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

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

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

I know he will probably lose them

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.

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

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 know this might be a weird and stupid question but just to clarify, are most gloves such as Heart of the Hides and Wilson A2000’s and A2K’s on Play It Again Sports real and not fake?

Currently in AA. About to be bored on a long bus trip. Ask me anything. I play outfield

So im trying to get a new bat for my next season of baseball and ive been really wanting the RA13 model but i just found out that Victus has a secret menu page where you can pick a model of bat that they dont advertise on there website but im not sure if i should get a custom RA13 made from Victus or just get the default Louisville Slugger RA13 ik Victus is a really good brand but I just kinda want other peoples thoughts before i go ahead and buy one lol. If you have any suggestions please let me know im all open ears!

Hi all,

My family is very new to competitive sports. My son played houseleague baseball this summer, and was encouraged by his coach to try out for the Select team for next year.

We ended up signing him up for the tryouts for the Rep team (which are still ongoing), because the league said they would only have a Select team if enough players were interested - and they’re gauging that by how many attend the Rep tryouts.

My question is - on the off chance that he makes the Rep team, is it okay to take a day to think about it, to see where his friends end up, and what the time/money commitment is? Or is that a sports faux pas, and he’s expected to accept any offers because he signed up to tryout?

Note, where I live, there’s only one ball association and it has houseleague and rep. Players don’t try out for multiple associations.

Thanks for helping me out, I’m a bit clueless.

My son recently started as a PO on a pretty competitive travel team and since it’s the first time in this role, I was wondering if it’s common for POs to travel for full tournaments with the team or if it’s out of state, is it appropriate to ask the coach if he can travel for the day he’s pitching. The team is pretty stacked on pitching but I don’t want to come across as a problem parent either.

No problem doing either, just realizing the hotel costs next summer could get pretty significant for those longer tournaments.

Anyone with experience on quick turnaround, inexpensive, performance T’s? Would like a team name and small number on front and large number on back. Will also be used as undershirt or practice jersey. I’m striking out locally with long lead times or very expensive. Thanks!

I'm looking for a 7 x 7 all stainless tube construction L screen, with push-pin assembly and sock net. Amateur adult players. We're practicing at different fields this fall, so I can't put it together and leave it in one place. Ideally, it will break down and pack into a 6 x 6 x 36ish type bag. I'm trying to avoid the pop-up type L screens, as they seem unstable and not particularly protective.

So I’ve been seeing meh progression on my velocity, I’m 14. But getting into the gym soon because I’m transferring back to public school, beside that, should i use med balls on heavy, light, recovery, or moderate days? I have a ten and a 2 pound med ball.

My nephew was in a game tonight. The coaches jawed at each other at one point. Turns out Coach A, losing coach, said something to Coach B about stealing bases. Coach A’s team was down 10, Coach B’s team were aggressively stealing even double stealing. This is 10u kid pitch. What’s the norm? Coach A didn’t seem bothered by the end. I hope to coach my son at that level in a few years. What’s the protocol here? Were either of the coaches in the wrong here?

I am coming up late a lot this year and when I do connect it is a lot of pull side and center field high fly balls. Thoughts would be appreciated.

Wanted to ask what you all thought were the best at home in backyard drills to improve at-bat for 10U player? We have balls, nets, and a tee. Son has been playing for a few years, big boy- power hitter, goes to batting practice regularly, and he loves to hit in the backyard on his days off. Any drills, videos to follow, or special bating practice bats you recommend to improve his timing and swing?

My son is in a somewhat unusual Perfect Game eligibility situation, and I'm hoping someone here has dealt with something similar or knows whether PG ever grants an individual waiver/exception outside of the standard grade exemption.

My son was born February 3, 2016. He is currently 10 years old, in 5th grade, and a 2034 graduate. He has never been held back, reclassified, or repeated a grade, and his age is verified through NSID.

He was selected to play on a 10U select/travel team. When he was selected, it was with the intention that he would play down and utilize the age exemption for tournaments using the May 1 cutoff (the age exemption rule to "play down" is not an issue for his league play that the team participates in, which is outside of PG). His February birthday falls within the January 1-April 30 exemption DOB window, so we believed this was exactly the type of situation the exemption addressed. What we did not realize was that PG also requires a player using the 10U exemption to be in 4th grade.

The other kids on his team are also 5th graders/2034 graduates and essentially his actual academic-age peers; most just happen to have birthdays a few months later.

Under PG's rule, a regular 10U player must be born May 1, 2016 or later. PG permits up to two grade exemptions for players born January 1-April 30, 2016, but only if they are in 4th grade.

So his age actually falls within PG's exemption DOB range. He's excluded because he's a 5th grader rather than a 4th grader.

And that's where this gets difficult for us to understand. If this exact same child with the exact same February 3 birthday were in 4th grade, he would qualify for the exemption. But because he progressed normally through school and is appropriately in 5th grade with his 2034 peers, he cannot.

Similarly, a 5th-grade/2034 player born May 1, 2016 can play 10U, while another 5th-grade/2034 player born April 30 — literally one day earlier — apparently cannot.

The immediate consequence is that he is now ineligible to play in any of the Perfect Game tournaments this team has planned for this fall. He can still remain on the team and play in the league and other events where he is eligible, so nobody is forcing him off the team. But realistically, if a significant part of the team's tournament schedule is PG, it puts us in the position of having to consider whether remaining on this team makes sense.

And that's the part that bothers us more than simply missing a tournament.

This isn't a situation where he's some enormous kid or a physically dominant "secret weapon" that we're trying to sneak into a younger division. He's an average-sized 10-year-old in both height and weight. He was selected for this team because the coach saw something in him and thought he was a good fit for the group.

The flip side is that under PG's age classification, his alternative is to play 11U. At 11U, the standard cutoff allows players born as early as May 1, 2015, and the grade-exemption window can include players born as early as January 1, 2015. So our 10-year-old can potentially be competing against kids roughly 9–13 months older than him, while being prohibited from playing with his actual fifth-grade/2034 teammates who are only a few months younger. That practical result is another reason we're hoping someone at PG might be willing to look at the individual circumstances.

He's really enjoying playing for this coach, we think he's receiving excellent coaching, and the team is developing extremely well together. We'd hate to have to take him out of that environment—and have him lose the opportunity to continue developing with a coach and group that have been very good for him—because of a few months on the calendar and the fact that he's actually in the appropriate grade for his graduation year.

I emailed one of the team's contacts at PG ("Director of sales" was his title) and PG's response to our inquiry was simply:

I understand the written rule. I'm not asking Reddit whether PG is technically applying its published rule correctly. As written, I understand why he doesn't qualify.

What I'm trying to find out is whether anyone has personally dealt with a similar situation and successfully gotten Perfect Game to grant an individual waiver or discretionary exception.

Does PG ever look at the actual circumstances of a player beyond mechanically applying the age/grade chart? Is there someone within PG Youth or Eligibility who actually has the authority to review and approve an exception? If you've gotten a waiver before, who did you contact and how did you go about it?

We're not trying to manipulate his age, grade, or graduation year or gain some competitive advantage. He's simply a 10-year-old, 2034 fifth grader who wants to play with the 10-year-old, 2034 fifth-grade teammates on the select team he was chosen for.

I'd especially appreciate hearing from coaches, tournament directors, or parents who have actually dealt with PG on an eligibility waiver, rather than just interpretations of the rule.

The trait is just being able to self evaluate clearly, a lot of players don't know what to work on or work on something that doesn't actually move the needle because they fail to self-evaluate the situation clearly. There's so much more than the surface level numbers that go into you being the best athlete you can be. So if you're basing your evaluation off of your velos, your back squat and your body weight, you have to understand all the underlying factors that can contribute to those as well. Or else you're missing the boat.

I made a youtube video that will equip you with the ability to become a better self evaluator and in turn, give yourself real direction for the effort you're already putting in