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Hokie Chris
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My viewpoint as a parent of a HS player

Very little teaching of fundamentals at any level. My son gets to play at this level because he has a coach at 11 and 12 who was old school tough and taught them stuff. But almost everyone in town hated this coach. But he can do things mentally most kids his age have no idea. Unfortunately he gets overlooked because he's not a physical monster. Starting really early, the coaches just get the biggest strongest kids they can. Travel teams maybe practice once a week, and it is mostly hitting and how they can maximize exit velocity. Not how the game was taught to me. I still believe in fundamentals and basebally things. But the machine does not teach it.
Posted: 04/12/2026 at 11:57 AM ET
(In response to this post by Will Stewart)

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Yep, that clinched it again. We are the DUMBEST team in D1…no doubt now
Irish Hokie 04/11/26 05:19 PM ET
As he walks with his back to the baseball GINGERLY….😂😂😂. Practice?
Irish Hokie 04/11/26 05:24 PM ET
Just a poorly coached program in all aspects, really bad.
vtfin91 04/11/26 05:23 PM ET
There’s that continuing theme again, COACHING…it matters but Cooke’s
Irish Hokie 04/11/26 05:26 PM ET
At this point in a college baseball player's career ....
Will StewartAdmin 04/11/26 07:28 PM ET
My viewpoint as a parent of a HS player
Hokie Chris 04/12/26 11:57 AM ET
Thanks for the answers.
Will StewartAdmin 04/12/26 08:57 AM ET
Of course not - it is all about leadership and accountability
vtfin91 04/11/26 11:30 PM ET
Great, fair points Will….but this stuff keeps occurring. During the Duke
Irish Hokie 04/11/26 08:25 PM ET
You ask a fair and logical......
2hhoop3 04/11/26 07:44 PM ET
In the basic Box Score, there should be a column for bonehead plays
HokieNL 04/12/26 12:23 AM ET
Thank you!**
TomTurkey 04/11/26 07:35 PM ET