Prep Talk: Parents Are Multitasking At High School Baseball Games

It’s nerve-racking capable for parents watching their boy aliases girl pitch. Imagine what Omar Sahagan goes done erstwhile his son, Connor, is connected nan mound for Oaks Christian High‘s shot squad and he’s trying to multitask pinch responsibilities of carrying astir a laptop truthful he tin people nan crippled for GameChanger while besides monitoring nan unrecorded steam he group up pinch a camera.

“It’s beyond nerve-racking,” he said.

In lawsuit nary 1 has noticed, return a look astatine each nan devices hanging from nets aliases fences astatine shot fields. They are cameras from parents, players and teams trying to seizure video and nutrient metrics, whether for hitting aliases pitching arsenic good arsenic supply highlights. Technology continues to alteration nan measurement highlights and accusation tin beryllium shared connected cellphones aliases computers.

Sahagan seems to bask his contributions to nan Oaks Christian program, but watching his boy remains his priority, which tin beryllium challenging erstwhile he’s pitching, producing moments of anxiety.

But it’s a instruction for others — multitasking is now portion of sports life successful nan 21st period and is only going to support expanding pinch changes successful technology.

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