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The Coach
Is he knowledgeable? Can he communicate his knowledge to kids? Is this a
revenue source for him? Does he have a son on the team and what positions does he play? If it is the one your son normally plays, guess who will be switching positions.
The Schedule
How many games vs. how many practices. You improve in practice not during games. There should be a couple of games played locally a week. If they play more than couple of weekend tournaments a month, they are playing too much. If they are traveling all over the country playing every weekend in tournaments, WHY? Do you think the competition is actually better 500 miles away from home? This is going to get expensive and remember companies whose goal is to maximize profits by sucking in delusional parents put on all these tournaments. Why do you think they schedule so many teams into a tournament that teams have to play 4 games in one day? That isn’t fun but at $500 per team fattens the coffers.
The Roster
If you are going to tournaments at which they will be playing 8 games, that’s 48 innings.
They’re going to need a LOT of pitchers and remember they threw in a couple of games during the week. A lot of these teams only carry 10 or 11 players so that no one ever has to sit the bench much. If every player on the team is a pitcher that still means that there is 60+ innings to be covered per week. Dad, it ain’t the curveball that is blowing up arms. Carrying 13-14 players is a good idea. Playing 4 games in one day ain’t fun! 4 guys sitting on the bench can be a blast and quite frankly it is the bench hijinks that they will be talking about on the way home. It doesn’t bother kids to sit. It bothers parents who are bored because Jr. isn’t in the lineup!
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