Raymore Rebels Baseball Club

12/22/2016

To everyone in the Raymore and surrounding area,

The Raymore Rebels Baseball Club wants to thank all of you for the opportunity to have served our community for the past two years. Our primary purpose was to provide an affordable alternative for kids to play competitive baseball, and we have had lots of great memories doing so.

While some of our teams will be finishing the Spring 2017 season proudly wearing our Rebel colors, our club has chosen to merge and combine our resources with another organization moving forward. Following the Spring 2017 season the Rebels will officially be disbanded. It's been an honor to have served you and the players who were with us, and we thank you for allowing us to play and coach alongside your boys and girls. While we head in new and exciting places, we will never forget what we were able to do together in such a short time as Rebels!

God bless, and enjoy the time you have with your kids in this amazing sport.

Founder and Director,

Joseph Vincent

10/31/2016

Parents,

Don't allow your children to be overused. Pitchers that pitch too much throughout the year, who play year-round and do not take breaks from throwing or pitching, and players who throw too hard, too soon, are the prime candidates to suffer arm injuries.

http://www.today.com/video/tommy-john-for-teens-why-kids-get-major-league-surgery-794813507505

Tommy John surgery is often performed on athletes who are years away from the major leagues. More than half are for patients 15 to 19. NBC’s Janet Shamlian reports for TODAY.

09/30/2016

5 Reasons to consider playing Juco Baseball opposed to D1 or at a 4 year college right after high school.

https://www.ballplayerplus.com/reasons-consider-playing-juco-baseball/

09/16/2016

A great article about the pressure and power struggles of those in leadership, and a few quotes I especially took from it. I substituted "pastor" and "church" and "attendance" with "leader" and "organization" and "membership" to broaden the scope of the author's article, especially as it applies to the baseball club I run:

"As a human receives more power the criticism rises. Because the criticism rises quickly people who support the person in power are held close and those who are critical are kept at arms length.

There is a weight of leadership that is incredibly heavy to bear. Being a [leader] comes with a lot of emotional highs and lows. The highs are incredibly high and addicting. The lows are the valley of the shadow of death.

Before I was a [leader] I only remember a couple of people getting upset with me in my entire life. In the last four years the level of [appreciation] has increased as I became [a leader], but so did the lows. Now, this isn’t a sob story. I love being a [leader]. I’m not asking for anything but your empathy. Empathy for any [leader].

The weight of leadership is never ending.

Whether an [organization] is 100 or 30,000 it comes with power and pressure.

A [leader] oversees an organization that is run mostly by volunteers. There isn’t a product to sell, so the income that comes in is based on whether or not those volunteers make a choice to financially support the [organization].

[Membership] spikes and then decreases often for no specific reason. Staff are hired and then have to be led. Every human is broken so leading is never easy."

http://www.robshep.com/2016/09/13/another-pastor-bites-the-dust/

Rob Shepherd September 13, 2016 robshep.com A few months ago a prominent pastor was let go from the church he planted. This past Sunday another prominent pastor stepped down. Pete Wilson started an amazing church in Tennessee. He has written multiple books, and has seen God do amazing work. He built...

09/15/2016

Great lesson for everyone in life!

08/16/2016

Great video recommended by one of our coaches today, which shows how our pitchers should approach the game, how to improve velocity, and a number of other great suggestions in the end of the video with some general discussion about our approach to preparation and the game in general.

http://90mphmechanics.com/how-hard-sheet-thank-you-v1-fb/

08/15/2016

RRBC is still taking tryouts now through September for spots on our girls and boys teams (ages 8 to 14). If you would like to consider playing competitive baseball or softball for the 2016-2017 season, contact us for a private tryout with one of our coaches, or register online using the link below.

http://www.teamsideline.com/Layouts/evolved/EntryForm.aspx?d=Nz5HFKTPuPtMKLgijwfLAzuB4xUxEYIH3WOxVkJR8aY%3d

08/11/2016

Great advice!

08/03/2016

Congratulations to our Jr. Sluggers affiliate, Brian Mcrae on his new position with MU! Our Sluggers now have a D1 connection leading the way providing more opportunities for our players!

08/01/2016

Our club is looking for new leadership to coach boys 10U, 11U, & 12U teams. If you or someone you know would like to be considered for a coaching position in our club, please contact us for more information!

07/19/2016

CONGRATULATIONS to Seth Boehmer's 9U team on winning the 2016 9UA World Series Championship game today, going 6-0 in the tournament, and outscoring opponents 67-17 during bracket play, and 95-23 overall! This team is movin' on up!!!

07/19/2016

There is still time to sign up for the July 23rd Scouting Combine through WBC, along with the August 6th club tryouts for all ages!

Visit our website for more information to register for either event.

http://raymorerebels.com/sites/raymorerebels/content/2757/Tryout-Info