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Aug 12, 2014
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I realize that. I also agree that games and softball/baseball in general need to be fun..it is a game after all. However in my experience an activity is a lot more fun when you are good at it ;)

Of course. At the same time, my experience is that most 8-10 year old girls playing rec softball have a lot of other stuff they want to do besides spend hours practicing softball. And those that want to spend the time on softball quickly move out of the rec leagues to TB.
 
Jun 8, 2016
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Of course. At the same time, my experience is that most 8-10 year old girls playing rec softball have a lot of other stuff they want to do besides spend hours practicing softball. And those that want to spend the time on softball quickly move out of the rec leagues to TB.

True. Hopefully the "other stuff" is not primarily watching tv and playing on their iphone and is instead reading, playing outside with their friends, attending art/music classes, etc...which
my DD also does even though I am a slave driver softball dad :cool:
 
Jul 16, 2013
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Unfortunately with the way society is nowadays the onus is on parents to work with their kids because nobody plays outside in the neighborhoods anymore.

I have thought about this a lot. When I was growing up, we constantly played outside. All throughout the summer we would play baseball or stickball. We would often adopt a pro team's lineup and attempt to emulate their hitters. So we would imitate righties and lefties. It was never hard to find enough other kids to have a quality game. Looking back at DD's childhood and things were much different. She has loved softball/baseball from a young age, but most of her friends (other girls) were really not interested. At least not as much as her. Occasionally the boys in our development would play baseball and she would join those games. But often when she wanted to do something she always turned to me. Frankly, I have enjoyed every minute of it. But it is a completely different dynamic then my childhood. When she did join travel ball at the age of 12 she finally found some other girls with similar interests. But none of her teammates lived within 20 miles of us. So whenever they wanted to get together, it required mom or dad to drive them. Now at the age of 17 she drives herself and still does much of the same thing. Just the other day I received a text from her; "Hey dad, Ashley and I are going to the cage. See you later".
 
Jun 8, 2016
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I have thought about this a lot. When I was growing up, we constantly played outside. All throughout the summer we would play baseball or stickball. We would often adopt a pro team's lineup and attempt to emulate their hitters. So we would imitate righties and lefties. It was never hard to find enough other kids to have a quality game. Looking back at DD's childhood and things were much different. She has loved softball/baseball from a young age, but most of her friends (other girls) were really not interested. At least not as much as her. Occasionally the boys in our development would play baseball and she would join those games. But often when she wanted to do something she always turned to me. Frankly, I have enjoyed every minute of it. But it is a completely different dynamic then my childhood. When she did join travel ball at the age of 12 she finally found some other girls with similar interests. But none of her teammates lived within 20 miles of us. So whenever they wanted to get together, it required mom or dad to drive them. Now at the age of 17 she drives herself and still does much of the same thing. Just the other day I received a text from her; "Hey dad, Ashley and I are going to the cage. See you later".

My father worked with me a lot when I was a kid but we also did what you did. One on one wiffle/stick ball games would be Red Sox vs Yankees with a coin flip to determine who would have to be the dreaded Yankees (grew up in MA). I was going through the 1986 lineup the other day with my DD and she was amazed that I remembered most of the stances..I was amazed too because I can barely remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. To be honest I had more fun playing ball in the neighborhood with my friends, both baseball and basketball, then I did in the organized activities.
 
Feb 17, 2014
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LOL!! I like watching golf but I am smart enough to realize that with my temperament it would not be a good sport for me ;)

It is an amazing industry. The vast majority of those participating in the sport are not very good at it, yet many take it very seriously. The market for instructional "gadgets" and what people will spend money on is laughable. Golf balls are essentially consumables as they rarely if ever wear out. It is truly unique.
 
Jun 11, 2013
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My father worked with me a lot when I was a kid but we also did what you did. One on one wiffle/stick ball games would be Red Sox vs Yankees with a coin flip to determine who would have to be the dreaded Yankees (grew up in MA). I was going through the 1986 lineup the other day with my DD and she was amazed that I remembered most of the stances..I was amazed too because I can barely remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. To be honest I had more fun playing ball in the neighborhood with my friends, both baseball and basketball, then I did in the organized activities.

Pretty much the same for me. No one had hitting coaches. Truthfully most kids pretty much knew how to play prior to little league. We used to play wiffle ball. You had to bat the way the player did on the major league team you were playing for so we all could switch hit (in wiffle ball). I happened to grow up in a rural community, but we lived in a housing development so there were lots of kids. Little league coaches would just draft you if they hear you were from there as most kids could play pretty well. Only difference for me was I was on the other side of the Mass-NY border so I believe the term is dreaded Red Sox.
 
Jul 16, 2013
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Pennsylvania
My father worked with me a lot when I was a kid but we also did what you did. One on one wiffle/stick ball games would be Red Sox vs Yankees with a coin flip to determine who would have to be the dreaded Yankees (grew up in MA). I was going through the 1986 lineup the other day with my DD and she was amazed that I remembered most of the stances..I was amazed too because I can barely remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. To be honest I had more fun playing ball in the neighborhood with my friends, both baseball and basketball, then I did in the organized activities.

Good stuff!! My favorite was; Pete Rose, Bake McBride, Mike Schmidt, Greg Luzinski, Manny Trillo, Garry Maddox, Larry Bowa, and Bob Boone. I can still remember that, but I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday...
 

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