How do I prep my young sons for a career in the majors!?
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Practice with him. My dad starting teaching me how to play baseball as soon as I could walk. Right now I'm 13, I've played in two national tournaments and I am going to play in two more this year. My team is one of the best in Virginia, and its all because I started early. Also, I got a good hitting coach(rotational swing, never weight shifting. There are many people out there against rotational hitting, but its the best). But don't play with him so much that he gets burned out and bored of the game. That has happened to some of my friends and they were very talented. Also make sure he stays in shape.
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go to community college with a baseball team, try out. if ur any good they'll take you. then work ur way up though the ranks to the pros. two years there, then a four year college or maybe a minor team would give you a shot. talk to a local minor league team and try to get a try out, or find out when the pros are having a combine. u need to get exposure. my brother plays community college ball and the KC Royals have talked to him about minor league. give it a shot.
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One of my undergrad degrees is Occupational Education.  \n\nMy 3 year old son is in pre-school.  He is a mainstreamed special needs child with downs.  He is very high functioning and has been in early intervention programs since six months age.\n\nThe Pre-k program here is awesome.  We have been in the classrom and observed the teacher and her aids working with the kids and they are thriving and developing exceptionaly well.\n\nWe went and checked it out before we put him in this program which is something I reccomend you do.  But I can not say enough good things about this program and the jump start it gives kids on both an educational and a social skills level.  \nThe spend a lot of time assessing developmental skills and if there are issues will likely spot them quick.  My boy gets his O.T. , P.T., speech, and sign language instruction from board certified therapists and educators, not something easily found at a day care. \n\nExcellent emphasis on communication skills to prep them for  more formal education.   \n\nBy the time these kids are at the Kindergarden age, they are at full speed, minds focused on learning, and are well prepared.  My little guy is up before 6 am and smiling ear to ear, love school, and comes home hunting for more things to learn about.
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if you think your son is ready to play at a national level you can try him out for AAU basketball. depending on where you live you can find different teams. if you go to aaubasketball.com you will find a link for girls and boys and then from there find links for different teams in different areas
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Work out, alot!  Those boys are big and strong, and fast too!  My advice is to pick a school that has a good reputation, especially in the field you want to study, then look at football.  \nIf you can meet the admisions requirements, I would recomend Rice University in Houston as one to consider.   A top level academic reputation on par with Satnford and Harvard, plus a rejuvenated football program with a new head coach bringing energy and positive attitudes into the system.  They have a shot at a bowl game this year, and are building state of the art facilities.
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first, move to a european country where you and your kids know the language.\n\nsecond, get a good job. things aren't free over there.\n\nnext, if they do not want to go, don't go.\n\nyou will not need to contact a club or anything. you just manage to get settled with housing, job, school, and all of this before they sign up with the local club. look elsewhere if you do not like what you see. if your sons develop well, they (clubs) will find your sons.\n\ngood luck!
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Well you have to understand what positions you are lacking in and sign some young fresh players that are hitting well, some pitchers would be heilman, lirano, tomko, and lieber. Some batters would be brossard, hanley ramirez, and brad wilkerson is starting to get hot. That or you can wait it out, but if you want to be a competitor i would recomend you start signing!
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Just apply at the college prep one, he will do fine! Pressure is good for a kids that has dreams!
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i'm glad to hear of your sons interest in mixed martial arts. it is good to know there is another group of younger people ready to come up, along with myself. i would tell you though that the best way is to start small. get him into one of the smaller organizations to get started with so that he can get noticed. uncooked promotions is a great place to start. and they have an application to fight on their website if you think he is ready right now.that would be my suggestion for your first place to go.
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Seek out your local ARC chapter.  These chapters are highly trainined and willing to help with various placement for your son.  They will be able to help him secure a job and a future.  Good luck
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I majored in Child Development. I don't do much with it now, but it does come in handy every now and again with my own children. You learn about how children develop ie: average age they begin to walk, talk, etc.
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Just be semi good in math, and, have alot of patience and be able to work on a team, or by yourself and expect to spend long hours at your computer! Mostly I know this because I'm attending college to get my bachelors degree in Software Engineering. if you need anything else my yahoo s/n is: darkwarrior0404        and my email is: darkwarrior0404@yahoo.com best of luck to you!
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I wish you had indicated where you are on the planet.  Certainly your daughter has interests and your son may also have preferences.  Start with what they like to do.\n\nIMHO if you are initially willing to spend time doing what they like to do with them, I believe you'll meet the people who will become their peers and teammates in local-based activities.
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if he's in high school he can just go to the guidance counsler. I'm sure there's career websites online. I've used them before. He could talk to people of the professions he wants to be in. That always helped for me. Seeing what the career is like upclose, instead of reading about it is better. You could give someone in that field a call,set up a meeting and your son can try different aspects of what he's thinking about being. Find his strong points, decide which careers they would be good for, and go from there. Websites ususally have questionares involving what career is good for you. If he's at a local college, they have career counslers there as well.
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I think that the aim of children is sports is learning, not pushing.  Don't overemphasize the "someday, you will be in the NBA" thing.  Watch your child grow.  \n\nIn general, if your children are to become athletes, then you want to get a personal trainer for them, and build muscle. But select age appropriate body building exercises, and consult with your doctor.   If they are small for their age, aim for the fun, socialization and sportsmanship.
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wow!  your son really does have a lot of talent.  My stepdad was once a racer and almost got into NASCAR.  Here is how you do it:\nStart off by allowing him to race at small local events such as in racecarts, 4 wheelers, etc.  As he gets more experience, move him to more difficult situations such as a regional hotrod derby and other things that require more skill, etc.  Then, when he is 16, allow him to drive.  At this point, he could start driving like in actual car races.  As he moves up on the ladder of experience, make sure people notice him.  Put his picture in the newspaper, bring out a local news team, etc.  Get his face out to the public!  At one of his competitions, you should ask like one of the judges about getting into a NASCAR audition race (something like that for people who want to get into it) and then allow him to race in it.  If he's good enough at it, as I suspect he will be if you follow all of the above mentioned steps, he will surely get into it, and will start racing proffesionally.  Have fun!
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Joe Horn went to junior college and look at him.  You could try to contact teams, but it's much easier if you just go where they are already looking for players and that's colleges.  If you have ever had any skills, they probably already have scouting reports on you from High School before you dropped out, but most teams would probably worry that if you couldn't dedicate yourself to school, how will you dedicate yourself to a program?  It's an uphill climb. Good luck.