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It is that time of year again when the daddy ballers plays other daddy ballers from across the state. They call the thing a State Championship. If you look at all the teams you will see that just about all of the coaches have children playing on their team. Why don't all those not making the team get together and go play the winners?

Daddy ball in middle school basketball and high school basketball

Daddy ball in middle school basketball and high school basketball

There is no satisfying answer to a person with an inferiority complex.

The problem I have with travel ball is getting the kids burned out to early in age. Let them be kids first. It just seems that travel and even league ball teams practice and play 4 and 5 days a week. That's to much for 8-14 year kids. If they don't want to go to practice they get in trouble. It's just to demanding on a young kid. Just my opinion. Also coaches who have no kids on teams are great but these guys like Chad Hayes play their family and friends kids first. So just because they have no kids on the team does not mean its not like daddy ball. Your best coaches are the ones that have no affiliation with no one. Just my opinion.

I agree with both of you, I like the close lifetime friendship built locally on the field, but for those not satisfied with it, I was simply giving you an alternative. Most of the people complaining have no idea how much time and energy goes into coaching even a tee ball team. It does not start or stop at the ball park, the coaches have to really be dedicated to put up with what they put up with. My hat is off to anyone, daddy or anyone else that will take the time to teach a youngster to play ball.

Its my opinion that travel ball is the worst thing for our kids to be involved in. They get burned out from playing too much " BALL"... Keep them involved in local teams with local players...Keep them involved with family and school activities. Traveling all over the country playing all weekend is expensive !!!

THE ODDS OF PLAYING COLLEGE SPORTS

Men's Sports

Basketball

3.1% senior high school players (less than 1 in 35) end up on teams in college. 1.2% senior basketball players in college (1 in 75) are drafted by a National Basketball Association team. .03% of high school basketball players (3 in 10,000) will eventually be drafted by an NBA team.

6% of high school seniors (1 in 16) will play football in college. 1.7% of senior football players in college (1 in 50) will get drafted by a National Football League team. .08% of high school seniors (8 in 10,000) will eventually be drafted by an NFL team.

6.4% of senior high school players (3 in 50) will play baseball in college. 8.9% of senior baseball players in college (9 in 100) will be drafted by a Major League Baseball team. .44% of high school seniors (1 in 200) will eventually be drafted by a MLB team.

10.8% of high school senior players (less than 3 in 50) will play hockey in college. 3.8% of college senior players (1 in 26) are drafted by a National Hockey League team. .32% of high school seniors playing hockey will eventually be drafted by a NHL team.

5.6% of high school seniors (less than 3 in 50) will play soccer in college. 1.6% of college senior players (less than 1 in 50) are drafted by a Major League Soccer team. .07% of high school seniors who play soccer will eventually be drafted by a MLS team.

3.5% of high school seniors playing basketball (3 in 100) will play college basketball. .9% of college senior basketball players (less than 1 in 100) will be drafted by a Women's National Basketball Association team. .03% of high school seniors playing basketball will eventually by drafted through the WNBA.

You are always going to have politics in sports. As far as Daddy ball goes, 90 % of the time the kids whose dads kids coach are the better players. There are exceptions. Those fathers who coach usually put in more time at home with their children making them better while others do not or cannot put in that extra time. As for travel ball, that crap has become a serious money racket. Seriously, coach pitch travel teams. Get a grip. Every child is not going to be the all-american their parents think they are. The relationships built between children in rec leagues are far more valuable than anything they will get from driving all over the country playing against kids they don't know. If your child is head and shoulders above the coach's kid, he/she will play. If they have a similar skill set, the coach's kid should play. For the record I don't have any kid's playing,and I am not coaching.

Two of the best coaches I have seen actually had no kids playing on the team. Tommy McLean and Chad Hayes. Both produced winning teams repeatedly. Tommy is gone but Chad is still at it. Great coaches

No it does not make you a daddy coach just because you coach. If you have no kids on the team how could you be a daddy coach. You might need to go out of Wilkes to find teams with paid coaches. They are there, just look around. Several teams in the Mooresville area have paid coaching staff.

Safetyman, correct me if I am wrong but if you coach wouldn't that make you a daddy coach??? Also, most travel teams I have associated with were coached by guess what....a group of daddy's.

I agree, but some folks are having a hard time finding it.

That solution has been around for decades.

I see a lot of complaining about "daddy ball" on here and have found the solution. It works in other places and could work here. Start a travel ball team, hire a paid coach, have tryouts, hit the road. You gotta get off the hip though. Most coaches that do not have a kid playing and must put the time in to have a good team will need pretty good pay. I know this works for I have seen it. If you are not interested in investing money into your kids sports future, well then settle for what you call daddy ball or coach it yourself. That's the options.