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Sons are 11 and 8. Pretty much skin and bones. They are seeming like they are just now starting to "care". Some fun videos nontheless.

We try not to smother them (its tougher than it sounds as I was a sports psycho when i was young)

my 8 year old
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsXSKrdUk0o[/youtube]

Double over the LF head that my 11 year old decides is good enough to be a triple

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjnNZuhxe5w[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtlVTCMXmeQ[/youtube]

youngest. should do well once he gets stronger

PING!

What in the hell is the left fielder doing in that first video?

Good stuff man if my kids play sports I'll be fifty times more nervous than I ever was when I played.

packsyD22 wrote:What in the hell is the left fielder doing in that first video?

Being 8

I was sitting at my youngest's game last night (last vid) and i must say. 90% of parents are a complete embarrassment. Some of the coaches too. This is the 1st season I havent coached them since they started playing, and it wil be the last.

I cant knock these guys cause they are out there volunteering. However, the bottom line is they are fucking clueless. The kids on the teams dont come out the other end of the season having learned much of anything.

Parents are screaming at ump and badgering the shit out of their kids WHILE they are hitting.

shel311 wrote:

packsyD22 wrote:What in the hell is the left fielder doing in that first video?

Being 8

i think he just read the scouting report... they had the pull shift on.

shel311 wrote:

packsyD22 wrote:What in the hell is the left fielder doing in that first video?

Being 8

Yep, you ought to see some of the decisions made in my kids' baseball games. I don't get nervous at all during their games. I'm just glad they're having fun even if my daughter's idea of having fun at a baseball game is doing cartwheels in the outfield. She wants so badly to be a DH.

fuck that shit... you guys are better than me! i'm not going to be embarrassing to my kids or a stage dad or anything like that but they'll for sure be taking ground balls at age 3 whether they think they like it or not.

i'll manipulate those little fuckers without making them feel forced.

'ice cream for the first kid to make 3 backhands in a row!'

awesome videos AJ. your 8 year old has a better swing than i ever did.

DRiccio21 wrote:fuck that shit... you guys are better than me! i'm not going to be embarrassing to my kids or a stage dad or anything like that but they'll for sure be taking ground balls at age 3 whether they think they like it or not.

i'll manipulate those little fuckers without making them feel forced.

'ice cream for the first kid to make 3 backhands in a row!'

awesome videos AJ. your 8 year old has a better swing than i ever did.

dont get me wrong. we're always working in the yard and down at the field. i just mean during the game

When coaching I must say a lot of times I feel like parents are watching a completely different game than me.

My pony baseball coach kicked dirt on a blue when I was I eighth grade.

Sweet vids Aj.

ajalves wrote: i just mean during the game

there were 3 types of dads where i grew up

1) the one that wanted to be involved in everything
2) the one that wanted to be involved in nothing
3) the drunk guy that carried the water bottle filled with vodka around the field and screamed like a maniac

DRiccio21 wrote:

ajalves wrote: i just mean during the game

there were 3 types of dads where i grew up

1) the one that wanted to be involved in everything
2) the one that wanted to be involved in nothing
3) the drunk guy that carried the water bottle filled with vodka around the field and screamed like a maniac

nothing has changed man.

I was rewatching the vids. I did say one thing to him between pitches in the 1st video "swing hard"

lol...i remind them to swing hard incase of contact!

We have a guy at work whose daughter is in the 8th grade and has played travel softball for a couple yrs now. He's one of those dads that you talk about above.... super cool person he just goes overboard at the fields.

Can't wait for these days with lil c,awesome videos.

DRiccio21 wrote:fuck that shit... you guys are better than me! i'm not going to be embarrassing to my kids or a stage dad or anything like that but they'll for sure be taking ground balls at age 3 whether they think they like it or not.

i'll manipulate those little fuckers without making them feel forced.

'ice cream for the first kid to make 3 backhands in a row!'

awesome videos AJ. your 8 year old has a better swing than i ever did.

I think it is the execution afterwards that matters, not the kickstart. In my family, you played football or I think you died. Those were your choices. We all did but none of my family - uncles or my father - was ever overly critical or mean once we got started. They deferred to the coaches and I think that is why we all played from six to high school (one cousin in college) despite having no choice on whether or not we started playing.

trendon wrote:

DRiccio21 wrote:fuck that shit... you guys are better than me! i'm not going to be embarrassing to my kids or a stage dad or anything like that but they'll for sure be taking ground balls at age 3 whether they think they like it or not.

i'll manipulate those little fuckers without making them feel forced.

'ice cream for the first kid to make 3 backhands in a row!'

awesome videos AJ. your 8 year old has a better swing than i ever did.

I think it is the execution afterwards that matters, not the kickstart. In my family, you played football or I think you died. Those were your choices. We all did but none of my family - uncles or my father - was ever overly critical or mean once we got started. They deferred to the coaches and I think that is why we all played from six to high school (one cousin in college) despite having no choice on whether or not we started playing.

I'm kind of this way with a twist. I don't care what they play. Obviously I lean towards basketball but if they choose something else I'm fine. But they are going to be active in something. I also do my best to stay out of the coach's way at games and practice. I refuse to become one of those parents.

It was baseball in my family like that.

I wanted to play soccer and baseball, I almost got beat for wanting to play soccer

I wonder how it feels to be a parent of a kid that is absolutely terrible. The other parents must talk a ton of shit.

My former best friend was that guy. He went 0-17 in his high school career and struck out all 17 times. I got embarrassed because my mom was that parent that said to him "you'll get em next time"

LetsGoPeay wrote: But they are going to be active in something.

this is the most important part.

the boys played soccer, baseball and basketball till they/we decided it was time to slim it down by at least one sport. then they really just wanted to play baseball.

with my oldest going into middle school next year, he might change his mind completely. Who knows. he is going to do something though.