Pro Double Bat Do You Think I Can Make It to The Bigs?
Im 14 years old, 5ft. 9in. and a 195 lbs.And love playing the game of baseball. I Play 1st and backup catcher and full time practice catcher. My dream is to go to Texas and play for the longhorns win a few Nat. Championships. Then get drafted into the mlb. I wanna play for the Reds or Yankees.
yes, I know im a few pounds overweight. But I spend 2 hrs on the bowflex, 3 hrs in the batting cage an 2 more hrs fielding ( grounders,popups.etc) everyday, even on game days.And i usally try to run at least 2-3 miles a week. And also 20 push ups and sit ups every morning when i wake up and every night before i go to bed.
I hit for power. this was my 1st year of A-Leauge baseball and we played 35 games and I had a .474 average,22 homers,56 rbis, and 16 doubles. I also had at least 3 hits a game and my fielding percentage was .999.
So my friends,coachs,parents,friends parents and trainer say i can and will go pro
So, What Do you think?
Many of the MLB players today say they used to practice a minimum of 2 hours a day on whatever they wanted to excel at. Casey Kotchman (Seattle Mariners 1st baseman) for example would practice his fielding for 2 hours a day he said. Now he holds the longest streak in the MLB history in 2008 chances without an error. Most pitchers we'll take Cliff Lee for example used to draw rectangles with chalk on their wall and try to hit inside the box 10 consecutive times and wouldn't go inside or do something else until they did.
P.S. to master something no matter what it is, you have to put in about 10,000 hours of work.
So if you do what you say you are, you are way ahead of many others and have a pretty good chance of making it. Just keep up the practice.
Net Paddle Table I'm looking for Paddle Tennis courts in or near Irvine, CA. (Not Ping Pong - this is tennis at 1/3 scale.)
A friend took me to play Paddle Tennis at a court in Culver City, CA and now I'm hooked. I live in Orange County and I cannot locate a place to play this sport.
Just to be clear. This is not a ping pong table game. It's played on a court that looks like a tennis court, but it's one-third the size of a tennis court. The net is the same height and the line markings are similar to tennis specifications.
The biggest difference between Paddle Tennis and Tennis is the racket itself. A Paddle Tennis racket is slightly smaller than a racquetball racket, but it has no strings. It's flat, like a smashball racket (w/ multiple 1/4" air holes as well), but it's about 1/2" thick and it's made of a hard composite material instead of wood. The surface of the paddle is textured.
You play w/ special non-pressurized tennis balls. This deadens the ball, which is perfect for the size of the court.
I got a great workout and I want to play again, but I can't locate a court near me.
This won't be much help, but Venice Beach, CA has Paddle Tennis courts. I bike on the weekend from Venice to Palisades and I always see the courts full. Not sure if you need reservations, so you might want to call for information on that. Irvine to Venice is a far trip, but I thought I'd throw this spot your way in case you may want to check out. You could play, then check out the scene afterwards. Enjoy the beach and/or walk the Venice strip and check out the shops and street performers.
