Chas
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Well, I was hoping there would be some other coaches out there. Anyway most of my ASL time for the next several months is gone. Baseball is a 7 day a week adventure.
Rattlers: Normal 11U Minors Little League team. Very inexperienced but good group of kids. I have one kid who is a stud OLB but hasnt played much baseball. Tons of athletic skill and ability, but not much experience. Most practice time thus far has been focused on defense. I feel if we can make the plays and minimize mistakes in this area we can stay in games. Pitching is a weakness. Right now my 8 year old is the #2 pitcher, but there are two older kids that may be able to jump over him. If Roman (8) becomes my #4 pitcher because of the others' skill, we could have a good year.
Roman got scouted and asked to play on 9U travel team (Sliders). They then asked me to be a coach as well. Much nervousness. First tournament starts in a few hours, and we are playing up (10U) tourny. So he will not only be pitching way up age wise, but against all-star type teams. If he can strike anyone out, or even keep it together for a couple of innings he could be dominating in normal LL. I see it as an opportunity to quickly gain game experience.
So between both teams there is practice 7 days a week and games in there. Today Rattlers practice is 1230-2, then we leave to drive to the tournament which we have to be at by 3. I may not be posting a whole lot in gamesquad for the next few months except where I get some quick opportunities and to update this thread.
Chas
Rattlers: Normal 11U Minors Little League team. Very inexperienced but good group of kids. I have one kid who is a stud OLB but hasnt played much baseball. Tons of athletic skill and ability, but not much experience. Most practice time thus far has been focused on defense. I feel if we can make the plays and minimize mistakes in this area we can stay in games. Pitching is a weakness. Right now my 8 year old is the #2 pitcher, but there are two older kids that may be able to jump over him. If Roman (8) becomes my #4 pitcher because of the others' skill, we could have a good year.
Roman got scouted and asked to play on 9U travel team (Sliders). They then asked me to be a coach as well. Much nervousness. First tournament starts in a few hours, and we are playing up (10U) tourny. So he will not only be pitching way up age wise, but against all-star type teams. If he can strike anyone out, or even keep it together for a couple of innings he could be dominating in normal LL. I see it as an opportunity to quickly gain game experience.
So between both teams there is practice 7 days a week and games in there. Today Rattlers practice is 1230-2, then we leave to drive to the tournament which we have to be at by 3. I may not be posting a whole lot in gamesquad for the next few months except where I get some quick opportunities and to update this thread.
Chas