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Published on: 4/1/2005
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Joe Barth believes that the Super-17 Program will provide an unprecedented showcase of the mostly highly talented baseball players in the state, and possibly on the east coast.According to Barth, Super-17 will "validate New Jersey baseball talent" as never before.He should know.In the past seven years alone, players from his AAU and American Legion teams have landed starting roster spots on college squads in Virginia, Iowa, Florida, and Nebraska.Joe makes no bones about his belief that "New Jersey is one of the top areas in the nation" for producing baseball players of the highest caliber.
With talented ball players always being courted for scholastic and recreation league teams, one may wonder how the NJ Super-17 Program will co-exist with the high schools, the American Legion teams, and the various traveling teams that play throughout the season, from April through the fall months.Coach Barth echoes an assurance given also by Jack Cust, Dave Gallagher, and Garett Teel that the Super-17 games will take place at times that do not conflict with other teams' schedules.
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Barth especially speaks of making baseball "measurable" by evaluating such specific skills as running speed, arm strength, bat accuracy, quickness into and through the hitting zone, upper body power and lower body explosiveness, ball exit speed from the bat, and hitting zone potential.
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With messages like these coming from knowledgeable professionals like Barth, Cust, Gallagher, and Teel, young ball players cannot help but gain a new respect for their bodies and their minds as they mature through their adolescence and teenage years.
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In the meantime, we wish Coaches Barth, Cust, Galagher, and Teel the best of luck as they embark on their ambitious undertaking.
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