Other than baseball, my son is also a pretty good swimmer(he goes to our local YMCA swimming team) and has won a silver medal in this year's SD junior olymics. Baseball is of course his first love, we ask him to swim for the purpose of getting him stronger and bigger(he is under size compare to his peers). So the question is how much does swimming really help a baseball player? Stamina wise the benefit is pretty obvious, how about power and speed? He's also pitching 1 to 2 innings per game, will swimming help his arm?
On the other hand will swimming and playing baseball in the same season be bad? Right now he has 3 swimming practices a week with almost three thousand yards of swimming in each practice. From time to time, maybe once a month he will also go to swim meet. Now add in about 2 Rec ball games, 2 travel ball practices and 1 travel ball game each week we are talking about a lot of activities for a 10 years old kid. Is this a little too much?
On the other hand will swimming and playing baseball in the same season be bad? Right now he has 3 swimming practices a week with almost three thousand yards of swimming in each practice. From time to time, maybe once a month he will also go to swim meet. Now add in about 2 Rec ball games, 2 travel ball practices and 1 travel ball game each week we are talking about a lot of activities for a 10 years old kid. Is this a little too much?
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