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loveforthegame25
448 Posts |
 Posted - 07/14/2009 : 14:27:04
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| Trying to get a read on how many kids at the 10-14U age group work out on their own without Dad telling them, go run, go do pushups, 150 swings tonight. Do all of your kids do it? Some? None? Very interested. |
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dblinkh1
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Posted - 07/14/2009 : 17:49:35
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| My son just started a workout program to earn a Boy Scout merit badge. He chose the badge not me. He is 12U moving up to 13U. I would suspect you will find more in the 13U-14U who start working out on their own not for sports but for the girls. |
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O-fer
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Posted - 07/14/2009 : 18:08:09
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| My son loves to go to the park to take B.P. on the field and shag balls in the outfield and take infield. He plays basketball and football also so he stays busy but his love seems to be baseball. During the season he always wants to stay after and practice and out of season we go to the park at least once a week until it gets too cold...and it is his decision not Dad's almost all of the time. He is only 10 so he is not really working out but he does put in alot of work. |
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bballmom5
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Posted - 07/14/2009 : 18:35:28
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| Good topic - my son who just turned 12 has always had to be pushed to work-out. However, the past couple of weeks, he has started doing it on his own (at least some). |
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biged
198 Posts |
Posted - 07/14/2009 : 21:40:07
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| Just had this conversation w/ my 14 yr old. Except that now I emphasize the fact he goes to high school in the fall. Hoping he would do it without me asking. Still not ready/mature enough to do it on his own. He is however working out with recently graduated high school kids who are going to college w/ scholarships. Hopefully this will help. |
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loveforthegame25
448 Posts |
Posted - 07/17/2009 : 21:26:10
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Hey BBALLMOM, not so good I guess. Not that many posts....... I wonder if we all dont want to admit our sons dont work out on their own |
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AllStar
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Posted - 07/17/2009 : 22:38:04
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Not very much. He usually is playing basketball or some mutation of lacrosse or tennis ball home run derby w/his brother and the neighbor kids in the yard/street in front of our house.
Occasionally his brother and he ask me to take them to the field and we'll do about 90 minutes of grounders, fly balls and hitting. Unstructured and not much pressure, just reps, reps, reps. Then we go to Brusters.
As far as conditioning/getting more athletic, that is on him and he hasn't done a whole lot. He's going to have to when HS rolls around in a couple of years, or he's going to be a spectator. |
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tfb
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Posted - 07/18/2009 : 09:09:19
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My son does work out on his own. He is entering 9th grade. A few years ago his hitting coach recommended core training and said push ups were a great way to do this. My son got a set of Perfect Push Ups for xmas and has been doing 100 push ups EVERY morning. I bought him a pull up bar a year ago and he does about 50 a day in addition to the push ups. He also hits on the tee on his own. He loves the game and wants to put the work in. He knows the competition is tough and gets tougher at every age.
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12uCoach
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Posted - 07/18/2009 : 10:44:01
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| We always handed out a sheet on the first day of practice listing what the kids should do, on their own, each week. Running, swinging, push-ups, long toss, etc. When you see a kid slacking during practice always nice to accuse them of not doing their workouts. Many agree, some claim to do it. At least, as a coach, it is a hard piece of something to do and not just a coach saying "take 150 swings a day" at the end of practice. |
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