My son loves to floss and dance on the baseball field

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My daughter picked dandelions on the field.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s fine assuming he is in kindergarten or 1st grade. After that, it’s not cute, just disrespectful and dumb.

When kids get older, opposing pitchers handle disrespect. A little chin music and he'll be as boring as baseball culture demands

I hope you're not encouraging dangerous pitching here.

Who said anything about "dangerous"?

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You guys are acting like these kids aren’t in rec little league. Calm down. Baseball involves a lot of standing around for little kids. And they do all sorts of things while they’re in the field. Watching the ball get hit and doing a little dance if he isn’t involved in the play is literally no big deal.

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Let’s suck the joy out of youth sports as much as possible. Already BTDT with youth soccer. Glad we can now focus on making baseball miserable for kids too.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s suck the joy out of youth sports as much as possible. Already BTDT with youth soccer. Glad we can now focus on making baseball miserable for kids too.

Baseball has a long tradition of being miserable and devoid of joy. Can you think of another sport where celebrating is so frowned upon?

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Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old still does this. I don’t think baseball is his sport, but his dad keeps pushing.

That’s embarrassing. Definitely not cute at that age.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s suck the joy out of youth sports as much as possible. Already BTDT with youth soccer. Glad we can now focus on making baseball miserable for kids too.

Baseball has a long tradition of being miserable and devoid of joy. Can you think of another sport where celebrating is so frowned upon?

Celebrating is appropriate when you hit a home run or a double or whatever. What sport has kids breaking into dance for no reason in the middle of the game? Name the sport.

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Anonymous wrote:He's a good player, but if the ball isn't hit to him, he literally breaks out in flossing or disco. Part of me finds it hilarious and part of me wonders if it annoys the coaches, who seem good natured but remind him to stay on task. I have to say, it does make the game marginally more entertaining. My question - if it were your kid, would you say something or let the kid dance the night away?

Id show him the baseball team down south that dances and let him know theres a time to dance and a time to play but that dancing and baseball arent exclusive of another.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s fine assuming he is in kindergarten or 1st grade. After that, it’s not cute, just disrespectful and dumb.

Sure a 2nd grader should be “more mature”

FFS no wonder kids are suffering from anxiety and depression.

Just let them be kids!

So let them do whatever they want, whenever they want? No. Kids can learn appropriate behavior. There’s a time and a place. He needs to get energy out? Do it running around the bases, or play at a playground before the game. If he wants to joke around with friends, he can do it on the bench or after the game. On the field, you’re playing the game and you’re listening to your coaches. Kids need boundaries and they are perfectly capable or following them. Kids do not need to be and should not be entertained every second of the day. They can stand there and watch the game. Just like they can sit there and wait for food to come out in a restaurant without an iPad.

You are exactly what is wrong with youth sports.

Appropriate behavior on a baseball field at 7 years old is dancing between plays.

Baseball is fun, it’s entertaining, it’s an emotional release.

No sports is not the time to “sit and watch”, that’s ridiculous.

Celebrate, have fun, be a good sport, try hard … yes

Sit and watch paint dry.., no

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i-HgB6kn8qc

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Anonymous wrote:He's a good player, but if the ball isn't hit to him, he literally breaks out in flossing or disco. Part of me finds it hilarious and part of me wonders if it annoys the coaches, who seem good natured but remind him to stay on task. I have to say, it does make the game marginally more entertaining. My question - if it were your kid, would you say something or let the kid dance the night away?

Id show him the baseball team down south that dances and let him know theres a time to dance and a time to play but that dancing and baseball arent exclusive of another.

Jinx … just posted a link

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Anonymous wrote:He's a good player, but if the ball isn't hit to him, he literally breaks out in flossing or disco. Part of me finds it hilarious and part of me wonders if it annoys the coaches, who seem good natured but remind him to stay on task. I have to say, it does make the game marginally more entertaining. My question - if it were your kid, would you say something or let the kid dance the night away?

Id show him the baseball team down south that dances and let him know theres a time to dance and a time to play but that dancing and baseball arent exclusive of another.

Found it

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s suck the joy out of youth sports as much as possible. Already BTDT with youth soccer. Glad we can now focus on making baseball miserable for kids too.

Baseball has a long tradition of being miserable and devoid of joy. Can you think of another sport where celebrating is so frowned upon?

Celebrating is appropriate when you hit a home run or a double or whatever. What sport has kids breaking into dance for no reason in the middle of the game? Name the sport.

When the play is stopped or n the other side of the field it’s appropriate

I posted a video of a team doing just that.

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Anonymous wrote:He's a good player, but if the ball isn't hit to him, he literally breaks out in flossing or disco. Part of me finds it hilarious and part of me wonders if it annoys the coaches, who seem good natured but remind him to stay on task. I have to say, it does make the game marginally more entertaining. My question - if it were your kid, would you say something or let the kid dance the night away?

Maybe he has a future with the Party Animals or the Savannah Bananas?

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s suck the joy out of youth sports as much as possible. Already BTDT with youth soccer. Glad we can now focus on making baseball miserable for kids too.

If your kid is interested in the sport, they won't be messing around. It is distracting, and they are likely not paying attention to what they are supposed to be paying attention to. Girls tolerate this much more than boys, because a lot of girls do sports mainly for the social aspect. It sounds like baseball is not the best sport for OP's kid. Put him in soccer or dance or something where he can move around all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, my son was like this. It was just boredom. He swims now.

Same, baseball is a different kind of boring than swimming laps.

Swimming: constant personal, physical engagement, lower, shorter term focus needs, OK to get lost in your own head (which may actually help with distance swimming).

Baseball: Infrequent to no physical engagement, while forced to stay socially focused on a slow moving event that rarely involves activity on your part.

So you need to figure out which boredom suits your kid's personality better.