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Collectively, A Thread To Celebrate Our Kids Athletic Accomplishments (5 Viewers)
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SWC
Bromigo
i have had and helped a bunch of kids play college ball and i use free online video editors that i cant recall the name of now to make highlight videos and put them on youtube its free and easy to link to take that to the bank bromigoI am a long ways off from actually needing it, but can someone recommend a site (or does it vary by sport) where I can start uploading videos of my daughter's "greatest hits"? I want her to have a solid library of highlights starting as early as 8th grade to show progression. Or is this just a bad idea? I know the chances are miniscule for her to get noticed but I'm a hopeful dad.
Todem
Footballguy
The first pitcher was downright filthy.
Sat 90-91 on his FB and had a fall of the table 12-6 curve ball that was ridiculous. He pitched 5 strong innings.
Second guy had good stuff but my son just missed a hanging slider and he was pissed. 1-2 count he got frozen by a chest high 92 MPH fastball.
His first AB he mashed one of the first pitchers curve balls but caught too much air as he flied out to deep RC.
The team was emotionally drained from the day before in Virginia and pulling out that huge win.
A combination of really good pitching and a drained team resulted in that.
New day tomorrow. Big conference series with the first place team in then conference. My sons team is currently in 3rd place.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
At PT today one of the guys said "it is COVID day" I looked him like WTF and he said it is the 5th anniversary that the world went crazy. Crazy couple of years.
Messed up my older kids sports development. My daughter missed out and my middle son basically got delayed in starting.
Todem
Footballguy
Well Todem Jr had himself a very strong 3 game series....especially the 2nd and 3rd games....our bullpen on the other hand let all 3 games slip away.....all were there for tha taking and all slipped away.
My son seems to have wrestled the starting SS away from the 24 year old senior as he started all 3 games at SS and batted 2nd.
In games 2 and 3 he went 4/8 in 11 PA. he drew 2 BB and was also HBP. He made many outstanding defensive plays throughout the series as well.
They hit the road for their last non conference game in Virginia and then will be on the road till April 7/8 when I will be going up to watch that series.
Season slash line so far
20 games have been played:
He has played in 16 of them and started in 11
50 PA
36AB
.305 BA
.500 OBP
.806 OPS
Keep it going kid!!!
My son seems to have wrestled the starting SS away from the 24 year old senior as he started all 3 games at SS and batted 2nd.
In games 2 and 3 he went 4/8 in 11 PA. he drew 2 BB and was also HBP. He made many outstanding defensive plays throughout the series as well.
They hit the road for their last non conference game in Virginia and then will be on the road till April 7/8 when I will be going up to watch that series.
Season slash line so far
20 games have been played:
He has played in 16 of them and started in 11
50 PA
36AB
.305 BA
.500 OBP
.806 OPS
Keep it going kid!!!
Skipdog77
Footballguy
I put together highlight videos (hockey) of my daughter's play, and then uploaded them to YouTube. We also created a free profile for her on the NCSA website, but ignored all their calls regarding a "profile analysis" meeting and their hardsell salespitch. Everything they can do for you, your athlete can do for themselves with a little bit of hard work.i have had and helped a bunch of kids play college ball and i use free online video editors that i cant recall the name of now to make highlight videos and put them on youtube its free and easy to link to take that to the bank bromigoI am a long ways off from actually needing it, but can someone recommend a site (or does it vary by sport) where I can start uploading videos of my daughter's "greatest hits"? I want her to have a solid library of highlights starting as early as 8th grade to show progression. Or is this just a bad idea? I know the chances are miniscule for her to get noticed but I'm a hopeful dad.
Have to do some legwork and pull together a list of colleges she would be willing to play for/attend, and make sure they have her intended field of study. At the beginning make this as wide as possible. Also be realistic about your child's ability level. Everyone wants to play D1, but those are the elite of the elite. Then put together a spreadsheet with colleges, the coach's contact info, and other things that may be important to her (athletic facilities, big city, small town, etc.), and then you can reach out to coaches via email and provide them the link to the profile. In that profile you can provide academic info, previous season stats, and links to your highlight videos. Then loo to attend tournaments, camps, clinics, etc where those coaches are going to be, and reach out to them with your game schedule a couple of weeks before. It helps greatly if you have a coach with some college contacts that can put in a good word, and who knows what tournaments to enter.
Chances that someone will just stumble on her profile or highlight videos aren't great, unless she's absolute top tier. You'll have better success with reaching out to the coaches and making that personal connection.
Once coaches see her at those tournaments and camps, they can check out her profile, may meet up with her following a game, etc. Our experience varied from coaches who offered a spot after just watching her video (desperate for players), to others who set up monthly calls with her to review video with her, amd help her improve her game. It was a very interestng experience.
I know hockey is different from other sports, but one thing the coaches did not want to see in highlight videos was 10 mins of girls scoring rebound goals. While they wanted to see some of it, they were more interested in seeing what she did when she didn't have the puck, how was her hockey IQ and compete level, was she in the right spots, supporting teammates, making hockey plays rather than individual "highlight" worthy plays. Alot of times they didn't want to watch the highlights and wanted to see a full period or game of play, so they could watch full shifts. Just something to keep in your mind as you put your videos together.
Good luck with it! Her recruiting journey lasted about a year and 3 months, and while it was a bit of a whirlwind, it was a great experience for her (and us).
Chadstroma
Footballguy
I sat through their pitch as I was curious what it was all about.
You are right, much of it is all things that you can do for yourself like edit videos. I think there is some value there but not for the cost of it. If you have money to burn, sure, why not but most of it you can do your own or your child does on their own and find other resources to do it otherwise. There is some free stuff you can do on it and learn from though which i think is their hook to sell you. A few other resources I have found. I think each have basically the same kind of format of having a free profile and then try to upsell you. I have not jumped into these as much yet.
- SportsRecruits: Allows you to build a free student-athlete profile, research schools, and create highlight reels.
- BeRecruited: Provides a free profile option where you can display your athletic and academic information.
- University Athlete: Rsed by college coaches to evaluate student-athletes.
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Bromigo
the big thing ncsa has is the database of teams email adresses from coaches to recruiting coordinators so you know who to reach out to that is what i have always said is the most useful tool it has and they put your stats into a database so teams will also reach out to you directly but it is costlythat to the bank bromigos
Todem
Footballguy
I paid them 2K when my son went into his Junior year of high achool.
For us it was well worth it. I got the entire coaches data base all in one place, he had a thorough profile, got a lot of follows, had many conversations with coaches, was able to use the tools to slim down his areas, majors, preferred geographical location, tons of filters you can use.
And he got recruited from reaching out via NCSA to 100’s of college coaches and got it narrowed down to a top 30 then top 15.
Had reach schools, perfect match schools and back ups (safe schools)
It worked out for us and we got our moneys worth.
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Todem
Footballguy
What a weekend. So my sons team travelled to the Virginia Mountains for a road trip.
They had a strong 10-5 series opening win on Saturday afternoon. Todem Jr starting in CF and moved from the 2 hole to the leadoff spot for the first time since he became an everyday player several weeks ago. He looked quite comfortable out in CF making many good plays in the gaps and again showing his coaches and teammates his versatility.
Then yesterday the team had a double header on his 20th birthday. The first game, first batter launches a bomb straight away CF and the kid tracked it down and made a ridiculous catch against the CF wall to take away at a minimum a lead off double, potential triple. The teams would go back and forth with us holding a 10-9 lead heading into the bottom of the 9th.
Well due to some Pinch runner and pinch hitter decisions in the top half of inning 9 my son was slid over to RF for the bottom half of the 9th.
Bases loaded, 2 outs another ball is launched to straight away CF but the CF (god bless
Him my son felt sick for him as that was one of his roommates on this road trip) stumbled twice trying to track it after taking a fatal step forward on contact and the ball ultimately sailed over his head for a walk off win for the home team.
11-10
The third and decisive rubber match saw my son moved back to his primary position at SS after the junior who played their in the first game of the double header made 4 errors and 2 of them were very costly and ultimately made a difference in the final score. Physical errors are gonna happen at all levels….but to have 4 and cost you 2 runs is tough (in conference play) and that will lead you to the bench sometimes.
My son led of the game with a mammoth shot to CF that hit the warning track and bounced over the wall for an automatic double. He would set the tone for the rest of this game.
Fast forward to the top of the 4th we held a 4-3 lead with two outs and none on. He would take the first two pitches for balls. Sitting on a 2-0 pitch and god as my witness I turned to my wife and father inlaw and said this is a great count for him to launch his first collegiate HR on his birthday.
And he did just that!!!!!
A no doubter way over the LF wall!!!
But wait there is more!!!
Top of the 8th we held a 7-4 lead, again 2 outs and no one on the first pitch he sees a 90 plus fastball he hits an absolute laser linedrive that just kept rising and gooooooone!!!! His second HR of the day.
We were screaming with joy in our living room….the elation was real.
Bottom of the 9th….8-4 lead, bases loaded, 2 outs.
A screaming ground ball up the middle…..Todem Jr lays out full extension and snares it clean and flips to his senior 2B from his stomach to end the game for a series clinching 8-4 win!!
Now that is a birthday to remember!
He would finish this game:
3-5
2B
2 HR
2R
2 RBI
For the series:
5-13
5 Runs
2 RBI
2B
HR
SB
BB
2 Sacs
HBP
For the season currently:
#2 in average .329
#2 in slug .462
#1 Runs scored
# 1 Stolen Bases
# 1 sac bunts
#2 sac flies
# 5 in hits
#3 in doubles
#1 in HR
#1 in OBP (.431)
#2 in OPS! (.893)
His hard work is showing in spades.
He has a lot more he wants to accomplish and the season is just past the halfway point.
Next weekend a big conference series on the road in Greensboro NC and then I am heading up to Cary NC with his summer coach to watch a 3 game home stand vs their biggest conference rival!!!
They had a strong 10-5 series opening win on Saturday afternoon. Todem Jr starting in CF and moved from the 2 hole to the leadoff spot for the first time since he became an everyday player several weeks ago. He looked quite comfortable out in CF making many good plays in the gaps and again showing his coaches and teammates his versatility.
Then yesterday the team had a double header on his 20th birthday. The first game, first batter launches a bomb straight away CF and the kid tracked it down and made a ridiculous catch against the CF wall to take away at a minimum a lead off double, potential triple. The teams would go back and forth with us holding a 10-9 lead heading into the bottom of the 9th.
Well due to some Pinch runner and pinch hitter decisions in the top half of inning 9 my son was slid over to RF for the bottom half of the 9th.
Bases loaded, 2 outs another ball is launched to straight away CF but the CF (god bless
Him my son felt sick for him as that was one of his roommates on this road trip) stumbled twice trying to track it after taking a fatal step forward on contact and the ball ultimately sailed over his head for a walk off win for the home team.
11-10
The third and decisive rubber match saw my son moved back to his primary position at SS after the junior who played their in the first game of the double header made 4 errors and 2 of them were very costly and ultimately made a difference in the final score. Physical errors are gonna happen at all levels….but to have 4 and cost you 2 runs is tough (in conference play) and that will lead you to the bench sometimes.
My son led of the game with a mammoth shot to CF that hit the warning track and bounced over the wall for an automatic double. He would set the tone for the rest of this game.
Fast forward to the top of the 4th we held a 4-3 lead with two outs and none on. He would take the first two pitches for balls. Sitting on a 2-0 pitch and god as my witness I turned to my wife and father inlaw and said this is a great count for him to launch his first collegiate HR on his birthday.
And he did just that!!!!!
A no doubter way over the LF wall!!!
But wait there is more!!!
Top of the 8th we held a 7-4 lead, again 2 outs and no one on the first pitch he sees a 90 plus fastball he hits an absolute laser linedrive that just kept rising and gooooooone!!!! His second HR of the day.
We were screaming with joy in our living room….the elation was real.
Bottom of the 9th….8-4 lead, bases loaded, 2 outs.
A screaming ground ball up the middle…..Todem Jr lays out full extension and snares it clean and flips to his senior 2B from his stomach to end the game for a series clinching 8-4 win!!
Now that is a birthday to remember!
He would finish this game:
3-5
2B
2 HR
2R
2 RBI
For the series:
5-13
5 Runs
2 RBI
2B
HR
SB
BB
2 Sacs
HBP
For the season currently:
#2 in average .329
#2 in slug .462
#1 Runs scored
# 1 Stolen Bases
# 1 sac bunts
#2 sac flies
# 5 in hits
#3 in doubles
#1 in HR
#1 in OBP (.431)
#2 in OPS! (.893)
His hard work is showing in spades.
He has a lot more he wants to accomplish and the season is just past the halfway point.
Next weekend a big conference series on the road in Greensboro NC and then I am heading up to Cary NC with his summer coach to watch a 3 game home stand vs their biggest conference rival!!!
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The Z Machine
Footballguy
Went out to visit Gally Jr last weekend d to also catch a series. He is still redahirting so didn't get to play. His team when 1-3 and basically gave the games away. The fi al two games they combined to make 9 errors. The defense just failed them. In addition, the pitchers continuously got behind in the count and had way too many 2-out walks. I could see the frustration on Gally Jr in wanting to be out there.
Was able to talk to the pitching coaches and they are extremely impressed with his poise and demeanor. He isn't afraid of anybody and comes right at them (even the starting seniors - direct quote from coach). They see big things for him and while they can see his frustration being redshirted they think he will be better off with the extra year and are looking forward to working with him in the coming years.
Then at practice in Wednesday the head coach took him aside and td him he was a lot closer to playing than he thinks (to which Jr thought to himself I think I am ready now). He then asked him what his school plans were as there are only 6 weekends left of games. He asked if he was set of only 4 yrs of school or if he was open to longer. Jr thought about lying and saying he is only going 4 yrs because he got the feeling he would be brought up if he said that but decided to tell him the truth that he was planning on going for his MBA so being there a 5th year was likely.
It sounded like the coach was wavering back and forth on whether to burn the year or not. My guess is he stays as a redshirt now.
He also told him that to start the season Jr didn't have a role but as the season has gone on pitchers haven't performed and he has at practice which is why he is "closer than you think".
Good praise and looks like he has a path to being in line for next year (if not before). While it's been frustrating I think he will benefit down the road.
Was able to talk to the pitching coaches and they are extremely impressed with his poise and demeanor. He isn't afraid of anybody and comes right at them (even the starting seniors - direct quote from coach). They see big things for him and while they can see his frustration being redshirted they think he will be better off with the extra year and are looking forward to working with him in the coming years.
Then at practice in Wednesday the head coach took him aside and td him he was a lot closer to playing than he thinks (to which Jr thought to himself I think I am ready now). He then asked him what his school plans were as there are only 6 weekends left of games. He asked if he was set of only 4 yrs of school or if he was open to longer. Jr thought about lying and saying he is only going 4 yrs because he got the feeling he would be brought up if he said that but decided to tell him the truth that he was planning on going for his MBA so being there a 5th year was likely.
It sounded like the coach was wavering back and forth on whether to burn the year or not. My guess is he stays as a redshirt now.
He also told him that to start the season Jr didn't have a role but as the season has gone on pitchers haven't performed and he has at practice which is why he is "closer than you think".
Good praise and looks like he has a path to being in line for next year (if not before). While it's been frustrating I think he will benefit down the road.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Sounds like he's in a pretty good spot!
Not for nothing - he should talk to some others with MBAs. It would be a total waste to do it as your 5th year still more or less as an undergrad. It is WAY more valuable after a few years work experience. Don't burn it for little benefit would be my advice.
Even if he goes all the way to the majors - some of the most successful friends I have who played are the ones who finished their careers and went for the MBA then, using it to relaunch out of sports or into sports executive roles.
Todem
Footballguy
I predict he will be called up to get a taste and get some live game experience. Not enough to disqualify him to redshirt, but it sounds like he will get some playing time here really soon.
From all we looked into it at D2 if he plays at all he cannot redshirt. I always thought there was a minimum you could play and still redshirt but once we actually looked into it....it seems any play time at all and you cannot redshirt.
Why does the timing matter? Seems like having the completion of the program is what matters and not when you do it.
I have no idea about it and I would guess the field you want to get into matters to what is best.
He is majoring in business with an emphasis in sports management. He isn't sure what direction he wants to go with it mainly because he doesn't know what's out there. His school has a top sports management program so he should get more exposure as he goes through the program to see what he might want to pursue.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
The job opportunities for someone with 2-5 years work experience + MBA are much better than 0 years work experience + MBA. Like a whole different class of job available.
So he should omit the MBA on his resume until he has 2-5 yrs experience.....hahahhaha
belljr
Footballguy
But he will eventually have 2-5 years experience and already have the mba
Instinctive
Footballguy
The MBA itself is not really a qualifications that helps with much at a high level.
The primary values are:
1. Opportunity to pivot careers
2. Opportunity to level up (for example I had WAY better opportunities out of Stanford's MBA than out of OU undergrad
3. Networking is huge. HUGE. And most attendees in their mid to late 20s don't really find a lot of value networking with a 22-yr old who has no work experience.
It would be a fairly wasteful use of the MBA card to try and do it in one year attached to the undergrad degree. Doesn't mean it's not worth an extra year to do something, like a masters in something else, but the MBA is not much new knowledge, it's much more soft stuff.
To be fair, it's also not something I'd pay for if it wasn't at a top 25-50 ish program. It's too general, too many soft benefits. For any specific knowledge oriented job, any number of other one year masters would be way more useful (Management, Finance, Accounting, etc)
I'd be happy to do a call and talk through more if you/he wanted. I talked to a LOT of people before I did mine.
Instinctive
Footballguy
That's not really it LOL. It's that he doesn't gain the value of the program without the experience. In knowledge application or network.
I am an engineer so an MBA really had no advantage for my field for the direction I wanted to go. Same with a masters.
I would guess the career field has a lot to do with what path helps the most. If I remember correctly you went into law so I would guess those type of educational improvements (and where you get it from) probably matters a lot. Not sure that is as important in other career fields.. My hope is that his curriculum (which requires an internship) will help with what matters and what doesn't for what he eventually chooses to do.
All of this has been very insightful for sure. Thanks for the info. I will hit you up if/when he gets to a more aimed direction.
Instinctive
Footballguy
No worries. I actually went into sports management and then into Management Consulting, though I do have a JD and passed the bar.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Floppinha played up in an 8 game pro set L6 tourney today/tomorrow.
Started terrible. Serve, backhand, consistency... Everything a disaster, but kept it at 3-3 despite that. Then started to figure it out and play like she knows how.. 8-4 winner.
Played the #8 girl in CT next, who warmed up looking like a champion (Top 20 D1 tennis dad too). Went up 7-3 and then said she wasn't feeling well, ready to faint. Lost the next 3 games to go to 7-6 but dug in and pulled out the winner for 8-6 and into the semis.
Opponent in the semis had just beaten a girl that beat Floppinha in the finals of another tourney last summer. 8-1 spanking and into the finals tomorrow.
She did a lot really good things today, figuring out some adjustments while playing to give her an edge. Really proud of that, even more than her winning- shows she's growing as a player... All I want for her
Started terrible. Serve, backhand, consistency... Everything a disaster, but kept it at 3-3 despite that. Then started to figure it out and play like she knows how.. 8-4 winner.
Played the #8 girl in CT next, who warmed up looking like a champion (Top 20 D1 tennis dad too). Went up 7-3 and then said she wasn't feeling well, ready to faint. Lost the next 3 games to go to 7-6 but dug in and pulled out the winner for 8-6 and into the semis.
Opponent in the semis had just beaten a girl that beat Floppinha in the finals of another tourney last summer. 8-1 spanking and into the finals tomorrow.
She did a lot really good things today, figuring out some adjustments while playing to give her an edge. Really proud of that, even more than her winning- shows she's growing as a player... All I want for her
El Floppo
Footballguy
Played the 1 seed on a cold, misty day here (hot and windy yesterday)..
Other girl was super consistent and controlled with great shot placement, no errors but not much of a serve (and lefty).
Floppinha won matches yesterday working the opponents backhand deep, putting them under pressure and then either forcing errors or occasionally coming to net for volley winners (that's a part of her game that just started to click).
Took her a long while to warm up into the game today. Lots of errors, especially when she has the other girl in trouble. Also didn't have the control today- was trying to work the girls backhand (opponent had a great forehand and good backhand), but most of the time was hitting down the middle allowing the girl to tee up her forehand.
Started finding her rhythm and control late, but it was far too late- went down 2-8.
The score definitely reflected their game on the day, but of course left with wondering where it might have been if floppinha was on her game. She has the tools to beat this girl, not get dusted...so have to figure out how to make that happen. Love that she was disappointed to lose- not just happy to be there for a trophy.
But as always, lots of good stuff to take away, including a crystal (not plastic) 2nd place trophy!
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Just found out about one more award he got:
He made the Southern California High School Soccer Coaches Association 1st Team All-Star team. This is the equivalent of essentially being second team All-CIF-SS, so basically in the range of being named one of the top 30 high school players in California Southern Section. To give context, the southern section is made up of about 560 high schools and geographically covers pretty much everything south of Santa Barbara down to San Diego County and out to the Nevada/Arizona borders, other than LA City (which is it's own section)
nirad3
Footballguy
Quick update on my boy, who's entered his 5th (I believe?) season playing flag football. He started out barely having any athletic skill at all, and one of the slowest straight-line runners and change-of-direction ability to really coming into his own.
For the first few seasons, he played exclusively at linebacker, but as of last season the coach moved him over to cornerback. He prefers playing linebacker for some reason, but I told him to roll with it.
A few times a week he'll ask me to come throw him the football out on our front lawn. He still doesn't really like to play offense, but it gives me a lot of joy that he's taken such an interest in it and there's nothing like playing catch with your boy.
For the first few seasons, he played exclusively at linebacker, but as of last season the coach moved him over to cornerback. He prefers playing linebacker for some reason, but I told him to roll with it.
A few times a week he'll ask me to come throw him the football out on our front lawn. He still doesn't really like to play offense, but it gives me a lot of joy that he's taken such an interest in it and there's nothing like playing catch with your boy.
El Floppo
Footballguy
That's amazing!! Congrats!
Drunken knight
Footballguy
Daughter’s back is starting to feel better. She is thinking about going out for the club team next year at ASU. She’s going to reach out to the coach. Knows she has to get back into shape. 
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nirad3
Footballguy
My boy played what was probably his best game to date last night. If at all, he'll usually have 1-2 "flag pulls", but last night he had 3, one of which was a sweet pull on a school buddy of his, who he claimed "is the best football player he knows" (they play 2-hand touch in PE). The tackle - if you will - was for no gain. His coach was super fired up for the big play, which in turn made my son excited and me extremely proud.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
My son started up with Volleyball for the first time this year. All of his team mates have been playing as this is their 3rd year with the school team and several even play club ball as well. He has had about 4 practices and 4 games (they play two games each) he is already one of the best players. I would say overall, he is either the 2nd or 3rd best player on the team. (him and the other kid that is 2nd or 3rd are fairly close in skillset and seems like whoever is on that day is the one with the edge)
For Thursday he is running track. As a 6th grader he is getting called up to the 8th grade 4x100 along with his two other events for the 7th graders.
On the other hand, he got lite up at goalie in the soccer game the other day (8-1) . Not totally his fault as the defense totally failed and each goal was the opponent having a free shot at him but I do think he lost some explosiveness with the season off of swim.
For Thursday he is running track. As a 6th grader he is getting called up to the 8th grade 4x100 along with his two other events for the 7th graders.
On the other hand, he got lite up at goalie in the soccer game the other day (8-1) . Not totally his fault as the defense totally failed and each goal was the opponent having a free shot at him but I do think he lost some explosiveness with the season off of swim.
Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
Daughter has been rehabbing a knee injury and had her first water polo tournament today since returning from injury. 5 goals today, and she’s generally more a facilitator and defender. Great start to the season for her!
Chadstroma
Footballguy
Regular season is over for boys vball... super short compared to girls bball or pretty much every other school sport. He is solidly the second best player on the team even in his first year and all his team mates being in their 3rd year and a couple playing club ball too. I would even say a good argument could be made he is the best player but I would still give the edge to his team mate mostly for the difference in serving. Playoffs will start up. They have shown they can beat the top seed team in the league but they can also drop games easily. Part of it is the coach is still running everyone plays equal time and it causes a lot of lost sets. If she played a rotation that was more win and work the lesser skilled boys in, I think we actually would have a good chance to take the Championship.
Angry Beavers
Footballguy
Update: The Kid (not really a kid, he is 24) with another 2nd round finish. This time by guillotine choke moving the record to 2 and 0. He has worked his rear end off and it is awesome to see his dedication paying off. His stand-up is way ahead of his ground game and his opponent was determined to try to get the fight to the ground. My son stuffed repeated take down attempts and then capitalized on a mistske making his opponent tap. Very much a proud dad at the moment.
Todem
Footballguy
Well I have not posted in here since this last post.
So let’s catch up.
Game one batting leadoff and playing CF he had a monster blast to the LF wall that just had too much air….we all thought for a second he was gonna be jogging around the bases for his 3rd HR.
Then he K’d two times. One on a horrific strike 3 call and the other was a 13 pitch showdown and the pitcher won as he went down swinging.
However his presence in CF was felt as he hosed a would be baserunner tagging from 2nd to 3rd firing a seed to his 3B that ine hopped right into his glove for the tag out.
We ended up losing that game 4-2.
Double header the next day and the kid was at SS both games and had himself a nice day at the plate going a combined
3-7
2 - 2B
3 RBI
2 R
SB
Both doubles were 2 out doubles andnone of them was on a 0-2 count punishing a hanging slider.
His 2RBI double in game two sparked a huge rally in inning 3 en route to a 5 run inning with 2 outs.
We swept the double header.
Welp…..the following weekend was washed out and rescheduled for Monday and Tuesday of last week.
Game one the kid went 0-5 in game one however he laced 4 balls….one was literally caught in LC over the fence…..robbed of a 2R HR, another was a diving lay out catch in LF robbing him of an easy standup double….probably a triple with his speed. The 3rd was a laser right down the 3rd base line that had to be 95MPH plus off the bat and the kid made a ridiculous play laying out and getting him by a half step.
The 4th was a laser linedrive right at the RF.
4 ropes with zero to show for it in the box score…oh baseball you can be so cruel.
Game two…..first AB a bomb to LC again caught at the wall. Thebwind was blowing in in this day….about 15-17MPH so if we didn’t have that…..my oh my.
Then his second AB it happened.
He hit a nubber in front of the pitcher towards the first base side, digging hard to beat it out he grabbed the back of his right leg and went down like he got shot.
You can imagine me watching this on the game stream……hamstring.
The great news is that it is only a grade one strain….and it’s been already a week and he is walking (not running) pain free, started his treatment yesterday on the stationary bike and pool.
The bad news is…..his season is 99% likely over. He missed thisbpast weekends game (I was supposed to go up and cancelled) amd this weekend is his final series of the season on the road and if they don’t win 2/3 they are out of the conference tournament for the second straight season.
He is bummed out to say the least. He was cleared to just throw at practice, no hitting allowed. No fielding. Just throwing and he can start light jogging Thursday and if pain free continue that daily.
He had such a good Sophomore campaign. His teammates love him and feel sick his season was just cut a little short.
His head coach has been texting him almost daily and is hoping that there is a small chance if they make the conference tourney he could be available to pinch hit if the situation calls for it.
In any case we are picking him up in 3 weeks if they don’t make the conference tourney and his summer will begin. Lots of rehab and rest thru May. Then he will be coaching this summer a 2028 High School showcase team (yes being paid too lol) and he will be in the weight room 6 days a week, cages 4-5 days a week, and in the field with me 2-3 days a week for live BP and fieldwork.
No throwing for 6-7 weeks at all.
He will more than ready for Fall 2025 and he is going into his Junior Season as the starting SS.
Very proud of this kid.
And also he will be an All Conference Scholar athlete for the second straight season.
2026 goals include being a 1st team All Conference SS and being a named captain as well as leading his team to a conference title. The coaches are active in the portal to bring in seasoned arms from the Juco level and catching to back up our senior catcher.
A highly succesfull Sophomore season. He is having the time of his life and has made some lifelong friends.
Final numbers
28 games played
23 games started
81 AB
.275 BA
.783 OPS
.388 OBP
.395 SLG
2 HR
4 2B
7 RBI
22 R
5 SB
5 SAC
1 SF
12 BB
16 K
.950 Fielding percentage
Played primarily SS and CF but also played on LF, RF and one game at 2B
A strong second year. Looking forward to a huge Junior campaign.
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El Floppo
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amazing year! love hearing about this- thanks for sharing all of it.
sad it had to end in injury... but happy it's low grade.
Haven't had anything really to update since Gally Jr is redshirting. His team is still up and down but with one more win (8 games left) they qualify for their conference tourney so that is a good thing.
He did have his freshman exit interview with the coaches this week and he is getting a 50% raise. They are giving him some more scholarship money. Its not a lot but its something. Not bad for coming in as a preferred walk-on and then earning some money after the fall and then more money after the spring. Hopefully that speaks to him getting an opportunity next year to compete.
So far he said one of the freshman that redshirted is transferring out. Didn’t help that that guy was one of three freshman catchers while still having a couple junior catchers on the roster as well. He just didn't see a path to playing so he is leaving. Gally Jr liked the guy but said it probably makes sense for him to transfer if he wanted to play. Not sure where he is going.
He did have his freshman exit interview with the coaches this week and he is getting a 50% raise. They are giving him some more scholarship money. Its not a lot but its something. Not bad for coming in as a preferred walk-on and then earning some money after the fall and then more money after the spring. Hopefully that speaks to him getting an opportunity next year to compete.
So far he said one of the freshman that redshirted is transferring out. Didn’t help that that guy was one of three freshman catchers while still having a couple junior catchers on the roster as well. He just didn't see a path to playing so he is leaving. Gally Jr liked the guy but said it probably makes sense for him to transfer if he wanted to play. Not sure where he is going.
Skipdog77
Footballguy
Senior Night for my daughter's high school varsity flag football team last night, and she had herself a night with a TD catch, and 3 INTs in a defensive battle and the team coming away with a 6-0 win.
Almost had a 2nd TD catch, but came down with it a yard or so out of the back of the end zone, and had another INT reversed. Her and the other player both came down with it, she ended up with the ball and the refs called it our ball. Then the other coach complained, they huddled, and they reversed the call to a catch. Was definitely mutual possession when their feet were both down, but the flag hadn't been pulled yet so she took it away.
I've petitioned University of Colorado to retire her number. Think we have a good shot.
Almost had a 2nd TD catch, but came down with it a yard or so out of the back of the end zone, and had another INT reversed. Her and the other player both came down with it, she ended up with the ball and the refs called it our ball. Then the other coach complained, they huddled, and they reversed the call to a catch. Was definitely mutual possession when their feet were both down, but the flag hadn't been pulled yet so she took it away.
I've petitioned University of Colorado to retire her number. Think we have a good shot.
Todem
Footballguy
Amazingly Todem Jr is traveling with the team today for their final conference/season series. He took BP all week, lightly jogged and threw. He is not in the starting lineup….god no. But is listed as a Pinch Hitter. He won’t be legging anything out if he is asked to pinch hit (all likely he would be asked to sac bunt a guy over if anything in a late game key situation).
He is just happy to be on the road with his boys. If they take 2 of 3 they will face the number 1 seed next weekend on the road.
He should be 100% healthy again in another 3-4 weeks and then he can begin his off season summer program.
He is just happy to be on the road with his boys. If they take 2 of 3 they will face the number 1 seed next weekend on the road.
He should be 100% healthy again in another 3-4 weeks and then he can begin his off season summer program.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
Awesome that gets to travel with his team. That's got to feel great.
belljr
Footballguy
Sophomore year ends today. The team did not perform as well as expected. I won't go through everything I feel went wrong even with the coaching, that being said little belljr has played all in one game (for rest), and started 31 of the 34 she played. She has been bounce around the field. Started SS then LF but has now settled in at CF. The SS is a touch worse than she was but belljr excelling in the OF. She went through a small slump, but still played Defensively and was DHd for.
My biggest gripe is she has a shorter leash then any other kid. My guess is it's because she is quiet and just goes with the flow. She's played twice the games as last year but only has 10 more ABs. She hammered the ball last year but up and down this year however some kids can go 4 games without a hit and bat every time. Last game she had a sac bunt and ripped a double down the line. Her 3 AB she gets pinched hit for. Been happening all season. While other kids can go 0-4..... It could be worse I know
I don't think her and the new assistant get along. Anyway still batting 285 with 400 slugging and very proud of her, just a tad frustrated with how the year unfolded. But I know it could be way worse as some kids don't even play
My biggest gripe is she has a shorter leash then any other kid. My guess is it's because she is quiet and just goes with the flow. She's played twice the games as last year but only has 10 more ABs. She hammered the ball last year but up and down this year however some kids can go 4 games without a hit and bat every time. Last game she had a sac bunt and ripped a double down the line. Her 3 AB she gets pinched hit for. Been happening all season. While other kids can go 0-4..... It could be worse I know
I don't think her and the new assistant get along. Anyway still batting 285 with 400 slugging and very proud of her, just a tad frustrated with how the year unfolded. But I know it could be way worse as some kids don't even play
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It's tough to relax and hit when you are worried about being yanked if you don't get a hit. Small sample size of 2 AB's here or there never allows the hitter to get going. I feel for her.
belljr
Footballguy
It just doesn't make sense compared to last year. Even when she has a good game at the plate she gets PH.... It is what it is and as I said it could be worse just a tad frustrated when the "subs" aren't any better. But she's having fun overall and that's all that really matters
belljr
Footballguy
Well they had two makeup games today to finish off the season. Little belljr went out raking...... three for five with two doubles. One bad k. But her other out she hammered a line drive right at the second baseman.
I was excited for the coach but she cost them four or five games this year. I know it's not easy so I don't try to over criticize but there needs to be some obvious changes to get better
Only 50 PA (44 AB) got back up over 300. 477 slugging. Not a bad season for her but she got short changed early
I was excited for the coach but she cost them four or five games this year. I know it's not easy so I don't try to over criticize but there needs to be some obvious changes to get better
Only 50 PA (44 AB) got back up over 300. 477 slugging. Not a bad season for her but she got short changed early
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The Z Machine
Footballguy
Not sure what batting averages are in college softball, but to DH for someone hitting over 0.300 seems... not great.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
My boys first volleyball season wrapped up with a loss in playoffs. Every other player on the team was playing their third year with several of them also play club Volleyball on top of the school team. My son started off early in the season roughly third best player on the team. I would say that by the last game (semi final playoff) he was the best overall player. The only other player on his level was clearly superior to my son in serving but my son was significantly better in all other areas of the game (setting, digging, passing, blocking, hitting). Fun to watch him try a new sport and quickly improve skills in it. It is pretty low in priority list for him sports wise so likely have two more years (Jr High) of him playing before he ends vball.
Without knowing anything about belljr's situation it's a small sample size and BA is generally not necessarily an indicator on the type of hitter. Plus some college levels would have .300 as not a great average.
I think the argument being made is how the usage is inconsistent across players and in general consistently being yanked around makes it difficult to relax and hit. It's not the best way to coach a team.
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