jpbrim

any update

I am from the area and my son has played at TCYB. He started in T-Ball and coach pitch. He also played 2 years in another state. He also played in mustang . I agree that competition is what drives this country. But a good coach should develop his players and teach the fundamentals. They should learn the game of baseball. Of the 5 teams he played on at TCYB, basic fundamentals and drills were of minimal emphasis. Yes you can tell which kids have parents that work with them at home which I do. And yes I agree winning is fun. But if you are putting your weaker players in the outfield and not giving them a chance to learn a new position then all they are doing is occupying space. If you tell your team you play to win and they don't, what happens then. What have you done to that child's self esteem? Have you made them feel like a failure? Maybe this is the reason the majority of the better players in the HJ area have left TCYB and moved on to select.

I think the best thing you can do for the kids is set your defense up the way you should at any level. Teach them to play baseball, teach them the fundamentals, teach them it is a game and that it should be fun and quit worrying about winning. You want to stack your infield with 7 players. What good does that do your players for next year or the the next. They won't learn how to play a position. You end up having a handful of players chasing the runners down with the ball. They never learn to throw or field or any other basics of the game. If you are trying to build a future for TCYB, Sour Lake and Hardin-Jefferson baseball, quit putting so much emphasis on winning and pay more attention to development.

Is your team going to be 15U or 14U?