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Enlisted my 8 year old in select baseball. What the fuck did I just do

You have to drive all over the fucking place. It's full thro...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/13/21
Lol seems the bigger issue here is your 8 year old is in fir...
swashbuckling resort dopamine
  11/13/21
Lol or apparently I didn't know he's in second
Cheese-eating hell
  11/13/21
A kid that's already 8 in the fall semester should be in 3rd...
gold sweet tailpipe
  11/17/21
lmfao
mauve irate police squad
  11/17/21
He has an August birthday and we held him over. I had like a...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
lmao
Zombie-like cracking menage water buffalo
  11/17/21
There are lots of 8 year Olds in second grade. My kid isn't ...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
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Floppy mexican
  11/17/21
Yeah I was initially against it but the flip side he'd be th...
Cheese-eating hell
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i was lmao at the guy who thought you have to skip your kid ...
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This is ruining my life. And I don't want to spend hour upon...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/16/21
Our kids poast
Talking maize locus
  11/16/21
He's not far off
Cheese-eating hell
  11/16/21
180
Histrionic cordovan weed whacker party of the first part
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No it's awful
Cheese-eating hell
  11/16/21
Does your son love it?
diverse fuchsia kitty cat
  11/16/21
this is really the only question that matters. so many paren...
aggressive concupiscible university partner
  11/17/21
my 3rd grader made travel basketball, weekends are blown but...
passionate orange rigor locale
  11/16/21
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Sick Lake Black Woman
  11/16/21
can't shelter kids on a golf course for life.
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Sick Lake Black Woman
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lol what age did they start playing golf and how did you in...
diverse fuchsia kitty cat
  11/16/21
tp
Aphrodisiac shrine windowlicker
  11/17/21
Mine either. I think there is a mixed kid at their school.
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
What part of the country are you in? Travel basketball in 3...
lemon fantasy-prone regret point
  11/16/21
the part of the country where basketball is religion. it'...
passionate orange rigor locale
  11/17/21
What you're describing sounds like DC/PG County but that's w...
lemon fantasy-prone regret point
  11/17/21
in 7 games this season he's missed 1 FT, his range (normal s...
passionate orange rigor locale
  11/17/21
Pretty impressive. My kid needs to get his ass in gear.
lemon fantasy-prone regret point
  11/17/21
Being inside looks nice
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
almost no masks :)
passionate orange rigor locale
  11/17/21
One saving grace during the pandemic has been the local base...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
did he have to try out? 8 seems young for select baseball b...
sexy bright rehab fortuitous meteor
  11/16/21
Yes and he's pretty good but I got the feeling they were tak...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/16/21
spoiler alert: there's no magic route to "scholarships&...
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Yeah my kids aren't special
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
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Wonderful national candlestick maker
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This stuff obviously sucks from the parents’ perspecti...
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  11/17/21
have to grind it from 4-12 to have any chance of making the ...
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lmao at modern life. i basically learned basketball in 6th ...
Trip stage roommate
  11/17/21
eh a lot of this shit is just MUC parents with a striver min...
aggressive concupiscible university partner
  11/17/21
I think this is district dependent and sport dependent. But ...
haunting athletic conference juggernaut
  11/17/21
Yeah it's insane.
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
not really. if your kid is just better than the other kids h...
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- you underestimate the desire of some kids to want to battl...
passionate orange rigor locale
  11/17/21
The youth locker room is probably a good place for little br...
haunting athletic conference juggernaut
  11/17/21
just do local area little league jfc
sexy bright rehab fortuitous meteor
  11/17/21
The select team requires all kids to play little league as w...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
lol
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When you have kids your interests and time cease to matter, ...
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  11/17/21
cr selfish ppl should not have kids
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  11/17/21
Yesterday: Home at 4:30. Had to have oldest son to battin...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
Sounds like hard work, man, but hard work usually results in...
adventurous pisswyrm church building
  11/17/21
my mom dragged my sister to ballet on the other side of the ...
dashing institution hunting ground
  11/17/21
CR re work ethic. It's invaluable long term and probably th...
adventurous pisswyrm church building
  11/17/21
Why not teach work ethic through some skill that will be use...
haunting athletic conference juggernaut
  11/17/21
Team sports help develop your social skills and ability to w...
adventurous pisswyrm church building
  11/17/21
How about a team sport that people play as adults then?
haunting athletic conference juggernaut
  11/17/21
anecdotal, but to me it seems hockey has the best mens leagu...
Exhilarant Lilac Office
  11/17/21
coed soccer or softball and then you drink after
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zogsports and shit can be fun i guess but it just isn't the ...
Exhilarant Lilac Office
  11/17/21
yes true
jet twinkling uncleanness field
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For life skills I wish there was a jujitsu place near by. Th...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
lol piano makes you aspie and self-absorbed as fuck... you s...
dashing institution hunting ground
  11/17/21
(Mr. Binger)
jet twinkling uncleanness field
  11/17/21
Ballet is 6 days a week most of the year. And they have even...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
it is an insane grind. make friends with the other parents a...
dashing institution hunting ground
  11/17/21
it's really sad that every sport is like this now
Exhilarant Lilac Office
  11/17/21
It really is. UMC white parents have RUINED youth sports wit...
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Wonderful national candlestick maker
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Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
There is no more multiple sports. Kids have to narrow it dow...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
Exactly-- ruined. But you don't have to go along with it. Ca...
Blathering topaz mother
  11/17/21
Can't imagine playing fucking baseball all year round. Even...
jet twinkling uncleanness field
  11/17/21
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Exhilarant Lilac Office
  11/22/21
They even have practice Wed and Friday
Cheese-eating hell
  11/22/21
fucking boomers
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  11/17/21
lacrosse is probably the worst nowadays because there are so...
Exhilarant Lilac Office
  11/17/21
probably pretty funny though
jet twinkling uncleanness field
  11/17/21
Kids are spoiled these days. My parents wouldn’t have ...
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  11/17/21
If neither you nor your wife was a STAR athlete in high scho...
jet twinkling uncleanness field
  11/17/21
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Glassy cuckold codepig
  11/17/21
Yeah my kids have zero chance.
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
oh and put him into lacrosse instead of baseball (if you're ...
jet twinkling uncleanness field
  11/17/21
I don't even know where that would be but I'd bet it's far a...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
ok then nevermind, sounds like you're not in a lax area. Ba...
jet twinkling uncleanness field
  11/17/21
even in a lacrosse hotbed he should play both until forced t...
Exhilarant Lilac Office
  11/17/21
it's lol that literally every avenue for college acceptance ...
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  11/17/21
Y’all are fucking idiots. This stuff just burns kids o...
Soul-stirring cuck
  11/17/21
Let to his own my kid would probably play mine craft all day...
Cheese-eating hell
  11/17/21
There’s a difference between letting them do their own...
Soul-stirring cuck
  11/17/21
cr plus at the end of the day nothing matters more than m...
aggressive concupiscible university partner
  11/17/21
6'8? you and wife both super tall?
jet twinkling uncleanness field
  11/17/21
Yes but not that tall.
Soul-stirring cuck
  11/17/21
on xo the normal formulation is "your wife and the fath...
racy spruce striped hyena trailer park
  11/17/21
(Future father of an unathletic skinny fat/gangly kid)
adventurous pisswyrm church building
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lmao this self-admitted retard megapoaster has an 8 year old...
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Lol at these loser dads putting their kids through a decade ...
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  11/17/21
Baseball is much different. It's becoming like hockey.
Cheese-eating hell
  12/05/22
weird that noone has mentioned the word "enlisted"
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  11/17/21
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Exhilarant Lilac Office
  11/17/21
A year later now. The team opened a new in door facility. I'...
Cheese-eating hell
  12/04/22
You know about the Clique System and so you’re doing t...
Vivacious Feces Tanning Salon
  12/04/22
My wife and I use it as the basis of our family planning
Cheese-eating hell
  12/04/22
Has she read the outline
Vivacious Feces Tanning Salon
  12/04/22
You’re giving him a 180 life
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  12/04/22
He seems to like it. I don't expect some MLB prospect. It's ...
Cheese-eating hell
  12/04/22
180 parenting tbf
Aromatic yapping area telephone
  12/04/22
It kind of feels lazy in a sense. I drive and listen to podc...
Cheese-eating hell
  12/04/22
the exposure for them is priceless
Aromatic yapping area telephone
  12/04/22
I think it was over $15k last year for baseball/ballet inclu...
Cheese-eating hell
  12/04/22
money well spent
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I don't personally need anything or even really want anythin...
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Date: November 13th, 2021 6:16 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

You have to drive all over the fucking place. It's full throttle. And this isn't even the season. They also use this messaging and scheduling app that blows my phone up 24/7. This is my 1st grader.

I really might quit. I already have two girls in ballet 4 nights a week and most Saturdays. They travel too. Outfits are often $100 a pop with 3 or 4 for one production.

And to be clear I do not expect any of my children to go on to be stars. My wife mentions scholarships and I shake my head. As a kid I rode my bike to little league games. Insanely different.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43436839)



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Date: November 13th, 2021 6:31 PM
Author: swashbuckling resort dopamine

Lol seems the bigger issue here is your 8 year old is in first grade hoss

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43436907)



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Date: November 13th, 2021 6:32 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Lol or apparently I didn't know he's in second

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43436912)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:18 PM
Author: gold sweet tailpipe

A kid that's already 8 in the fall semester should be in 3rd grade bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457823)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:21 PM
Author: mauve irate police squad

lmfao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457847)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:21 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

He has an August birthday and we held him over. I had like a 200 poast thread on this debate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457853)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:41 PM
Author: Zombie-like cracking menage water buffalo

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457973)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:55 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

There are lots of 8 year Olds in second grade. My kid isn't even the oldest in his class and this is a private school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458077)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 1:00 PM
Author: Floppy mexican



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Date: November 17th, 2021 1:02 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Yeah I was initially against it but the flip side he'd be the youngest kid by far, particularly with basically every other family doing the same thing for boys.

For baseball though they don't care. They go by birth certificate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458124)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 8:23 PM
Author: Zombie-like cracking menage water buffalo

i was lmao at the guy who thought you have to skip your kid a grade or HE NEVAH BE DOCTAH. 8 is the right age for second grade

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43461264)



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Date: November 13th, 2021 6:36 PM
Author: insecure hairraiser goal in life



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:19 PM
Author: up-to-no-good razzmatazz sneaky criminal public bath



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Date: November 16th, 2021 11:25 PM
Author: diverse fuchsia kitty cat



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:29 AM
Author: racy spruce striped hyena trailer park



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:34 AM
Author: submissive masturbator



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:10 PM
Author: Disturbing ocher wrinkle market



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:11 PM
Author: cobalt contagious ticket booth therapy



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:15 PM
Author: mauve irate police squad



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:23 PM
Author: Excitant awkward stag film



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:15 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

This is ruining my life. And I don't want to spend hour upon hour with these crazy parents. My posting is way the fuck down.

Are other parents here doing this shit? Wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43454213)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:17 PM
Author: Talking maize locus

Our kids poast

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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:18 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

He's not far off

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43454236)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:18 PM
Author: Histrionic cordovan weed whacker party of the first part

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43454239)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:19 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

No it's awful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43454249)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 11:25 PM
Author: diverse fuchsia kitty cat

Does your son love it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43455680)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:33 PM
Author: aggressive concupiscible university partner

this is really the only question that matters. so many parents go apeshit dragging their kids to activities they are at best indifferent to

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460900)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:22 PM
Author: passionate orange rigor locale

my 3rd grader made travel basketball, weekends are blown but it's 180 watching games, hearing parents cheer his name, and ensuring he'll make varsity basketball in HS one day.

this weekend they lost their 2nd game, but twice in the 4th quarter he tied it. once at the FT line, then peak parent experience, coach called an iso and he used the jab step i taught him to blow by his man for an easy bucket.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43454274)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:24 PM
Author: Sick Lake Black Woman



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:33 PM
Author: passionate orange rigor locale

can't shelter kids on a golf course for life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43454330)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:39 PM
Author: Sick Lake Black Woman



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Date: November 16th, 2021 11:27 PM
Author: diverse fuchsia kitty cat

lol

what age did they start playing golf and how did you introduce it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43455686)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:27 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac shrine windowlicker

tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456743)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:45 AM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Mine either. I think there is a mixed kid at their school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456822)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 8:01 PM
Author: lemon fantasy-prone regret point

What part of the country are you in? Travel basketball in 3rd grade sounds insane bc most kids can still barely dribble and like .01% can have their eyes up while dribbling comfortably and a high speed with both hands. My sons experience of basketball at this age is like soccer in KG ie one larger kid grabs the rebound sort of bothers to dribble and mostly runs carrying the ball down to the other basket and then misses a layup. I have a good friend who has a son that’s a junior with D1 offers who plays on a very high level AAU team and he said it was all bullshit and he taught the kid all the basketball he knew until he started AAU and camps in the summers when he was going into 7th grade.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43454473)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:25 AM
Author: passionate orange rigor locale

the part of the country where basketball is religion.

it's basically a miniaturized version of high school basketball. all the public high schools have development programs that start from 2nd grade through 6th (7th and beyond they're on the middle school/high school team). so, he wears the same jersey as the HS, gets at least 1x HS game he can go to with the team and be in the locker room at halftime, etc.

the games are high quality. man-2-man defense only, full court press allowed under 2min, high school refs tightly calling traveling/moving screens, etc. his team generically runs a motion offense but they have like 3 set plays as well.

he got cut during 2nd grade tryouts (3x days, 2hrs each, cuts every round), but we worked on his game (focused on his jump shot form + learning one really solid go-to move, a Carmello jab step) and he made (starts for) the 3rd grade team. i knew he had a shot during tryouts when the evaluators grabbed him + the 'best' kid from two different courts and intentionally matched them up.

https://imgur.com/WcblJid

aau will happen organically. the games are definitely scouted + players end up finding peer talent and forming teams.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456733)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:09 PM
Author: lemon fantasy-prone regret point

What you're describing sounds like DC/PG County but that's where I grew up and where my friend lives. Though I suppose it could be Indiana or Kansas? You're telling me that these third graders are hitting e.g. more than 25% of their free throws on a ten foot rim shooting from a 15 ft free throw line?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457742)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 4:18 PM
Author: passionate orange rigor locale

in 7 games this season he's missed 1 FT, his range (normal shooting motion, no 'shoving' the ball) is 2 steps in from the HS 3pt line. high arc (palm under the ball), no banking bullshit off the glass.

https://imgur.com/El1ClfU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43459587)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 5:34 PM
Author: lemon fantasy-prone regret point

Pretty impressive. My kid needs to get his ass in gear.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460222)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 5:53 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Being inside looks nice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460317)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 6:43 PM
Author: passionate orange rigor locale

almost no masks :)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460544)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:05 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

One saving grace during the pandemic has been the local baseball community. Totally mask free the entire time. Even last summer the little league field was on private property and no mask. I'd take the entire family and we'd eat dinner there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460668)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 7:26 PM
Author: sexy bright rehab fortuitous meteor

did he have to try out?

8 seems young for select baseball but I dont know

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43454290)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 11:21 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Yes and he's pretty good but I got the feeling they were taking most kids that could cut it $$$. But fuckk all this. I was driving all day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43455658)



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Date: November 16th, 2021 11:33 PM
Author: Exhilarant Lilac Office

spoiler alert: there's no magic route to "scholarships" for boys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43455707)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:29 AM
Author: deep territorial set



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456752)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:43 AM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Yeah my kids aren't special

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456809)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:29 AM
Author: Wonderful national candlestick maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456750)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:29 AM
Author: haunting athletic conference juggernaut

This stuff obviously sucks from the parents’ perspective. But is this even good from the kid’s perspective? Would a kid be happier riding a bike and playing outside, then just doing some chill sports through the school when they get a bit older?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456751)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:36 AM
Author: submissive masturbator

have to grind it from 4-12 to have any chance of making the HS team

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456775)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:37 AM
Author: Trip stage roommate

lmao at modern life. i basically learned basketball in 6th grade and became a 1000pt scorer in HS. we mess up everything good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456781)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:37 PM
Author: aggressive concupiscible university partner

eh a lot of this shit is just MUC parents with a striver mindset who don't understand anything else. raw athleticism/coordination is still what reigns supreme by the time your kid gets to HS for most sports (obviously something like golf requires a ton of specific learned mechanics).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460948)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:38 AM
Author: haunting athletic conference juggernaut

I think this is district dependent and sport dependent. But you’re right that this is the case for some.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456782)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:44 AM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Yeah it's insane.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456817)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:45 PM
Author: Zombie-like cracking menage water buffalo

not really. if your kid is just better than the other kids he'll make the high school team no matter how may hours the grinder kids spend hitting balls into the net

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458007)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:36 AM
Author: Trip stage roommate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456777)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:37 AM
Author: Glassy cuckold codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456780)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:44 AM
Author: passionate orange rigor locale

- you underestimate the desire of some kids to want to battle. it's a very real need for some of them, and not necessarily in a 'violent/angry' way. my kid is generally all about laughing and having a good time, but when he's on the court he's stoic af, has never once backed down from anyone, and has told me he likes the feeling of being out there. it's very rare to have a relatively safe/structured environment for some physical confrontation*** to occur and this level of sports provides that.

- extremely unlikely to make the school's team unless they're in a competitive program from 3rd or 4th grade. i was shocked at the skill level these kids play at across the board.

*** modern schools barely allow any contact on playgrounds and physical forms of conflict resolution are absolute no-go's. i grew up with nuns allowing situations to 'play out' before intervening (usually when someone's nose started bleeding) so i personally think this is one of the most valuable things they get from this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456814)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 9:48 AM
Author: haunting athletic conference juggernaut

The youth locker room is probably a good place for little bros to learn about helping other little bros.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43456830)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:10 PM
Author: sexy bright rehab fortuitous meteor

just do local area little league jfc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457752)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:16 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

The select team requires all kids to play little league as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457806)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:20 PM
Author: sexy bright rehab fortuitous meteor

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457843)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:11 PM
Author: adventurous pisswyrm church building

When you have kids your interests and time cease to matter, OP. Stop being selfish and narcissistic. Give your kids 110% effort and hope you make it to retirement.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457757)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:13 PM
Author: dashing institution hunting ground

cr selfish ppl should not have kids

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457784)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:19 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Yesterday:

Home at 4:30. Had to have oldest son to batting cage by 5:00. Then two daughters to ballet at 5:30. Then back to batting cage at 6:30, then back to dance for youngest daughter and wait in car until 8:00 when oldest daughter gets out. My wife had our toddler and took him to swim. I didn't sit down until 8:30.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457835)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:24 PM
Author: adventurous pisswyrm church building

Sounds like hard work, man, but hard work usually results in success. How proud would you feel if your son gets to play varsity in high school or even gets a shot in college? What about your daughters, what if one of them gets to explore a dancing career because you helped her when she was doing ballet as a kid?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457871)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: dashing institution hunting ground

my mom dragged my sister to ballet on the other side of the city for almost a decade. just totally insane schedule she was barely ever home.

sis got a role with the company after HS. then was injured, now in med school. this shit is intense but it instills work ethic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457883)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:31 PM
Author: adventurous pisswyrm church building

CR re work ethic. It's invaluable long term and probably the most CR trait a parent can help develop in their kids. Even if your kids are low-IQ and autistics, a great work ethic will still get them far in life. Sports/extracurriculars are a great way to teach your kids the value of hard work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457907)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:45 PM
Author: haunting athletic conference juggernaut

Why not teach work ethic through some skill that will be useful as an adult. For example, being great at tennis will probably bring more lifelong joy than being great at baseball. Likewise, being great at piano will probably be more useful for an adult than being great at the trombone. Ballet seems like something that serves no purpose in adulthood except for the minuscule group that becomes professional ballerinas.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458012)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:53 PM
Author: adventurous pisswyrm church building

Team sports help develop your social skills and ability to work with others. Tennis and piano are too solitary and individualistic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458063)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 5:30 PM
Author: haunting athletic conference juggernaut

How about a team sport that people play as adults then?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460191)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 5:35 PM
Author: Exhilarant Lilac Office

anecdotal, but to me it seems hockey has the best mens leagues of all the major sports. i know guys that play "competitively" well into their 50s.

soccer seems doable if you're in a city, lacrosse good if you're in the northeast. basketball at 30+ seems designed to blow out your knees. obviously everyone plays softball but i don't know any adult hardball players.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460234)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 6:05 PM
Author: jet twinkling uncleanness field

coed soccer or softball and then you drink after

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460391)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:21 PM
Author: Exhilarant Lilac Office

zogsports and shit can be fun i guess but it just isn't the same. you do zogsports to get laid, not to actually compete.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460800)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:23 PM
Author: jet twinkling uncleanness field

yes true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460813)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:54 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

For life skills I wish there was a jujitsu place near by. That would be one that could serve some purpose. Otherwise we're just doing this stuff for the work ethic aspect. I don't expect anything beyond that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458069)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:56 PM
Author: dashing institution hunting ground

lol piano makes you aspie and self-absorbed as fuck... you spend thousands of hours alone in a room with dead depressed german men. dont ask how i know

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458081)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:25 PM
Author: jet twinkling uncleanness field

(Mr. Binger)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460832)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:58 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Ballet is 6 days a week most of the year. And they have events with travel. Expensive as fuck outfits too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458096)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 4:21 PM
Author: dashing institution hunting ground

it is an insane grind. make friends with the other parents and hopefully you can set up a car pool or something

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43459613)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:14 PM
Author: Exhilarant Lilac Office

it's really sad that every sport is like this now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457794)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:25 PM
Author: Blathering topaz mother

It really is. UMC white parents have RUINED youth sports with this year-round travel bullshit. A kid that young should spend time tryin various sports or-- as someone upthread said-- just running around with kids in the neighborhood, riding bikes, pretending to be ninjas, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457877)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:26 PM
Author: Wonderful national candlestick maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457882)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:55 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458079)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:52 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

There is no more multiple sports. Kids have to narrow it down before they're ten fucking years old. My oldest daughter was great at soccer but there wasn't time in the week for her to keep playing.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458053)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:57 PM
Author: Blathering topaz mother

Exactly-- ruined. But you don't have to go along with it. Can you imagine some poor kid who plays 10 years of baseball, year-round, no other organized sports. Has to fit in schoolwork between practice and games. Makes the HS varsity. Ends up getting a scholarship to Central Arkansas if he is lucky.

Could have spent those ten years playing baseball-- if he liked it-- or disc golf or kick the can or whatever. Some kids like the intensity of one sport all the time, but I am not sure it is the best for the vast majority of kids.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43458092)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:18 PM
Author: jet twinkling uncleanness field

Can't imagine playing fucking baseball all year round. Even a few weeks of that shit was boring as hell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460764)



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Date: November 22nd, 2021 1:48 PM
Author: Exhilarant Lilac Office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43489028)



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Date: November 22nd, 2021 1:50 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

They even have practice Wed and Friday

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43489040)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 12:28 PM
Author: doobsian deer antler foreskin

fucking boomers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43457894)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 5:25 PM
Author: Exhilarant Lilac Office

lacrosse is probably the worst nowadays because there are so few parents who grew up playing the game. they just don't know any better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460168)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:24 PM
Author: jet twinkling uncleanness field

probably pretty funny though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460824)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 5:55 PM
Author: mildly autistic principal's office factory reset button

Kids are spoiled these days. My parents wouldn’t have signed us up for a million things unless we could walk to them ourselves or more than one of us was in it. We used to all have classes at the Y but it was a mile walk from home with only a few chomos on the way.

lol just lol at kids in 2021

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460333)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 6:08 PM
Author: jet twinkling uncleanness field

If neither you nor your wife was a STAR athlete in high school your chance of your kid getting a D1 scholly are pretty slim I'd say.

But it could help them get into an Ivy or D3 if they're a little short academically.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460401)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 6:54 PM
Author: Glassy cuckold codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460601)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:06 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Yeah my kids have zero chance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460676)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:20 PM
Author: jet twinkling uncleanness field

oh and put him into lacrosse instead of baseball (if you're in an area with decent lax). He'll have cooler friends, date hotter girls and have more fun. YWIA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460791)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:21 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

I don't even know where that would be but I'd bet it's far as fuck away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460799)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:24 PM
Author: jet twinkling uncleanness field

ok then nevermind, sounds like you're not in a lax area. Baseball's fine, he'll make friends and all but it's just boring as hell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460821)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 8:21 PM
Author: Exhilarant Lilac Office

even in a lacrosse hotbed he should play both until forced to choose

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43461253)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 6:45 PM
Author: marvelous hospital idea he suggested

it's lol that literally every avenue for college acceptance is clogged to the gills with these awful umc whites and asians

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460553)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:09 PM
Author: Soul-stirring cuck

Y’all are fucking idiots. This stuff just burns kids out. Let them develop the ability to have fun with free play and be a kid. Plus my kids on track to be 6’8 so he can likely just walk on to whatever sport he wants. Instill music would be a more universal skill for like success and happiness

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460697)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:11 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Let to his own my kid would probably play mine craft all day. There are also no kids in our neighborhood. Last family moved to Florida. Really sucks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460710)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:33 PM
Author: Soul-stirring cuck

There’s a difference between letting them do their own thing with rules and making them busy every second of the day. Grow some nuts and take the game away. And a little bit of gaming is Ok.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460901)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:49 PM
Author: aggressive concupiscible university partner

cr

plus at the end of the day nothing matters more than monkey see monkey do -- if parents have work ethic and their own pursuits, for the most part kids will develop this too. I can't count how many rich kids I encountered as a tutor who did traveling sport nonsense but at the end of the day they ended up just like everyone else paying full price at some random out of state public school. more than anything else children reflect the attitude and behaviors of their parents.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43461025)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:22 PM
Author: jet twinkling uncleanness field

6'8? you and wife both super tall?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460810)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:33 PM
Author: Soul-stirring cuck

Yes but not that tall.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460906)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:46 PM
Author: racy spruce striped hyena trailer park

on xo the normal formulation is "your wife and the father both super tall?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43461011)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:50 PM
Author: adventurous pisswyrm church building

(Future father of an unathletic skinny fat/gangly kid)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43461031)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:36 PM
Author: ruby pervert

lmao this self-admitted retard megapoaster has an 8 year old in First Grade

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460943)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:40 PM
Author: Comical low-t ratface stain

Lol at these loser dads putting their kids through a decade of basketball boot camps. Giannis literally made the NBA with just 2 years of basketball

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43460968)



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Date: December 5th, 2022 10:15 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

Baseball is much different. It's becoming like hockey.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45591233)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 7:47 PM
Author: racy spruce striped hyena trailer park

weird that noone has mentioned the word "enlisted"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43461017)



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Date: November 17th, 2021 8:23 PM
Author: Exhilarant Lilac Office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#43461262)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:05 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

A year later now. The team opened a new in door facility. I'm thousands of dollars deep. My kid is smashing the fuck out of the ball. He played an age level up last year and the difference at this level is very noticeable. We've gone a little crazy though. In addition to his primary team I've had him doing hitting camps and fallball with another club (2x a week). The new club has been around for decades and they really know their shit, but they don't do our age group.

All told we're doing baseball: tue, wed, fri, sat x2 (am batting and afternoon fielding) and once a month private lessons on mon. Keep in mind I have two girls that do ballet 6 days a week. I'm basically a shuttle service. It's probably too much but my kid eats it up. He wants me to sign him up for more.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584716)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:13 PM
Author: Vivacious Feces Tanning Salon

You know about the Clique System and so you’re doing the right thing imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584762)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:16 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

My wife and I use it as the basis of our family planning

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584772)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:24 PM
Author: Vivacious Feces Tanning Salon

Has she read the outline

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584807)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:21 PM
Author: honey-headed son of senegal internal respiration

You’re giving him a 180 life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584797)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:33 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

He seems to like it. I don't expect some MLB prospect. It's for the structure and work ethic. He gets to hang out with exclusively bros in a giant bro building doing bro stuff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584838)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:23 PM
Author: Aromatic yapping area telephone

180 parenting tbf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584804)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:33 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

It kind of feels lazy in a sense. I drive and listen to podcasts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584843)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:34 PM
Author: Aromatic yapping area telephone

the exposure for them is priceless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584850)



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Date: December 4th, 2022 4:37 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

I think it was over $15k last year for baseball/ballet including accessories and lodging. And I'm not rich.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45584862)



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Date: December 5th, 2022 2:04 AM
Author: Aromatic yapping area telephone

money well spent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45586937)



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Date: December 5th, 2022 2:19 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hell

I don't personally need anything or even really want anything. So I suppose it doesn't matter. I do like helping out the club and I'm happy there are fellas in the community putting this kind of effort into building young men for the future.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4963411&forum_id=2#45588969)