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Choosing A Travel Baseball Team

If you have a child playing baseball these days you no doubt know about the explosive growth of so-called “independent” or “AAU” travel teams and leagues.  Joining such a team can be a rewarding experience for the entire family, but a wise selection process is critical.
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Crying in Baseball

I am an assistant coach on my eight years old baseball traveling team. We have a total of eleven children on our team. First, one or two players were crying after they made an out or error. Now seven out of the eleven kids start crying when they make an out or an error. We have talk to our players and even had the players sit out a couple of innings, but the crying continues. How do we stop the crying?

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Ten Things To Remember After Your Child's Team Loses

No matter how talented your child may be, there are going to days when he doesn't play his best, or when, despite his best effort, his team loses.  How you manage both the ups, and the inevitable downs, will play a large role in whether your child has a successful youth sports experience.  Here are ten things to keep in mind after your child's team loses or he doesn't perform up to his expectations.
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What To Do If Your Child Doesn't Want You To Watch His Baseball Game

Kids, especially under twelve, are always seeking their parents' approval. Negative labels and generalizations and criticism can have a devastating emotional impact. If you critique your child's performance, she will interpret your anger, disapproval, and disappointment as meaning that you don't love her anymore-that your love is conditional.
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Moms and Baseball: One Son's Story

Moms have always been a major part of a child's baseball experience. For all of their lives, moms have always been there to help them play baseball. Moms are the ones who pick the kids up and take them to the field, put band-aids on their knees, and console them when they fail. This is a story of a kid growing up in Teaneck, New Jersey in the 1950's and a mom who instilled in him a life-long love of baseball and the New York Yankees.

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Where Did the Weekend Go?

It's Sunday night in early summer, and if you're a baseball parent, I bet you didn't get the flowers planted on the front porch this weekend, or even the lawn mowed. Maybe you barely got the mail in from the mailbox on Saturday...but that doesn't mean you weren't busy.

A sunny weekend in June will bring a full slate of games and errands and corresponding actions regarding uniforms, equipment bags, water bottles, and lunches, snacks and sunflower seeds.

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...Bad Coaching Styles

Submitted by Patricia Pie on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 00:48.
Hi, I am a mom of a 13 year boy who just had the worst emotional roller coaster HS baseball experience!!

Five Myths about Youth Baseball and Softball

As a youth baseball coach for the last six years, I come to realize that there are a lot of myths about coaching. Here are my top five, along with a way to ensure that everyone had fun, not just during practices, but games as well.

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Landmark Decision Allowed Girls to Play Little League

Over thirty years ago, Little League Baseball was changed forever - a change that eventually would allow millions of girls to participate in the world's largest organized youth sports program.

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Selecting All-Star Teams: A Better, Fairer Way

Ever see a picture in your local paper of a summer "all-star" baseball team of 10 and 11 year olds and find it odd that nearly every kid in the picture is either the son or daughter of one of the coaches or of one of the coaches of a team during the regular season or the best friend of the coaches kid?

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