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Is Pitching Arm Overuse Really That Big of a Deal?

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 Angela Weight 1 Comment 13u Pitch Count Recommendations, Coaches who abuse players' pitching arms, growth plate elbow fracture pitcher, How many pitches your kid should throw, how to tell if your pitcher has a torn UCL, Torn UCL in pitchers

By Christopher Giangiulio, baseball dad and longtime TBP contributor and friend Yes!…the answer is an emphatic YES! I’m going to

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Cooperstown Dreams Park Info. Good Advice Reviews and Ideas 

The Barracks Bathrooms and Showers at Cooperstown Dreams Park

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 Angela Weight 0 Comments Cooperstown Dreams Park, Dreams Park Barracks, showers at Cooperstown Dreams Park

Angela here… with the latest in our series on what to expect from your trip to Cooperstown Dreams Park. Today,

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Is Your Kid Ready to Join a Travel Team? Are You?

July 4, 2018July 5, 2018 Angela Weight 6 Comments Cost of Travel Baseball, percent of youth baseball players who play in college, time requirements for travel baseball, travel ball vs rec ball, what age do kids start playing travel ball

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a fair and thorough piece for anyone trying to decide if joining a travel team is right

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Cooperstown Dreams Park Info. Good Advice 

A Quick Tour of the Cooperstown Dreams Park Barracks – Good Advice on What to Pack

July 3, 2018July 9, 2018 Angela Weight 0 Comments Cooperstown Dreams Park, Cooperstown Dreams Park Barracks, Cooperstown Dreams Park Bunk Houses, Does Cooperstown Dreams Park Have Air Conditioning?, What to pack for Cooperstown

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4 Times When Hard Work Doesn’t Equal More Playing Time (and “Daddy Ball” is Not to Blame)

June 26, 2018July 3, 2018 Angela Weight 0 Comments daddy ball, getting benched in baseball, how many innings should a player sit out, Me Guy vs Team Guy, unfair playing time expectations

A few days ago I posted the meme below on our Travel Ball Parents Facebook page. To my surprise, it soared in

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22 Team Tryout Tips from Veteran Baseball Coaches and Instructors

June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 Angela Weight 0 Comments being coachable, tryout tips

By Angela Weight-TBP Editor/Admin For those of you with kids heading to team tryouts over the next couple weeks, here

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Bench Him? Or Keep Making Excuses?

May 29, 2018July 11, 2018 Angela Weight 0 Comments coaching disrespectful kids, disrespectful kids in sports, kids attitudes in sports, parents who make excuses for their kids, shortage of umpires, Teammates who make excuses, volunteer coaching shortage

Angela here… This post shared by with us by reader Chris Renn may seem a little harsh at first, but

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Younger Players, Choose Your Team by the Coaches, Not the Facility or Organization

May 28, 2018June 1, 2018 Angela Weight 0 Comments baseball academy teams, how to choose the right team, the coach is more important than the academy

With rosters already filled for most fall ball teams, I fear that this post may be a little late. But

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