Why do people brag about their kids not practicing?

[Anonymous]

People get so carried away. I'm the OP. You know like I mentioned my DH did play D1 baseball. My kid is also 95 percentile too, he will be over 6'3 or whatever you're hoping your kid will be. He actually was recruited for another D1 sport too, so I would say all around athletic father. I wouldn't just assume the same for my kid. My DH also worked very hard to get a full scholarship and then very hard on the team. It's a full time job in college, practicing 25 hours a week+. My kid will also have to work hard even to make the HS teams because they are competitive. And he's a solidly athletic kid but so are a lot of kids. I think it's ridiculous if you actually believe your 10 year old is just going to be set. It comes down factors like genetics and size but at the end of the day, you won't get far with just that and you can have all those things and still not play later in college, let alone pro. Have a little humility. You may think they are the best. A lot of people on the same team think their kid is the best. I'm realistic. Maybe one day my kid is the best. I am around a lot of athletic kids as my kids play like 10 sports and I do not see any elite, superstars who are 10 year olds that are anything but a smidge better than the next best on the team. None. I find it hard to believe what you're saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Some real nasty people in here.

Being 6'0 and 200 as a female isn't incredibly fat. Some people are in big. Illona Maher is 200 lbs and I don't think anyone would consider her obese.

https://people.com/ilona-maher-social-media-video-body-positivity-9-year-old-girl-georgia-sullivan-8692312

Gross

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Some real nasty people in here.

Being 6'0 and 200 as a female isn't incredibly fat. Some people are in big. Illona Maher is 200 lbs and I don't think anyone would consider her obese.

https://people.com/ilona-maher-social-media-video-body-positivity-9-year-old-girl-georgia-sullivan-8692312

Gross

An olympian, the average 200 lb person does not have the same body composition. Big kids tend to do really well when they are young. It doesn't always last.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None. I find it hard to believe what you're saying.

You find it hard to believe that some kids are just born with better athleticism and talent than others?

[Anonymous]

Usually midgets are the best athletes at 10 and under so I think PP is a liar

[Anonymous]

Wow this thread went off the rails.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We talking bout practice???? Not a game not a game. Practice???

HS Baseball tryouts are in a month. If a kid hasn’t picked up a bat since November, he’s not going to be impressive. Most of the 14u kids I know practice or workout a bare minimum of 3x a week.

That’s just like your opinion man.

DP.

My kid is out of baseball but if you don't swing a bat all winter, your swing is going to be rusty and high school try outs aren't dads soft tossing balls to kids from behind a screen

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

My kids' pitching coach (softball) said the smaller kids often become the best because they have to grind early on.

You can't coach size into a kid.

The mechanical advantage that size gives in pitching is undeniable.

Look at the mlb draft every year.

You rarely see a pitcher under 6' and they are mostly around 6'3"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None. I find it hard to believe what you're saying.

You find it hard to believe that some kids are just born with better athleticism and talent than others?

Did you read the whole thing?
- d1 athlete dad
- 95 percentile
- plays pitcher, QB, has won individual sports as youngest in category
so all the factors you’re saying

BUT no I don’t believe that says much at 10 and he will have to work hard to make even our competitive HS teams. I have yet to see any kid far ahead others. I have seen so many kids play sports and the better kids are all within the same range as each other and the ones who practice will do better later. And many kids will go through puberty and some will surpass the good kids at 10. You are way ahead of yourself thinking your kid is some natural athlete because he looks good as a child.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

My kids' pitching coach (softball) said the smaller kids often become the best because they have to grind early on.

You can't coach size into a kid.

The mechanical advantage that size gives in pitching is undeniable.

Look at the mlb draft every year.

You rarely see a pitcher under 6' and they are mostly around 6'3"

A lot of kids are late bloomers!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We talking bout practice???? Not a game not a game. Practice???

HS Baseball tryouts are in a month. If a kid hasn’t picked up a bat since November, he’s not going to be impressive. Most of the 14u kids I know practice or workout a bare minimum of 3x a week.

That’s just like your opinion man.

DP.

My kid is out of baseball but if you don't swing a bat all winter, your swing is going to be rusty and high school try outs aren't dads soft tossing balls to kids from behind a screen

A good ball player will still look impressive even with a “rusty swing”. A good coach will know the difference between an impressive player with a rusty swing and an unimpressive player who has been swinging away all winter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We talking bout practice???? Not a game not a game. Practice???

HS Baseball tryouts are in a month. If a kid hasn’t picked up a bat since November, he’s not going to be impressive. Most of the 14u kids I know practice or workout a bare minimum of 3x a week.

That’s just like your opinion man.

DP.

My kid is out of baseball but if you don't swing a bat all winter, your swing is going to be rusty and high school try outs aren't dads soft tossing balls to kids from behind a screen

A good ball player will still look impressive even with a “rusty swing”. A good coach will know the difference between an impressive player with a rusty swing and an unimpressive player who has been swinging away all winter.

Stop, you’re being annoying. Some kids want average kids who care and are coachable over your kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We talking bout practice???? Not a game not a game. Practice???

HS Baseball tryouts are in a month. If a kid hasn’t picked up a bat since November, he’s not going to be impressive. Most of the 14u kids I know practice or workout a bare minimum of 3x a week.

That’s just like your opinion man.

DP.

My kid is out of baseball but if you don't swing a bat all winter, your swing is going to be rusty and high school try outs aren't dads soft tossing balls to kids from behind a screen

A good ball player will still look impressive even with a “rusty swing”. A good coach will know the difference between an impressive player with a rusty swing and an unimpressive player who has been swinging away all winter.

Stop, you’re being annoying. Some kids want average kids who care and are coachable over your kid.

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This isn’t even about my kid. This is about the insane (and frankly harmful) expectations adults are putting on kids. Case in point: you’re implying that a kid who does another sport or two during the baseball offseason rather than continuing to play/practice baseball doesn’t care and isn’t coachable?

This attitude is ridiculous and it ultimately serves no one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Usually midgets are the best athletes at 10 and under so I think PP is a liar

Agreed more coordinated at earlier age

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty close with the other moms on my son’s baseball team. They have an upcoming tryout. My son has been practicing for it and I mentioned it and multiple people have laughed and said “Oh Larlo hasn’t picked up a bat for months”
Why is it bragging rights not to practice?

“Larlo is a natural athlete. He doesn’t have to practice.”