The two things most wrong with baseball today is the strong emphasis on winning versus the emphasis on development of strong players at the youth level and the lack of good coaching at the youth level. Many, not all, Little League coaches are so caught up in the win at all costs philosophy that no thought is given to the development and health of the kids. How many times have you seen a big kid dominate a game because he throws hard? Yet when he gets to the next level, he disappears.  Why?  Could it be that he was never taught the proper pitching mechanics and when it came time to throw from 60'6'' he was lost? He had an early growth spurt and threw the ball by everybody in Little League and the coach was satisfied with that-he won the game. We feel most Little League coaches have their hearts in the right place-but they just don't know how to teach pitching. They send their sons off to a two week camp once a year and think that's going to do the job. "That's it; my son is now a baseball player."  The fact is, baseball is much too hard a game to entrust to a couple of weeks of instruction. The body needs to build the right kind of muscle memory and that comes only from many repetitions and many drills. Little League admits in its manual that the volunteer coach is its Achilles heel. Makes you wonder why more dads don't try to learn more about the game.  It would do a world of good for the kids.  It would do a world of good for baseball.

   
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