Episode #8: Stop The Pressure, Let Them Play | Coach Ballgame

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Coach Ballgame sits down to name something most parents haven't been able to see: the early specialization trap that's become industry gospel. Twenty-two years ago, kids played three sports a year. Now you hear it constantly from travel ball orgs, from coaches, from Facebook groups. Your son needs to specialize or he falls behind. Parents lie awake over this decision. But here's what Mookie Betts did. Here's what Mike Trout did. Here's what every major league player Coach Ballgame interviewed at All-Star games said: we got better because we played everything. Shohei Ohtani. Paul Skeens. Freddie Freeman. The pattern is not specialization. It's the opposite. The machine survives by convincing…