Is "stance" important?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: budnate</div><div class="ubbcode-body">question for you guys as your in it now, there was much debate years ago that teaching them all these moves so young they were damaging their arms before they had a change to fully develop....any truth to that or what do you think?

curious as it was a hot topic in area when I was coaching. </div></div>

Absolutely!! Some say the kids do that to get surgery to be able to throw even harder... My Benjamin is a good ball player, especially since he got in 'late' (having spent ages 5-8 in soccer), but his best asset is between his ears! I don't care how good he can play, I'm not steering him towards anything professional.

Plus, he needs to work on the stance of that '69 Nova SS languishing in the shop... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[Schonyenko2]

Jake I know what you're saying. Parents, and school sports programs are pushing the travel teams to get in as many games as possible. Some play well over a hundred a year. I believe that is detrimental to young kids physically, and mentally. There is little doubt that throwing hard, and junk at a young age tears up arms. And it burns out a lot of kids. You loose the fun factor, and it becomes an issue of coach/parent politics as to who plays, and who sets.

High school programs almost demand that a kid play travel ball in order to get a look down the road. Now, if your from a family that can't afford the money to travel, or the parent/s have work commitments, you probably won't get much of a look at down the road. I cringe to think of the kids who may never get an honest chance to play at a higher level due to the economics of it.

I think too, that parents/coaches forget that these are pre pubescent boys. Some are very good at a young age while others get better later on as they get older. To cull the heard early leaves out a lot of dedicated players who would mature into better ball players given the chance. Besides, at about 14 boys really start to think about 3 other things. Cars, (Benjamin's got that covered) girls, and beer. Makes life interesting for a parent.

Sorry to rattle on. But I watch the kids play in the &quot;new&quot; system and many don't seem to have real fun. Maybe I'm just getting to old.
Keep Benjamin weldin on that car. I want to see&quot; the stance&quot; when he gets her done.