TD13ZEL (bluecheck)

Benches more than you

[TD13ZEL (bluecheck) @tdiezel44]

FYI

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Tough to beat this view!

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[Adam Tirapelle, CIMA® @adamtirapelle]

In my experience with travel sports, there are basically 3 types of teams. This may or may not go across to soccer, hockey, basketball, etc.

1. Dad coached but aren't experienced at coaching or don't know the sport at a high level. You don't learn much but it doesn't cost a fortune.
2. Organization run & coached with knowledge and experience in the sport, but primary motive of the organization is to make money. Most costly. Monthly dues. Paid coaches.
3. Dad who has coached and played at a high level in the sport and you are just damn lucky you had kids at the same time as they did. No cost, all upside.

If you can find #3, I think travel can work. Unfortunately, that one is the most rare.

[Elliott @Elliott_snz]

Posting a Drake Maye touchdown everyday until #NFLKickoff

[𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙚 😎 @SwagnShades]

Moving youth baseball players to every different position to “develop” is probably a dumb idea.

But I’d love to see how rotating your QB to the Offensive Line improves his passing skills…

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

Nothing beats watching players compete in games. Showcases are for show. Games reveal who can actually play. One game isn’t enough, but I’d rather evaluate multiple games than one workout. There are game players, and there are showcase players & sometimes both.

[Brent Pourciau, Ph.D., M.S. @TopVelocity]

Two kids. Same dream. Watch them grow up in 60 seconds. 🧢

One plays every sport. One plays only baseball, year-round. By 16, only one is still standing.

The science is brutal:
- 36X more likely to need surgery from an overused arm
- 7 in 10 kids quit sports in childhood — burnout
- Pro players didn't specialize until age 15 on average
- 88% of D1 athletes played more than one sport

The athlete develops. The specialist breaks down. Your kid doesn't need another $300 tournament — he needs to become a REAL athlete: velocity, size, speed and strength, built on science.

💬 Comment "CAMP" and I'll send you the 3X Velocity Camp info.
📲 Tag a baseball parent who needs to see this.

#youthbaseball #travelball #baseballparents #pitchingvelocity #topvelocity

[Andy Runyan @runyandy]

Ah yes…the annual tradition of multiple 17 year old kids at a single event posting 60 times that align with Olympic sprinting speed and make them the fastest players in MLB, currently

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

Tournament directors… can we start using better baseballs?

I’m not calling out any specific event, but the quality of the baseballs at some 15U/16U tournaments has really gone downhill.

Teams are paying premium entry fees. The baseballs should match

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

Everyone wants to start a travel baseball team. That’s the problem. Too many teams. Too many average rosters. Too many kids told they’re “elite.” Fewer, stronger teams would develop players a whole lot better.

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

High school players… swing your BBCOR -3. Be ready for college.

The new bat rule that was just approved is one of the most out-of-touch decisions I’ve seen in a long time. It feels like it was made by people who know nothing about H.S. Baseball.

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

No Reason for this but money? Whoever makes these decisions are clueless.

High School Baseball to Expand Drop Weight Options Under USA BBCOR and USABat
The NFHS Rules Committee votes to allow USA BBCOR (-3) and USABat -4, -5, and -6 for high school play beginning in 2028

[Coach Beede @CoachBeede]

So , College Coaches tell anyone that will listen “ the key for HS athletes is to arrive in campus , stronger and prepared to compete vs 20-24 yr old men “ and the the solution is to allow -5 and -6 oz bats at HS Level?? What am I missing? Anyone speak up to oppose this nonsense??

[Kyle Boddy @drivelinekyle]

Imagine in HS playoffs facing a 19 year old "reclassed" 6'3" OF with 84 MPH bat speed wielding a 34/28 USABat concussing your third baseman via a 120 MPH line drive off his coconut.

Really great change here.

[Seth McClung @Seth_3773]

Why? This is too much…..

I mean it’s America you can do whatever you want, but same reasoning we can all laugh and shake our heads at this type of stuff…

Congratulations on paying $2-5k for a season that doesn’t matter and would be better suited with fundamental training and a couple games a week.

[Seth McClung @Seth_3773]

Perfect Game is getting hammered lately on baseball twitter.

I got a feeling alternatives are going to start popping up.

The money grab is real, the quality of what you’re paying for is no where near balanced. This goes for all the big tournament organizers

[TD13ZEL (bluecheck) @tdiezel44]

Freshman year complete!
On to summer and the future 🔵

[TD13ZEL (bluecheck) @tdiezel44]

Summer is here!!

[Coachlee29 @aarf29]

Non-baseball people making a living running baseball at all levels from youth, travel ball to the majors is killing the game of baseball.

[Jordan | Mindset for Athletes @mindsetwithj]

I played six years of pro baseball. Here's what no travel coach tells you at checkout.

The $4,000 team isn't what's holding your kid back.

It's the twelve inches between his ears. And nobody's selling you that fix, because there's no tournament fee attached to it.

Your kid doesn't need a fifth lesson. He needs to learn how to lose one at-bat without losing the whole night.

That's the half of the game everyone skips.