Dave Riske
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard Jan 2025
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So they, they got to see what I did, but my daughter didn't get to, um, But once, once I had them or whatever, once we were growing up in there in that where I thought they were pretty good, um, I pushed them a little, I pushed them really hard.
It's really crazy.
I was just going to mention that.
But how do you really know is the question. I think the best thing you can do is wait to have an opinion until they're in eighth or ninth grade because that's when it all starts. I think the biggest mistake parents make is at, like you said, five, six years old, they think their kids are the next Babe Ruth or whoever you want to say, Bryce Harper.
They think they're so good so they get convinced that they need a pitching coach, a hitting coach, an infield coach, and all these coaches. And nothing against the coaches. They're making a living teaching baseball, which I think is great.
But I wish the parents would settle down just a little bit. My kids had to go through growing up. They had to go through their dad was a major leaguer. So these kids better be great. They better be perfect.
You know what I mean? And that's another thing. That's, I didn't like that feeling. I didn't want my kids to feel that way. But these parents, if they just kind of settled down for a minute and just let the kids, cause everybody develops at different ages. Everybody gets bigger and stronger at different ages. You know what I mean?
And just because your kid's big at 10 years old and hitting home runs, that doesn't mean he's making it to the big leagues. Yeah. It's a 1%, maybe less than 1% chance making it to the big leagues.
And if they love it, I mean, I've got friends that their kids are so good at a sport at 10 years old and that's all they want to do. And there's nothing wrong with that. Yeah. You're letting the kid guide that too. For sure. Yeah. You can't pressure them into playing because you love the sport.
It's exhausting watching. Especially someone that knows the game too, and you're sitting there going, oh my gosh.
I would just look at how athletic they are. So no matter what position they're playing or even what sport they're playing, you can see a kid and see, oh, he's athletic. His movements are different than all these other kids. That's how I always tell. And obviously, I'm looking for certain things on the baseball field.
But just the way they move and use their hand-eye coordination and all this stuff, you can tell when someone's more advanced than other kids.
I think there's so many in town. Yeah. I think like how to run better, how to jump. I think, yeah, there's one called my buddy runs it. It's called Game Changers.
Yeah. I think that's what it was.
I think if there's an athletic kid, no matter what sport it is, I think you can make them or not make them. They could be good at it if they're athletic. It's just the non-athletes that the kids that are running and falling, like you're just like, I don't know.
You know how many times I went home when I was coaching club ball or little league or whatever I was in, I was like, man, I just wish they would pick a different sport. Maybe this isn't for you. And baseball is boring. I'm not going to lie. Baseball is boring.
That is, I mean, that video, I have no exact way that you're talking about. That is so good. Can you, uh, no mass more. I think you say one time, why does your parents let you play this game? Exactly.
And I, and I had my kids do it, but we didn't, we didn't do it all the time. It was like maybe one tournament a month, which is still a lot. Yeah. But playing club ball and spending all that, we always joke about me and my buddies are like, all the money we spent on club ball and all these parents I spent on club ball could have paid for college.
You could go to college anywhere.
Club ball, not necessary. I'm not against it, but there's just too much. I've heard some parents tell me, I go, why do you play so many games? The human body, especially throwing a baseball, you're not supposed to throw a baseball every day. It's just not how it works. Injuries come and play with that or whatever.
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