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[quote=Anonymous]I have a baseball player who will play in college - he’s a junior now. He usually has played basketball in the winter, which is really good for preventing overuse injuries and building strength and conditioning. He is a pitcher and started throwing again in January.

This year he decided to train specifically for baseball all winter and not play basketball for the first time. He throws most days, with a bullpen twice a week and sometimes throws to live batters. All of this indoors - there are multiple facilities.

Sure, kids in Florida and Texas have more time to play. Overall the competition is better. But if your kid just wants to play in college, and they are a good high school player, there will probably be options. If you look at the rosters of D3 basketball or softball teams in this area they are not stacked with kids from far away states. They are regional. So your kid isn’t competing against a Florida kid for a roster spot at St Mary’s, or U Wooster, or Mary Washington. If they want to play at UVA or UMD-CP…yeah, they have to be might-go-pro good. But D3 - there are options![/quote]

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