PLAY BALL?
So, will it change? Or is travel ball slowly
eliminating the summertime Little League
programs, American Legion ball and pickup
games among friends?
Adam Kleinert offers a refreshing possibility.
Because participation in travel ball often seems
to be something the parents want rather than the
players, Kleinert wonders whether that’s a cyclical
thing that will take a 180-degree turn in the future.
“THEY CAN GO TO ALL THESE BATTING
INSTRUCTORS AND PITCHING GURUS, BUT WHEN
THEY GET ON THE FIELD, DO THEY KNOW HOW TO
PLAY THE GAME? DO THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO
WHEN THE BALL’S PUT IN PLAY?”
“Today’s kids give up their summers for travel
ball, at least partly because their fathers are
pushing them,” he said. “So, I wonder if these
kids, when they grow up and become fathers,
will say, on behalf of their sons, ‘Let him relax
and do what he chooses. Let him go to the park
and play ball with his friends if he wants. It’s
summertime!’ ”
RICKY ROMANS - HEAD BASEBALL COACH CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
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