By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck Years ago, one of my sons was coaching a 10U travel baseball team in Southern California. The day after Thanksgiving the families on the team (and he) had to leave at 4:30 AM to drive...
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My Son is Showing Promise at Age 12 - What Should I Do?
My wife and I recently traveled to another state to watch our son play in his collegiate summer league. She posted pictures of the trip on her Facebook page, which spurred a high school friend who has a son in...
Travel, competetive sports parents, take note
Here is an excerpt from ESPN.com writer Tim Keown’s article entitled, “Where ‘Elite’ Kids Shouldn‘t Meet”.Parents line up to have their kids try out for under-10 fall baseball teams, where tiny kids compete for the right to have their arms...
Specialization. Overuse. What Do YOU Think?
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck A Facebook post recently caught my attention. A former coach wrote: 'Kids are playing too much without rest. I think I've seen 12-13 year-olds play as many games in a season as pros and...
What Are We Doing to Our Youth Baseball?
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck LLC Recently a friend sent a document he thought I might be interested in. It was a proposal developed for a youth baseball league intended to address a steep and several years-long decline in...