Can’t say I’d been following all the drama and campaigning closely but I figured the Rhoden-Doeden (all time name matchup btw) runoff election tonight probably would, at the earliest, be called in the 10 PM hour
Instead I find out it was basically…
Fall tournament season is almost here. One request to tournament directors: please, no 3-game Sundays. Players have school Monday. Coaches want healthy arms. Parents want to get home. Let’s not be dumb.
Parents, here’s a simple rule: Don’t talk to the opposing team’s kids. Cheer for your own team. Let the coaches coach, the players play, and the umpires umpire. You’re behind the fence for a reason.
Exit velo, velocity, and spin rate are great. But none of them guarantee you can actually play the game. Plenty of cage hitters and bullpen arms struggle when the lights come on. Coaches, don’t let the metrics outweigh game performance.
𝗗𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: Class of 2028
🔹 Players headed to #PBFG26
🔹 Movement across the board
🔹 Expanded to 2️⃣5️⃣ players
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Travel ball is bleeding families dry. Tournaments fees. Hotels. Food. Equipment.
And now they charge parents insane amounts just to watch their own kid play. What’s next — pay-per-flush bathrooms?
Enough is enough‼️
Adults. STOP yelling "Drop It" when a player from the other team is trying to make a catch. Its sad that you want a child to fail to benefit yours. You'd be super upset if that was said to your player and they did.
19-31 South Dakota State upsets top seed Oral Roberts to punch their ticket for 1st time since 2013
Jackrabbits were the 4 seed entering the tournament
Somewhere along the way, youth sports stopped treating kids like kids.
They have been turned into miniature professionals. Rankings. Exit velos. Recruiting profiles. Year round travel ball. Private lessons every night. Coaches yelling after every mistake like a scholarship depends on the next at bat.
Most kids will never play D1. The ones who do usually had coaches who let them love the game first.
Our job isn’t just to win youth tournaments. It’s to build resilient, confident, respectful young people through the game.
Let kids celebrate. Let them fail. Let them compete. Let them learn toughness without losing joy.
Hold them to a high standard, but remember they’re still growing. The way we coach them now shapes who they become later.
If the only thing your team learned this season was how to win, you missed the point.
The memories matter more.
“What I love about sports is friendships. I think sports makes friendships more soulful and more deep and more connected,” George Karl
The relationships you build with your teammates determine your immeasurable moments of success.
Teach your children that not knowing something is not a bad thing, it is an opportunity to learn something.
Teach them that making mistake is not failure, it's the first step to understanding.
~ via @ProfFeynman