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Posted on 6/19/15 at 9:48 am to Aux Arc
Posted on 6/19/15 at 9:48 am to Aux Arc
Where I was from the minimum age was 10 and the max age was 12 for rec ball. In other words, you could play rec ball at age 10 and then if you wanted to play middle school ball at 11 or 12 (6th and 7th grade) you could.
I will say this, the most life lessons I learned growing up was through the rec league...I played all three years before heading to middle school ball.
Where I live now they have very young leagues which is asinine and a money grab on the rec leagues part. I was taught fundamentals at 10 years old that carried throughout my playing career. Trying to teach a five year old tackling fundamentals and the overall game is crazy.
As with everything else now, every parent thinks they have a prodigy player when in reality that kid just wants to get to the end of the game to get the Gatoraid. Sad really, because the earlier leagues are all (in my opinion) over zealous parent driven puppy mills.
Sorry, rant over.
I will say this, the most life lessons I learned growing up was through the rec league...I played all three years before heading to middle school ball.
Where I live now they have very young leagues which is asinine and a money grab on the rec leagues part. I was taught fundamentals at 10 years old that carried throughout my playing career. Trying to teach a five year old tackling fundamentals and the overall game is crazy.
As with everything else now, every parent thinks they have a prodigy player when in reality that kid just wants to get to the end of the game to get the Gatoraid. Sad really, because the earlier leagues are all (in my opinion) over zealous parent driven puppy mills.
Sorry, rant over.
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Posted on 6/19/15 at 10:09 am to threedog79
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the earlier leagues are all (in my opinion) over zealous parent driven puppy mills.
I've helped coach these kids since my son was 6. I have no illusions about him ever playing D-1 ball. What I have noticed is that over the few years he has been playing he has an understanding of the game that I never had until I was in about the 8th grade - that puts him about 3-4 years ahead of where I was in terms of understanding the game. That has to make a difference at the high school level.
And let me say this, the kids and the coaches have fun and do it because they want to. Plus, kids in youth football are some of the most well-behaved and respectful kids.
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