May 13, 2013

The first weekend of practice involving two consecutive days of 4 hours of practice are officially in the books.

  A large group of 15 through 18 year old boys gathered at The Oaks batting cages for the exciting opening weekend of The Allen Baseball Summer Season.  All were excited to get started with the hard work required to belong to one of the best Nationally ranked programs in the South.

All of the program veterans as well as many new faces listened intently to one of Coach Skip Allen's patented 30 minute speeches that is designed to motivate as well as inspire each and every one of them to become the best that they can possibly be.  It is as gratifying to me to see all of the exhausted, sweaty faces of the new guys walk away from his speeches with a big grin on their faces as it is to see Skip greet each of his program veterans with a hug when he sees them.

This program is not all "Cake and Ice Cream", as it requires a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication to be a part of it.  Trust me, the ones who don't make the grade and/or don't stay with the program for one reason or another, simply don't want to work hard.  As rewarding as this program is, you have to put in the work to reap the rewards.

All of the coaching staff, from Coach Skip Allen, to Coach Jeff Allen, Coach Matthew Coulson and Coach Cody Stewart are dedicated baseball men who love the game and love working with kids who are motivated and willing to set and achieve goals in life as well as the great game of Baseball.

After a somewhat stressful Spring season with the Katy High School Sophomore team, where Matthew played the entire season as the starting right fielder and ended the season with close to a .400 batting average, we are excited to start another season with the Allen Baseball Club. 

The Allen Club is a Nationally competitive program for High School athletes that is designed to prepare them for College level baseball, giving the opportunities to showcase their talents in front of many College coaches and scouts.

This blog is created to follow the upcoming baseball exploits of Matthew Chilton, recording both triumphs and failures as he continues to pursue his goal to play College Baseball.

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Matthew has played at every level in the Nations program and been very successful over the years; although we have had some issues finding coaches that he has the proper chemistry with.  

After traveling to the Nations 14U World Series in Colorado last year where Matthew pitched 2 one-hitters and hit well over .500 for the tournament, we decided that it w time for him to look for some more challenging opportunities.  After many conversations, Internet searches and phone conversations, we made contact with Skip Allen with the Allen Baseball Club.  I had several long conversations with him before I ever introduced Matthew to him and his program.

We attended two rigorous four-hour practice sessions on consecutive days at the beginning of last Fall's baseball season as a tryout, where Matthew decided that he found exactly what he was looking for.

The Allen Baseball program has proven to be by far the best program that we have ever been involved with.  Everyone is treated like they are part of his family.  There is absolutely no favoritism, that I have been able to see, as all are recognized for hard work and improvement and any who slack-off are chastised and inspired to work harder, just as any good father would treat his own son.

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I will be posting personal statistics, as well as photos and information about fellow team mates and team activity throughout the season and beyond.