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I think you would be surprised. It is not publicized, but most schools that want to be good at baseball play fall baseball.

Hate to tell everyone, but if your kid plays college baseball, he will be lifting weights in season and sometimes heavy. Also a lot of running. Carry on….

Hmm..... I tend to disagree. I was a multi sport athlete in High School and am now a coach. Kid is not going to be a very good hitter if he only hits in the spring and summer, I took BP and threw (to keep my arm in shape) during football and basketball season. Kid is not going to be a very good QB, WR or DB if he only throws passes, runs routes or covers receivers in the fall or during a few 7 on 7 games after baseball is over. And a kid is never going to be good shooter of the basketball if he only shoots during the basketball season. Skills are honed, not mastered, they need to be developed and practiced repeatedly.

Yeah, but to the ignorant people, it gots to be Trump or nobody. But let’s be honest… “border security” and “Make America Great Again” are just thinly disguised pleas for the racist vote… which apparently he has locked up.

She's a Republican so I'm sure the media will ethically and responsibly report the story.

This is an easy one. We have let grifter unqualified coaches infiltrate our children and convince them that they will be D1 athletes if they only focus on a single sport. We've got kids, with single digit ages, playing their sport year-round to "maximize exposure" despite the fact that most college coaches on the recruiting trail will value a multisport athlete. This translates to the school year and ends up with kids being football, basketball, baseball only kids. Track is pretty much the only one left that keeps kids playing other sports and that's primarily because football coaches demand their football kids be track athletes. I literally talked to a man last night, who just moved to Texas from Oklahoma who was telling me his kid played on two different football teams during the season last year. One for his school, one for his select league. During the week the kid was a RB for his school, and on the weekends, he was a QB for his select team. This would equal 7 days a week of full contact football for a 6th grader......6th grader. Once that ends, rolls straight into 7 on 7 for the spring and back to football in the summer. All this for a kid, who seems to be a good athlete, but probably has a ceiling of D2 at best, if he doesn't burn out before that. Parents are silly and think they can develop their kids into being the next Quinn Ewers, but they completely miss the biggest factor in creating that type of athlete.....genetics. Genetics are undefeated. Always have been, always will be. Play sports because you love to compete then compete in everything you do. Quit giving bullsheet rings to "state champions" every single weekend all over the US and get back to valuing team championships won at the community level to build the continuity when they are young. This is the only way to reestablish the pride once felt by every kid in every town across Texas when they got to put on a uniform with their school colors. Otherwise, we can kiss the magic of high school sports goodbye.

I'm going to agree with this. Individual drills would be fine, but a varsity baseball player should not be involved in full pad practices during the baseball season. Especially, if he is a contributing player on a playoff bound baseball team. This is irresponsible and selfish of the AD/HFC.

If there's a specific situation that started this thread, I don't know the details. Nor do I care. But I do have an opinion about what I'm gathering from some of the comments. My opinion: I do believe that an AD should leave the players of a particular sport to their respective head coach during that season. The varsity players of that sport anyway. I believe it's a little different concerning the sub varsity players of that sport. If an AD/HFC decides to grab some JV baseball players for some offseason football stuff during the athletics period, I don't have AS MUCH of a problem with it. I would still consider it a common courtesy to discuss with the head coach of that particular sport to consider their thoughts on it. I also believe that ALL athletes should be lifting and running all year. When in a particular season, I believe that the head coach of that sport should control the reigns on that topic to implement some sport specific lifting/running during their season. But all athletes should be in the weight room year round. As far as playing multiple sports? I'm an advocate. I know that the popular idea is for potentially good/great players in a specific sport to "focus" on that sport. And I agree.. but focusing on one sport doesn't mean stopping the others. It just means prioritizing time in a way that extra work is put into that specific sport. After hours, weekends, holidays/summer, etc.. Just because you plan on making a push into college baseball (for example) doesn't mean you can't work on baseball during other sports seasons. That's exactly what I did.. and countless others. Plus, it's important to maybe learn how to be a role player in a sport that you're not the best at. Because that's coming. That's my opinion. And I come from an era where kids played multiple sports if they knew it would be helping. Helping their classmates.. or just contributing to school pride. I hate knowing that there are schools that could be much more competitive if their kids would just come out. It's hard for me to understand if I'm being honest.

Getting hurt in another sport isn’t the problem. Getting hurt in offseason workouts in the middle of district is. He had surgery this morning and will probably miss football next season anyways. At least they got to workout in pads in April.

They lift around their baseball schedule. They don’t go heavy on game days or do shoulder workouts before they pitch that night. They damn sure aren’t tackling each other.

I was not talking about lifting and speed/agility drills... Every good coach in ANY sport should be doing this in season... We are talking about mandated SPORT participation in OFF SEASON...

Not really, most of the people I played with were multi-sport athletes. This specialization stuff didn’t start until later. No one was blamed if someone got hurt in one sport and missed time in another. Life happens.

an intentionally dense oversimplification of the issue at hand.

I could talk forever about this.. I have quite a bit of first hand knowledge about the way kids feel about this subject. I don't agree with the kids when they want to quit one sport to "focusing on one sport" but understand reasoning why they quit especially in JR. and SR. year... Keep these two things in mind. It you agree with these two statements then you can understand: Multi-sport kids should be pushed to play what they want to play... Kids should be never be mandated to play any sport.. All repercussions fall back on the AD... It's the AD's program. If they mandated it, the AD has to take responsibility.. even in accidents... Good AD's know how to navigate multi-sport kids. They inspire the want to play. Bad AD's do not and cause tension inside their entire athletic programs.. this is when you see kids that contribute in one sport quit usually after 10th grade year.. Really bad AD's have caused so much damage that the kid quits being a multi-sport athlete (quits football) after his 8th grade year. He never even gets to coach them in high school. Again I could get very specific but not gonna.

when kids play multiple sports in high school they should be allowed to focus on one sport at a time. There's no reason a baseball player who's about to go to the playoffs should get hurt running football drills in April. Imagine if this had been reversed and a star football player shattered his wrist taking mandated varsity batting practice in September.

Nice article on Coach Foster's retirement. [Hidden Content]-

A lot of SETX schools play fall ball as well. Hell, I remember a couple years ago, the starting QB for a local team showed up to the game after football practice still wearing his girdle and thigh pads.

Had she killed her baby by abortion, she would be a hero to many. Murder is GREAT if it’s done under the label of “choice”.

Someone needs a hug.

As long as there are non-muslims (aka infidels) that are not under muslim control, they will not be satisfied.

After all my years of responding to calls, how many times did horrific injuries occur by a dog…. that was friendly and has never done anything like this!! It makes you sick yet terribly angry. It’s horrifying. Some dogs need to go, period. But that isn’t politics…..

I was told Dave Campbell recognized Coach Rich as one of the best 1st year coaches hired by the Bulldogs….

Not many schools, if any in our area, have fall baseball teams. Kids play for teams outside of school during the fall if they want to.

I played 4 years of college basketball... and knew at a very early age that it would be my passion. I also played football.. and baseball in JH/HS. During football/baseball seasons I got in a lot of basketball drills. Before school, after practice, and on weekends. I most definitely have a problem with using time for YOUR sport during time that's allocated for another sport. As I mentioned in an earlier post, focusing on a sport doesn't mean abandoning the others. It just means finding extra time. Players that want to be great will do that.

I think this whole discussion is getting overly hyped. My son played 3 sports and went on to play college football (still in school). I played 4 sports and went on to play college football. Neither of us (separated by 30+ years) got anything but support from our respective AD's and coaches.

but will he be doing contact football drills mid-season?

Meh.. Everyone knows this. The kid that got injured wasn't lifting weights. Supposedly he was hit with a helmet in his elbow. In my opinion the kid shouldn't have been put in that situation. AD should've told the Varsity baseball players to sit that one out. I have no issues with the lifting or conditioning. However, anytime helmets/pads are on there is a higher risk of injury. This AD showed a total lack of respect for HIS baseball program.

I have no problem with what she did. just like with humans when they turn bad gotta pay the consequences liberals: save a dog but kill a baby.

They ain’t ready for all that truth @TradenupBH

Whew man! I guess kids should not run during athletics because they might pull a muscle or roll an ankle and be out of their in season sport. What a joke

Oh boy…

Participate in everything! Don't live in fear of injury...if you are playing with that mindset you probably aren't going to be very successful in the first place. Elite athletes play multiple sports a lot of times at the same time. Unless you are making a living and putting food on the table with your abilities then you have no excuse to not be doing everything.

PN-G- 3 LaPorte- 1 PN-G advances

Has Nederland ever beat Friendswood in any sporting event?

Game was canceled last night. Game 1 is at WO-S tonight. 7pm Game 2 and 3 will be at Anahuac tomorrow. Game 2 is at 5pm and Game 3 if necessary will be 30 minutes after Game 2.

Congrats!!!

Ma'am, I don't think he said all Muslims were like that. If I'm reading this right, he's referencing the terrorist Muslims. You know, the ones who commit murder & have no regard for anyone who doesn't follow their jihadist beliefs...

I was waiting on someone to pull out the "fall in lockstep" line... lol D's going to have senate, house and presidency... I won't complain too much cause I ain't voting for any of these clowns... the ones that line up with my interests gets no attention

Gray had a great outing tonight vs washington. 8 innings 1 run RANGERS win 7-1

Well at least she didn't eat the dog. Then again, she might have become president. I can't believe this went to page 2 without anyone mentioning Obama eating dog meat.

Y’all see this?

When Hillary was running, she landed at Mid-County Airport where six people showed up. Lmao

Hard to refute that statement.

Can't blame the AD. Texas is a Football mecca. If an AD does poorly in football, but decent in baseball, he may be looking for another job soon. If he does great in football, then no one really cares what happens with baseball, generally speaking. He's trying to keep a job and bolster his resume' for the next chance to promote his career.

Way to go Lamar. Keep it up

#1 BH vs #4 Angleton #2 PNG vs #3 La Porte #3 Nederland vs #2 Friendswood #4 Crosby vs #1 Santa Fe

I'm not convinced. High school football is the best place for this, and if he actually wants responses, it shouldn't be an issue for me to move it, which is what I'm doing. That said, I swear there was a thread on this very thing started before there.

Intentionally keeping top secret documents haphazardly around the house comes to mind. A lot of what came out of his mouth, torpedoing the political careers of republicans who didn’t fall in line? I don’t know that he all of a sudden became a beacon of moral light and goodness just because he got into office. Again, we’re not talking about policy, but what kind of person he is. If anything he seemed to get worse once he was in power as far as I could see.

Sign of today's times...we have to have someone or something to blame for anything that goes wrong...sometimes things just happen and it isn't anyone's fault...I promise you that kids do far dumber and worse things on their own time that can cause injury...Heck, you can get hurt walking across the street...whose fault is that? As for lifting, how exactly do you plan to get stronger if you DONT lift all year long? I have never seen anyone gain significant strength taking months at a time off from the weight room