World Cup
 
Guy Incognito said:
I think there's 9u around here. Can't fathom it. We didn't even do district tournaments before 10. I'm coaching 6-7 year olds now, and I can't imagine what a travel game of coach pitch looks like.
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I think we had an allstar team that would do district tournament around 10. Even then, my parents wouldn't let me do it because of their work and the time it took.
 
RubinRock said:
You joke, but...
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Seriously, I was surprised that they started tee ball at 4 (so some of the kids are 3 going on 4) here. I get that I'm old, but we were doing tee ball at 6 and 7, then doing coach/player pitch at 8. Now they have kids that just got out of diapers trying to field grounders.
 
RubinRock said:
I think we had an allstar team that would do district tournament around 10. Even then, my parents wouldn't let me do it because of their work and the time it took.
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I was on the district teams, but my dad wouldn't let me do the travel stuff. Also wasn't allowed to play fall ball until my junior and senior years of high school. Played different sports each season, and could only play one.
 
ill said:
how much video are you watching of the other teams?
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We only have one team in town, so we have to "travel" to play our games against the teams from the township.

I guess we're now #elite.
 
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