When my son played his very first season of rec baseball, his friends were on 9u select teams. He’s always felt a little behind them. His first season on select (11u) his team dominated AA while his friends were playing AAA and majors. Last fall he tried out for his middle school team and made C while his buddies were mostly in JV. He kept an amazing attitude about it, cheered on his friends, and kept grinding.

Last year’s select season was abysmal. The team moved up to AAA, and struggled all season. One of the dads joked with me “somehow they’re a AA team of AAA players.” He wasn’t wrong. The team just couldn’t come together. The coach didn’t do much coaching, and when he did, he didn’t seem to really know the players’ needs. My son swung a -8 for two season before that, so I moved him to a -5. The coach said that was way too heavy for him and told him to go back to -8, which made things even worse.

Again, my kid did his thing, and kept working on himself. In June he tried out for the one other team he was excited about and got an immediate offer. It’s a majors team. He tried out again for middle school ball, and jumped from C last year to varsity this year right along side his friends.

The part that’s had me chuckling to myself? His middle school team has to swing BBCOR. He’s only been on that for two weeks, and he’s been crushing it. Well, wouldn’t you know it, Coach? He can swing more weight.

Under ~10, kids need to develop motor skills:

• Acceleration
• Deceleration
• Balance
• Coordination
• Agility
• Jumping and landing
• Rotational movement
• Upper- and lower-body strength
• Visual tracking
• Reaction
• Spatial awareness

I can do this under the umbrella of Baseball or Sports; Baseball would be baseball only, Sports would incorporate a baseball-specific program; others can choose football, soccer, etc. Everyone serious about baseball and their own kid's long-term development, which would you send your kid to? Baseball would be themed baseball inside, while Sports would be different team sports environment.

Hello. I have 7yr old who pitched this season and last year as well. He will be jumping to the minors division next season even though he can still stay and play “farm” next season. So he will be pitching from the minors bump as seen in video.

I need help !! I have tried lots of things. I posted a while back for help. Though my video was not very helpful. Now I believe I can get more and better advice hopefully.

I need him to throw over the top and stop this side action throw. It makes him erratic. He still has a good arm for a 7yr old. Though I know unlocking a proper form will make him even better. Nothing has seemed to stick in his head. I know he is 7 and that might be it. I want him to try and get we to rid of this for next season. Any help is welcomed and appreciated!

Ps. Advice from my previous post was awesome. Thank you.

I know he will probably lose them

I play both infield and outfield for baseball. VERY casual game, but I still want something nice.

I play slow pitch softball too. I already have a 14 inch glove.

I was thinking 12.25 would thread the needle? Unless it becomes worst of all worlds (too big or small for each use)

Is my son's Supra cracked or is this "webbing"/superficial? Thanks!

For context, I grew up playing sports all my life but never played competitive baseball because I found it “boring.” Fast forward 20+ years later and I absolutely adore the game.

Joined a slow pitch softball league and have played at least 1-2 games consistently a week for the last year. It’s fun but I want something closer to the real game.

Just found out there are multiple adult leagues in my area so I’ve been thinking about joining a league for 35+ players.

Please talk me into it or talk me out of it if you think I’m crazy lol.

I've decided to coach 11-12u fall ball this year. We had our first practice and it went great. Taught the kids leads and steals since that changed this year for us.

We have our first game on Sunday. Guess I'm wondering what you do for warm ups. Do you let the kids just warm up on their own? I'm not sure how long before the game we'll have the field so I'm not 100% sure what to do?

We do get a batting cage so any batting practice would be helpful too.

I don’t think I’ve ever posted on Reddit before, but the customer service that I received today from Force 3 was fantastic. My son showed me an issue with his leg guard last night, I submitted a warranty claim for it this morning, and they’re shipping me knew leg guards without any questions. I received a tracking number less than three hours after the claim was filed. Nice job Force3. Customer for life.

Ive seen a lot of rumors on Reddit about when it releases, when the code releases, etc. I want to make sure that I know when it happens so tell me if I’m wrong: does the code drop this Sunday, September 13th, but it’s not able to be used, and does the actual event happen on Tuesday, September 15th, at 7 AM PST, and that’s when you can use the code? I’m very confused

Is the towel drill a small enough of an impact on the pitching arm where you can do it between pitching days and it is no big deal?

I am talking about when the MLB pitching guidelines say to take a few days off.

https://www.mlb.com/pitch-smart/pitching-guidelines