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My son was literally born to play baseball! We wanted to sign our youngest son up to play T-ball when he was 5 years old. We were pretty disappointed to learn that he was considered to be "league age" 4 because his birthday was May 1.
He missed the age cutoff by something like 6 hours. What I didn't realize at the time is what a huge advantage it can be for a youth baseball player to be born in May, June, or July. I think my son is a pretty average size for his age. So now instead of being the runt of the league age 7 year olds he is a more advanced league age 6 year old.
If he had been born a day earlier I would have most certainly made the inadvertent mistake of moving him up from t-ball to coach pitch baseball too soon and the trend of moving him up levels too soon would always be a real danger.
We let him play soccer and baseball when he was 5 and 6, when he was turning 7 we made him choose 1 sport and he choose baseball, he absolutely loves the game.
My son was also born with drive to win and be the best and a fear that he will be the worst. It's a challenge to help him keep a proper attitude.
Mostly I thought I'd make this post here as a way of introducing myself and to thank everyone for the helpful discussions I've been reading here for a few months.
I am managing my son's LL team. I feel like if I can get the boys into a good batting stance, a good infield ready position, get them to understand the basics of good throwing mechanics, and help them to love the game and have fun then I've done my job. They can learn the rest of the swing and subtle techniques in a couple of years when they have more strength and coordination.
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Question:
Attached is a picture of my son batting. (I like the expression on his face.) As a coach are there any key points you could see in a photo like this that could help you analyze a players swing? What are you looking for in the posture of the player at this point in the swing?
BattingFall2012.jpg
My son was literally born to play baseball! We wanted to sign our youngest son up to play T-ball when he was 5 years old. We were pretty disappointed to learn that he was considered to be "league age" 4 because his birthday was May 1.
He missed the age cutoff by something like 6 hours. What I didn't realize at the time is what a huge advantage it can be for a youth baseball player to be born in May, June, or July. I think my son is a pretty average size for his age. So now instead of being the runt of the league age 7 year olds he is a more advanced league age 6 year old.
If he had been born a day earlier I would have most certainly made the inadvertent mistake of moving him up from t-ball to coach pitch baseball too soon and the trend of moving him up levels too soon would always be a real danger.
We let him play soccer and baseball when he was 5 and 6, when he was turning 7 we made him choose 1 sport and he choose baseball, he absolutely loves the game.
My son was also born with drive to win and be the best and a fear that he will be the worst. It's a challenge to help him keep a proper attitude.
Mostly I thought I'd make this post here as a way of introducing myself and to thank everyone for the helpful discussions I've been reading here for a few months.
I am managing my son's LL team. I feel like if I can get the boys into a good batting stance, a good infield ready position, get them to understand the basics of good throwing mechanics, and help them to love the game and have fun then I've done my job. They can learn the rest of the swing and subtle techniques in a couple of years when they have more strength and coordination.
/TLDR
Question:
Attached is a picture of my son batting. (I like the expression on his face.) As a coach are there any key points you could see in a photo like this that could help you analyze a players swing? What are you looking for in the posture of the player at this point in the swing?
BattingFall2012.jpg
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