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Hi, 
 
We have been receiving requests from parents to view players stats from GameChanger.  
 
Please refer to the email below regarding our policy on this (the email was sent back in March).
 
Individual team coaches will compile stats and review important ones with players a couple of times each season.  Looking at stats more frequently than this is counterproductive and gets in the way of "playing big".
 
In the meantime, please encourage your sons to have quality at bats, throw strikes, make routine plays and follow the Gamers Style of Play.  That is the route to baseball success.
 
Thanks,
 
Mark Gallion
 
==========email from March ==========================
 
 
Hi,

 

The Gamers teams use GameChanger (http://gamechanger.io) as our scorekeeping service.  You can use this to follow games if you cannot attend.  Our teams were among the "founding teams" of Gamechanger 3 years ago.  It now is used by thousands of teams, including Perfect Game and USA Baseball. 
 
The Gamers 2012 Gamechanger team sites are at:

 

Gamechanger also has the ability to create lots and lots of statistics.  Our policy is to NOT provide player statistics to parents or players. This is for several reasons:
  • Traditional baseball stats like batting average, RBI's, ERA, etc.. are meaningless in youth baseball where players are learning the game and play only 50-75 games.  (Pujols was hitting about .220 after 50 games last year)
  • We want players to focus on playing the game right way (the process), not individual stats (the results).  We want them to focus on things that they can control.  At least in the short term (which matters most to confidence and learning), stats are outside of a players control.
  • There is too much mental baggage associated with stats in baseball -- on both sides of the equation.  We want to teach players a consistent mental approach, based on getting better every day (not relishing in the success of yesterday, or pouting about a slump).
For these reasons, we do not publish statistics or make them available to players/parents.  Gamers Coaches have access to the stats and will use them to evaluate players and to provide feedback as required.

 

Regardless, the statistics that we DO care about are not traditional baseball stats.  

 

We care about (and measure):
  • Quality at Bats -- hard hit ball (regardless of outcome), execution (sac/move runner/score runner), 6 pitch at bat (regardless of outcome), walk/HBP.
  • On the mound -- % first pitch strikes, % total strikes, % batters on or out in 3 pitches
We understand that parents are anxious to get all the information possible about their son's performance.  But, we believe that traditional baseball stats can get in the way of our mission and goals.  If you want to have a discussion about on-field performance with your son, please focus in the three areas listed above.  He will know what you are talking about.

 

Thanks,

 

Mark Gallion