Comments on: Bryce Harper, Role Model http://bryceharperinsider.com/2009/09/bryce-harper-role-model/ Bryce Harper is the top baseball prospect coming out of high school Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:26:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JV Estella http://bryceharperinsider.com/2009/09/bryce-harper-role-model/comment-page-1/#comment-28 JV Estella Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:24:17 +0000 http://bryceharperinsider.com/?p=3#comment-28 I'm a 17 year old boy who loves baseball. No I'm not a prodigy like Harper, but I love the game just as much. I went through a phase where I actually hated baseball; I wanted to quit, stop working, and become lazy. The game got boring to me. But my parents encouraged me to keep playing because I have talent, so I ended up never quitting & now I am playing for a junior college if a D1 school doesn't pick me up next year. The decision is ultimately up to your son. If baseball interests him, it interests him. If baseball is boring to him, it's boring to him. Just a lot of encouragement without pressure would be great. Make sure you make him feel supported no matter what his decision is. Besides, he's still young. Don't try to turn him into a 'prodigy.' Don't force things. I’m a 17 year old boy who loves baseball.
No I’m not a prodigy like Harper, but I love the game just as much.
I went through a phase where I actually hated baseball;
I wanted to quit, stop working, and become lazy. The game got boring to me. But my parents encouraged me to keep playing because I have talent, so I ended up never quitting & now I am playing for a junior college if a D1 school doesn’t pick me up next year.

The decision is ultimately up to your son.
If baseball interests him, it interests him.
If baseball is boring to him, it’s boring to him.

Just a lot of encouragement without pressure would be great.
Make sure you make him feel supported no matter what his decision is.

Besides, he’s still young. Don’t try to turn him into a ‘prodigy.’ Don’t force things.

]]> By: joe mariotti http://bryceharperinsider.com/2009/09/bryce-harper-role-model/comment-page-1/#comment-26 joe mariotti Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:26:34 +0000 http://bryceharperinsider.com/?p=3#comment-26 I am looking for some guidance with my four year old son. when he was 18 months old, he started tee-ing up a wiffle ball on an upside down cup and hitting it. When he was 3 he was hitting pitched foam balls with a plastic bat. When he turned 4, he started hitting hard balls with a 25" aluminum bat and then we moved to a 24" wooden X-bat. However, recently, his timing got screwed up, while hitting a little foam ball with a MLB souvenier bat, and he has become discouraged. How did Bryce and his parents keep his interest in the game for so long, and how did Bryce and his parents deal with general kid setbacks. I am looking for some guidance with my four year old son. when he was 18 months old, he started tee-ing up a wiffle ball on an upside down cup and hitting it. When he was 3 he was hitting pitched foam balls with a plastic bat. When he turned 4, he started hitting hard balls with a 25″ aluminum bat and then we moved to a 24″ wooden X-bat.
However, recently, his timing got screwed up, while hitting a little foam ball with a MLB souvenier bat, and he has become discouraged.
How did Bryce and his parents keep his interest in the game for so long, and how did Bryce and his parents deal with general kid setbacks.

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