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You're a father of a 12-year-old son. Your boy likes to watch and play baseball, so you enroll him in a local league and volunteer to coach on weekends. It's a chance for him to make some friends, learn the fundamentals, and get some exercise. Plus, you get to bond with your son in a way that doesn't involve a screen, and you've been wanting to give back to the community anyway.
You expect practice to be at the dusty ballfield by the church. Instead, you pull up to a state-of-the-art Under Armour-sponsored baseball complex 20 miles out of town. Half the roster has had private hitting coaches since they were 8. One dad casually mentions his 11-year-old's "training regimen." Another kid is wearing a biometric sleeve that tracks his arm stress in real-time. Everyone's angling to get their kid noticed by the elite travel teams, the ones that cost $10K a season and promise exposure to college scouts.
You just wanted to teach them to keep their eye on the ball and take them for pizza afterwards
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