It has been somewhat successful in some respects in that some of its alumni like Carl Crawford, C.C. Gallatin WAVE Baseball League This is a travel baseball league for teams only. The physical and mental challenges of pursuing more than one sport is healthy in every respect. Since 2015, it has been known as The Emirates FA Cup after its . In my experience as a recreation coach, I found the rec league filled with as much politics and drama and team stacking as travel ball leagues. Almost every parent volunteers. Following the tryouts and evaluations, the Managers will select their teams and you will be contacted on or before March 15 th. A lot of well rounded and good mannered young men who enjoy competition and sportsmanship. Families who thought the Sunday game was no big deal slowly dropped out of church because sports came first. I know because I was her coach for years. Well, this certainly diverged off the main topic of traveling versus rec sports, but I hope it provides a little more to talk about, especially among family members. Little League wants parents to understand the potential dangers of allowing a child to participate in programs in which limited rules and regulations may exist - while recognizing our program's rules that are designed to protect players from injury, such as Pitch Counts and equipment rules. Division Descriptions: Teeball is for 5 and 6 year olds not ready for coach pitch baseball. After looking at the tournament schedule, I realized Id miss days at work and the expenses would pile up. But my friend who suggested that I do this also told me what was going to happen: he said I needed to understand that the other travel ball teams werent going to be low-key, so we would get pummeled at tournaments and probably lose every game. Alas, the father refused to make him work on defense, explaining: I am not a fielding dad.). If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. I find it filled with some great thoughts based on extreme examples and false assumptions. Id bet if you polled the MLB players the vast majority of them would agree. I hope my article could help to answer your questions. I could now study what I wanted to study, and my classes were no longer determined by baseball practice. Were enjoying the homeschool league to which we belong right now, but also realize that our daughters team is not a highly competitive team, but the JV/Varsity teams are a bit more competitive. I disagree with the idea that the sport is entirely a white elitist sport. After all, scores of players are of Latin American descent, including some of the games top superstars. To make matters worse, I learned his old Little League team did incorporate kid pitch mid-way through the season. Tha KS alot for all your insight!!! Overall, the risks are pretty much the same as regular baseball. T-ball, Biddy, "Little League", and Teener League baseball programs for the Tamaqua Area. Maybe my son will get a chance to play as long as he continues to love the game. Is Travel Ball killing little league and organized baseball? Kids blossom at different ages. I submit that even with all the excitement of the game, and the money and fame that come with it, the life of a professional athlete is not one to be envied. Fifth, a child can play travel ball while a family is still committed to church. If thats the case, the league they participate in doesnt matter that much. Our son never felt like he missed out on anything; he was too busy playing other sports and doing other activities. I do not feel we will ever look back on our decision to say no to travel ball. They also have T-ball divisions. You played in some tournament, and then district. Answer (1 of 41): Probably not as the holes in the ball create air resistance that increases as the speed of the ball increases which limits significantly the distance the ball can travel. http://kristenanneglover.com/my-kids-dont-play-sports/#comment-6411. AVONDALE LITTLE LEAGUE 10720 W Indian School Road, #19 PMB-137 Phoenix, Arizona 85037 Email: registerinfo.avll@gmail.com 2 were here. I dont see anything wrong with having children that play recreational sports. It also has a successful 18u rec program. So Im writing in the hope that youll see that rec ball is a better route. First some background, my son is in his third season of playing ball. I dont know. Dont sacrifice your sons childhood on the altar of the hope that hes the next Derek Jeter. The majority of coaches in the Little League are volunteers, mostly recruited of the parent ranks. Very good and same principles work for hockey too. But most of them still play, in one way or another. Just like my folks did. Baseball exists not just because of the community's love of the game. A lot of these coaches have other full-time jobs and simply dont have enough time to focus on their team. However, many people believe that the Little League better cultivates the true spirit of baseball as opposed to the sometimes too professional and competitive approach in travel baseball. This is what we due when we gather for worship. Then again, some games I find my older daughter listening to her ipod while we watch the games. Give MVP, Player of the game, most improved player of the game.. We pretty much know that were not ready to commit to a large amount of travel and that will be a consideration as our daughter gets older. It can be a huge change in commitment, skill level, and dedication depending on the type of team and price you go into. In Little League baseball, ages can vary as much as three years in a division, with 9-year old players in a division with 12-year olds. Because COVID, This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Ive seen a couple of families fall into the travel ball trap. Have fun with sports, and use it to build character, not dream-castles in the skies. That the glory of the Lord might cover the dry land as the waters cover the sea. We havent broken the bank, we attend church on Wednesdays is we know we will be traveling too far to attend on Sunday (otherwise we go on Sundays), and the kids are all great friends. Dont get me wrong: I love competition. Kids need to play more than one sport so their rotator cuffs can recover, so their elbows can rest, so they dont have to have Tommy John surgery at 17. They play the same. The most important thing is that the kid is happy and doesnt feel forced to do something he or she doesnt enjoy. Participating in travel baseball will likely eat most of your free time. Now think about NASCAR. (Also, the boy could really hit. It always seemed the season ended right about the time we got to know everyone. I found a local travel ball organization that was offering tryouts for several 10-U teams. Those conflicts are becoming more common with the increasing secularization of our country. We have commodified the play of millions of children intoa $19.2 billion business, weakening volunteer-based programs that promise affordable sports for all children. Thank you! Travel ball is being on the right team, knowing the right people, and working on your skill set; not that much different from academic pursuits really and more so I suppose. General Pitching Topics. Also limiting the distance is striking a ball generates force in proportion to the speed at which the ball i. Your email address will not be published. Copyright 2003-2023 Falls Church Klwanis Little League. For those not going into coaching/training or the extremely few that will play professionally the focus needs to not get away from marketable skills once your done with college; which is a challenge in itself as athletes are often steered towards meaningless degrees to accommodate athletics. You can start posting after you click here to register.Click the word the "register" to proceed. Posted on May 21, 2022 by . They dont need to have baseball practice every week all year long, and you dont need to be their taxi for that every week all year long either. Kids are smarter than what we want to give them credit for. Icicidirect. They open/close each practice and game with prayer and are not overwhelming us with lots of games. My son is 11u, and this fall was his first (and possibly final) season of travel ball. Its hard to see him play so well and knowing we dont have the funds as most to do travel ball. What Is Travel Baseball? And I want to provide the best competitive opportunities I can for my own kids. Its about the fact that fewer and fewer kids are playing baseball every year. Its a Jesuit-based publication with a political slant that does not agree with mine. Little League International respects the rights of a parent(s), or legal guardian(s), to allow a child to participate in any Little League activity. Individual players who play on Little League teams are also permitted to participate in non-Little League Baseball and Softball programs. featured all American teams. As a long-term pastor Ive watched parents who were convinced their sons would benefit by travel ball deeply regret their decisions a decade later. Little League to . Growing up I loved baseball. Give your kid the chance to be a great person and cultivate that through sports. Honestly, in the sport of football, it may be most perpetuated by mothers, though from the . How do you help your childs best come out, leaving the potential open for higher levels of competition, while avoiding the possible detriments of rigorous levels of the sport? Lets think about two sports; Golf and NASCAR. Travel ball, by contrast, is not cheap participation fees average about $2,000 per player per year. It should be noted that the local Little League programs pay a one-time entry fee for each team to enter Tournament Play ($200), which goes into a restricted fund used exclusively for offsetting local Little League programs expenses accrued during International Tournament play, including the World Series in each division of play. But a story did cross my timeline about something near and dear to my heart: baseball. . Christian Smiths Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers All 9YO players. The piece in America by John W. Miller posits that America sold out Little League through the widespread adoption of high-dollar travel baseball: The father on the phone was upset. "We spent days, months, years . LSU Fan. Our hope as parents is that they think of themselves first as members of Gods family and then our family, and then perhaps as an athlete, etc., after that. I give you a big Amen! In volleyball and soccer, maybe cheer, but most other sports they don't. FieroCoug. As recently as the 1990s, travel baseball was a niche experience limited mostly to elite players in baseball-rich areas like Texas and California. Outside of Little League Baseball. I don't have to tell you that millions of Americans just simply can't afford that. My husband and I were both very competitive athletes growing up (though we had a wide variety of interests), played travel ball in high school, and won scholarships to a Big 10 university. My thoughts written here veer away from the focus of recreational versus travel leagues as the original blog talks about, but include some areas to think about whichever route of competition you choose. Girls have been admitted since 1974. It is called Daddy Ball but it is perpetrated by way more than daddies. As a mom of a 10 year old girl who has played both travel and rec softball we have seen first hand the pros and cons of both. Dads get into it for a little better competition not meaning for it to take over their lives, and the next thing they know their schedule and wallet are dominated by travel ball. Do they enjoy it or is it a drudge? With this comes the COOPERSTOWN TICKET. Small towns breed professional athletes, and the reason seems to be that kids in small towns arent over-coached, over-organized, and over-specialized by the travel ball opportunities found in larger cities. Baseball cant raise the dead, but Jesus will do just that when he returns to make this world into the new heavens and new earth. The gods of baseball punished me for my lack of devotion. (Matthew 6:33) I pray that many folks take heed of what you shared. I would urge you to consider how trustworthy Jesus is, how he can reconcile you to God, how he has paid for your sin, and how his Spirit can enable you to love others and enjoy life with them in a gathering of people joined together at a local church. The best coaches and the best players stop playing rec ball in favor of travel ball, leading to fewer teams and a lower level of competition in the rec league. The higher level of competition drives young players to work harder on their game. As a volunteer basketball coach for 18+ years, Ive seen girls spiritually suffer by the same well-intentioned convictions of their parents. He didnt make the middle school team as only travel ball kids only made it. I love excellence. Well, the genie of privatized baseball cannot be put back in the bottle. Jan 25, 9:19am. The low-end travel teams can be local teams going to a few tournaments outside the region. #momof3boys. Yes, I need Sunday fellowship and worship. I was recently Contemplating to start travel ball from my son recently and for some reason Ive been holding back . He told us last week that he is glad that we have taught him to focus on his eternal future. If your kid is good and loves to play, you wont be able to keep them from it. It is organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA). Please advertise when you have this league so I can get the 70 or so kids I will bring with me to get in registration line. Im not saying that travel ball is a sin, but it seems to be something that Satan can use to tempt people away (especially dads). Dont get me wrong there are alot of rec leagues that are great but if you live in the middle of no where lile wr do that was out only option to make her the best that she could be and to teach her to challenge herself and not settle for just good enough. Well, there wasnt. Travel Ball Travel ball softball is the next step up from recreational softball. Since tournaments and games are. When I was a kid, I played baseball under the Little League umbrella from age 8 through age 12. . Cant keep my almost 13 yr old from it since 5, and 3 yr old hits a large bucket of real balls off the tee by himself at the indoor facility in a cage while his brother hits in another. If his 10-year-old son did not make the team at the $2,500-per-season private baseball club where I coached, the boy would lose friends and the familys routines would be upended, he argued. Train your coaches and prepare them for every level they will be involved. If youre a non-Christian reading this post, dont you want to live for something more than baseball? This is decided by the player's ability from the previous year of play and/or how they look in tryouts. If non-Christians are playing travel ball on Sundays and all the Christians are in church with other Christians, how will the Christians win the non-Christians to Christ? Our two kids old enough to know what baseball is love the Orioles. What are they learning? I know families whove mortgaged their homes so their kids can play baseball, he said. For us, travel has been amazing. Encouraging the pursuit of excellence and rewarding hard work and God given talent. Generally speaking, these parents dont do the Sunday sports to evangelize. I learned I would have to stay in a hotel for out-of-town tournaments. He pulls down honor roll at school and is in band. In the Little League, some kids get a sense of belonging for the first time. I had to pay a sign-up fee of $750. (This, too, however, isnt a litmus test. Please dont mortgage your home on a dream that your kid might be good enough to go pro. Little League also hopes that parents understand the costs often associated with Travel Ball may be prohibitive. The majority of the leagues are run by local volunteers whose programs are annually charted by Little League International. -ta. (And options do exist that dont cost an arm and a leg.) Copyright 2003-2023 We dont have Sunday games and Id venture that shes in the lower end of competitive teams. A lot of travel baseball programs have their own training facilities where players have excellent conditions to develop their skills. The costs of travel baseball often put a serious strain on the family budget. We have truly enjoyed getting to know our travel team family! The nature of sport is that participants will learn in the course of their play, practice, games or meets, all about discipline, perseverance, punctuality, teamwork, goal-setting, how to handle disagreements, disappointment and failure, as well as success and recognition. Here are 10 reasons I think you should keep your kid in the rec league rather than quitting it for travel ball. but could it be said that youre in the big leagues of your profession? Usually, teams play travel ball at least twice a month, on weekends. Ive heard of travel ball teams that play 60 games in a summerfor kids under 10!and then they practice at least once a week through the winter. It always seems to happen with those families that God is really working with. The kids were really good, but he made it! This post seems a departure from your normal posting and writing. Kids may start playing in the Little League from as young as age 4. Not necessarily, but if your kid is in the 714 age range, I will suspect that you might not be pursuing the wisest course. If I show my kids church is optional but reach the other parents, Ive failed. In addition to a spring season, PSLL offers a summer league, summer camps, fall ball, and a winter skills clinic. They chronicled 850 baseball deaths in Death at the Ballpark, spanning professional, amateur, Little League, and even backyard pickup games. But over the years, the cost of entry has become more and more expensive. Steven_Ellis February 21, 2015, 12:46pm #1. I hoped that I would get information like yours Jason. This is a straw man argument that has nothing to do with the very valid points the author makes. It did to me. If youre coaching your 12 year olds travel ball team, what does that mean for the rec league opportunities your 7 year old has? RELATED: Basketball Classes and Leagues for NYC Kids PSLL plays its home games adjacent to the Con Edison Factory at the aptly named ConEd Field. Theres also the matter of synchronizing tournaments with kids school commitments and parents jobs. And that can, partially, explain Major League Baseballs lack of investment in the game in America. Travel Baseball vs Little League Which One is Better? Teams advancing to the regional level in the U.S. receive an additional $200. Because COVID, America sold out Little League through the widespread adoption of high-dollar travel baseball, Major League Baseball has its RBI Program, providing year-round instruction in the game, I wrote about this for Camden Chat in 2016. Thank you for sharing your experiences. As one who has three sons, two of whom played travel ball for part of their youth, and one who didnt, I can affirm everything you say here. They use evangelism as a spiritual reason for not being in church. Very few will walk in my church doors on Sunday. The Holy Spirit leads us all differently. We all need to be careful that identifying with just one sport and spending most of our time with it can deter a child from gaining skills, interests and appreciation for other activities and knowledge. Nor am I categorically condemning their decisions and choices. Extend your season, make sure that all teams are drafted equally. Do I think that she will even play on the high school level? His, The travel ball system is no different. Thanks for the great article I can share with the parents of my students. He is pitching in little league with success this year. I had worked with him quite a lot prior to that. A fun, family-friendly, reasonably affordable activity you can do with the kids? Well, at registration, I learned my leagues Board of Directors decided to use a pitching machine for 7-year-olds, and that MAYBE toward the end of the season, there MIGHT be some kid pitch. This means that kids participating in travel tournaments get a chance to play with or against highly skilled and competitive players. I do offer the opportunity to advertise your league and ask that you share it here and anywhere possible. I was glad he played Tee Ball, and I looked forward to the following year when I assumed there would be some kid pitching. And yes, they will see how I live and whats important to me the other 6 days a week; for better or worse. That was it! The roster includes 35 players, 27 of whom can receive scholarship money. It has been somewhat successful in some respects in that some of its alumni like Carl Crawford, C.C. I got an education, got married, we started having children, and now I get to coach my kids. Our daughter played travel softball for 9 years. Thanks for sharing them. Lesson learned. However, the main reason weve stuck with travel is the consistency that it offers. Wow this article really spoke to me. Now, the league has grown a bit but has 190 kids playing travel ball, with multiple teams at 12u, 14u, 16u, and 18u. Whos forcing their kid to play??!! He has a decent arm but has never pitched in travel. Now, the league has grown a bit but has 190 kids playing travel ball, with multiple teams at 12u, 14u, 16u, and 18u. In fact, most experts believe that if your goal is for your child to go pro, the worst thing you can do is overplay them. Christians are Christians because we worship what is true. After college, my husband played pro baseball for a while and I played on a national team. Being part of a team, no matter how long its for, isnt permanent, so as nice as it is to identify with activities that we love, we dont want them to define us or our kids. Never played fall ball, never took private lessons, and never played on a travel team. Hello, Im Paul, a 45 year old passionate baseball fan and the owner of this website. However, Little League International also has the right to limit participation in its activities to players who comply with its rules, regulations, and policies. Its become a white elitist sport, Mr. Greene told me. Little League baseball is a program organized by a non-profit organization based in Pennsylvania and it features local youth baseball competitions all over the world. Your email address will not be published. Most professional golfers look the same. Help your kids find the joy of learning in areas other than sports. Your marriage matters a lot more than some sport your kid plays. However, they are much more severe. It is a trend mirrored by our schools, hospitals and military. to return baseball to urban fields. With American Specialty Express' online . I think this is an important topic that needs to be discussed. But I say be wise. Uniforms, equipment, and any assets belonging to the local Little League (including uniforms bearing the required Little League shoulder patch), cannot be used for non-Little League activities, or in any game or tournament not specifically approved by Little League International. And at best a professional athlete might play into his late 30s or early 40s, then what? My arm hurt all the time, and I wasnt a pitcher. What I got was disaster. Required fields are marked *. There have been times when our kids insisted that the entire family wear Orioles stuff. re: Travel Ball/ Little League Coaches leaving work Posted on 8/20/22 at 6:32 pm to philly444. My son (now aged 26) was approached from age 10 on to play travel ball, but we declined year after year because it would pull us away from church plus cost us a small fortune. We will be staying with rec from now on. They dropped out of church and I think it really showed their kids that priorities of baseball come before any commitment to church attendance or service. I recognize that although it isnt common for kids to be offered college scholarships for sports, it obviously isnt impossible. I think "specialization" is killing certain sports in local markets, it depends. The sport came natural to him, and he loved it. It also has a successful 18u rec program. And this, more than anything else, is the problem with the continued growth and success of baseball. My Kids Dont Play Sports Though parents are well-intentioned, often children are tired of pursuing what was once fun but has become a stressful climb to the next level of competition at the expense of other parts of their lives, or at the expense of joints injured by overuse. "Everyone's selling 'the dream gonna happen,' and people are making a. Search FairfaxCounty.gov . Here in our area not so much. coming down the pike. What will travel ball mean for your other kids? My son had the same coach as the year prior. Baseball is the greatest game ever, it is exactly that, a game. Rec ball and travel ball can coexist, BUT, it has to be done with the kids as the foremost priority. Teen suspect in shooting of 15-year-old NYC boy caught upstate after months on run: sources 12-year-old NYC boy was shot while playing with other kids in apartment lobby Harrowing video footage. We still put prior commitments first and the coach understands that we cant make all games/practices as a result. So, teaching them the core baseball concepts is more important than competing. Thanks, To Him Be the Gory (in travel ball and everywhere else in His Creation). Anthony Lynn, who remembers his Little League days so vividly, told me that he thinks travel ball is cynical. Set the example for the kids. I talked to a dad who was committed to having his family in church even when they were on the roadand he said they traveled as a family as often as they couldfor tournaments. While many are still from the south, many are from upper-middle to upper-class backgrounds, with their appropriate support systems. The answer to this question depends on the reasons for joining the program. As parents, however, we can sometimes unknowingly pressure our kids to continuing pursuing things at a higher level because we want it for them, not because they want it, and we proverbially try to put a square peg into a round hole. Let them play the game. Truthfully, we have gotten better instruction and development at a Rec ball/All Star level. I have seen it just recently in the church Im attending now. The latest Arizona headlines, breaking news, in-depth investigations, politics, and local community stories that matter to you. 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