The infant brain has amazing aptitude for skill development, the ability to acquire an infinite variety of talents. But if certain areas of early childhood development are ignored, the capacity to perfect skill sets may be lost forever.

And that in a nutshell is the problem. Anyone reading this is already working with established ballplayers. Even the youngest ones you'll ever see on the field are older than the first, most critical stages of brain growth.


Parents aren't at fault, they don't know any better. The blame should rest squarely on the shoulders of child psychologists and almost all the literature and websites devoted to early childhood development (ECD). Obviously there will be some people not very happy with that statement, but look at how the infant brain grows.

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