'13 GA DE Carl Lawson (Auburn commit)

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pimo1 said:
Sorry, my fault. I was actually trying to point out that the limpwristed way we raise kids these days leads to kids with inflated egos. My point is when you have kids with absolutely no talent thinking they do as the norm how inflated do you think the egos of the kids with actual talent will be. I can at least see the point of a talented conceited kid.
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I wish I had posted nothing about it. I just thought it was funny. Last night with 90 plus heat index he was not being limpwristed as he wanted to go outside and hit. We worked for a little over an hour and our hair was wet like we poured water on it and sweated like pigs as he practiced hitting, fielding the triangle position and playing catch. He loved it and did not want to go in. Limpwristed are the kids who play video games all day to get their sports in. Giving a kid who is young a reward after playing all year and sticking with it is not a bad thing. Also, when they did not keep score in T ball, mine was always keeping up with it.

As far as Upward, IF you have the right coach, they can learn about Christ and some good basic fundamentals. I know a girl who played upward who is going into 4th grade and at college basketball camps, they put her in the middle school group. Upward is just as good a program as the Y for young kids. As they get older, it is good to get them into a good rec program if you have one in your area.
 
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I do agree with you that alot of kids are told they can be anything they want to be like blue clues and that is just not true. You have to have talent in some areas and a passion and drive for it as well. In sports and music and other areas as well. So, I see your point about limpwristed approach with some kids. I just like to see my kid having fun with sports and enjoying it and don't want to see some jack wagon take it away from him like the guy in our baseball league that had altered birth certificates and played 8 year olds against 6 year olds until he got caught once they got to all stars.
 
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pimo1 said:
they are probably in the pool practicing their hall of fame speeches.

If a kid is not old enough to understand the difference between winning and losing they should not be playing competitive sports. This might seem off topic but it feeds right into the attitudes these kids have nowadays. The generation coming out the past few years was bad enough wait 5 more when we run into the home-schooled generation with parents pushing for laws to outlaw the scouting services and demanding every kid that plays college football get drafted in the NFL. We are raising a generation of stupid, talentless egomaniac, pill poppers.
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I found it somewhat amusing that you conflate "home-schooled" kids (a practice most often associated with conservative Christian parents) with traits and an agenda most often found among liberal parents. The result is confusing and misleading, imo.

mlsoft
 
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mlsoft said:
I found it somewhat amusing that you conflate "home-schooled" kids (a practice most often associated with conservative Christian parents) with traits and an agenda most often found among liberal parents. The result is confusing and misleading, imo.

mlsoft
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Most homeschoolers I deal with are nothing more than early dropouts.
 
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pimo1 said:
they are probably in the pool practicing their hall of fame speeches.

If a kid is not old enough to understand the difference between winning and losing they should not be playing competitive sports. This might seem off topic but it feeds right into the attitudes these kids have nowadays. The generation coming out the past few years was bad enough wait 5 more when we run into the home-schooled generation with parents pushing for laws to outlaw the scouting services and demanding every kid that plays college football get drafted in the NFL. We are raising a generation of stupid, talentless egomaniac, pill poppers.

I had to sit with a straight face at dinner with my wifes boss as his 12 year old home-schooled kid told me a story of how he is a cat whisperer and can understand what every cat says by the tone of its meow. Kids need to be around other mean as-ed kids to tell them yes dude you suck and yes kid your breath stinks. We need to realize that just because you are the smartest person in a room full of idiots does not necessarily make you a genius.
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You will feel silly when you find out the 12 yr old can do that.

My 10 y/o will play pro baseball, graduate with an engineering degree for life after baseball. Sounds good to me.

You may want to let kids dream and pretend. If is how great men and women start their road to greatness is with childhood dreams.
 
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jave36 said:
It's a free league to teach kids good values and sportsmanship and introduce them to Christianity, while at the same time giving them a chance to get introduced to sports.

Assuming you don't have something against Christianity, what in the world else about that could be damaging to youth sports?
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The first part is absolutely true and I agree. The program itself does good. But, the kids who play upward do not learn at the same rate as rec leagues. There is no competitive nature to it. It's about having fun. Which is fine for young kids, not so much for when they get older.

The youth leagues here in East TN are not strong. A lot of that has to do with participation in Upward. I am not saying the program is bad, I'm saying the competition is. There is just not much learning past the introduction. This is just the experience I have had with Upward. Again, I have nothing against the principle of it. Just the effect it has on competitive sports.
 
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