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Pastimes : Major League Baseball (MLB)
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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (6092)3/19/2008 11:01:33 AM
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<<We established a winter program called ASDP (advanced skills development program) and invited the better kids to attend. We got complaints from parents asking why it was so exclusive such that their kids were left out. So we opened it up to everyone, and then the kids were so "fair" that the better kids dropped out to take private lessons instead. You can't win>>

You're right, definitely can't win. We have a similar setup, and established this 'challenge' program for that very reason. And I've coached it for a few years. Know most all of the kids. And know who got left out, unfortunately. What do you do to take the kid out of the rec group and find the better ones for him to play with? (I think its an age thing. My boy is the youngest of the better group, but also one of the harder players. 15 were selected. He was 16th, probably should have been about 10th.)

We've got the machine set on about 45 mph. So it should be equivalent or similar to or maybe even faster than what a kid could pitch at that age. Its a spring loaded thing so accuracy does vary enough. I don't like the coach pitch stuff because the ball comes down at such an angle to the hitter from an adult, and the coaches tend to lob the pitches in most of the time.
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