Breaking News: NFHS eliminates 1-and-1 free throws from high school basketball. Instead, teams will get 2 free throws after the 5th foul in each quarter. https://t.co/QeNQ30qbft
A note to 🏀 parents that have a child playing their last year in travel ball:
We see your sacrifice. We know the financial burdens the ride has taken you on. We know you’ve missed work, obligations, and more. You’ve put everything aside to try to make your child’s dream become a reality.
You are applauded and commended! Take this summer and breathe a little and enjoy the games. Enjoy the travel. Enjoy all of it. It will be over soon and you’ll miss it. Even the bad parts.
Teams that don’t strike out at a high clip win more games. Simple as that. This is amplified at the college level and 10 fold at HS level and below. Once you get two strikes, it becomes 100% a team at-bat. Grind it out. Compete your tail off. Choke-up, shorten up, widen up, get closer to plate and implement your two strike mental approach. Some call this their “B Swing.” Make the pitcher work! Always liked “look fastball away and adjust.” But there are other 2 strike approaches that are just as effective. Need to experiment and find out what works best for your style of hitting. Often a quality two strike approach leads to hard hit balls. But even when they don’t, the opposition still has to field it, throw it, and catch it. That’s called pressure. Much more difficult to defend than a right turn back to the dugout.
RICHMOND ⚾️ | Final — Richmond 6, Wayne Country Day 5.
The Raiders erase a 3-run deficit to take game one in the Terry Sanford tournament.
@1Hinshaw hit a homer and had 5 RBI, fueling the comeback. @EthanwLocklear went 6.1 IP with 7 Ks. Game 2 on Tuesday vs. TBD at 7 p.m.
Tuesdays Schedule is as follows:
10:00 South View v Midway
1:00 W Harnett v Wayne Country Day
4:00 Pinecrest v Terry Sanford
7:00 Richmond v East Bladen
Come watch some good high school baseball.
So happy for @PaulMcneilJr (District Player of the Year), @ColeJullien (Second team) and @DonaldWllm (Coach of the Year). Those three deserve all the accolades coming their way! 💚💛
The toughest part about the transition from 14u to HS ⚾️ is finding out you don’t just “get to be” special.
You might be ✨special.
But in the likely event that you’re NOT, how do you handle competition for playing time? Bc that’s all it is. Coaches don’t sit the best players…
Players must be taught what is acceptable “baseball talk” in the dugout and what you should NOT be yelling out onto the field.
In general, anything about our team is ok ✅
Any comments about their team is not okay ❌
I don’t want to hear about how good a running back is until he bulldozes an All-Pro linebacker like he’s a third-grader and then leaves the field without the jersey the defense had to rip off just to slow him down.
Come out tomorrow and watch some high school baseball. Great weather, decent field, good food and some pretty good baseball. Your entertainment is a huge support for our Baseball Program at Terry Sanford. Spread the word and y’all come on out.