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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If LL is your Rec option, I would consider a local travel team to get on the bigger 50-70 field with Major League  Baseball rules. Longer throws, leads/pickoffs, 1st/3rd plays -- a lot more baseball. Especially beneficial if you have a knowledgeable coach.

People are focusing on Varsity, but you gotta make teams before that to get there. Coaches love smart ballplayers.[/quote]

Coaches love physically mature baseball players and in our experience prioritize size along with throwing and hitting velocity over smarts. [/quote]

If the Coach only goes for size/velocity AND those players aren't smart ballplayers, then he's not a good Coach at any level. If he's a youth Coach, then not a good Coach at all.

Baseball games aren't won, they are lost. [/quote]
Sounds like you have a small kid who plays travel...

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I Coach a squad of munchkins -- they are all small.

But we will bunt, fake bunt/steal, fake bunt/swing, delay steal, get excellent primary and secondary leads, walking leads and steal 3rd against any catcher. We throw strikes, minimize walks, play solid defense, make accurate throws, back-pick lazy baserunners, run good 1st and 3rd plays, have special pickoff plays for certain situations, daylight plays, excellent cutoffs/relays, and our rundowns are superb. But really, our defense is our bread and butter. We play hard.

We will exhaust and torment teams of any size, and beat most of them. I like their odds of making HS Varsity if they keep at it.[/quote]
And varsity coaches still won't give a crap and will take the 6'2 man child over today kids. [/quote]

+100[/quote]

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