In 20 years of coaching/instructing I have NEVER EVER raised my voice at a player. When I stop practice it is to teach NOT YELL.
I have never said things as lacking in content as “You’ve got to make that play” to a player. I believe in teaching technique and skills. I’ve had plenty of kids and...
We were playing a Saturday round robin at our high school diamonds which are on campus next to the road. The ump asks me if he is at the right school. Now there is a large LED sign in back of me welcoming the other teams to our school. I am also wearing a school shirt.
The guy did the bases...
I have no proof other than my eyes and ears that these kids have had little to no instruction on grounders.. Isn't it the coach's responsibility to see that something this basic is corrected rather then reinforced?
I arrived a bit early for a U14 TB indoor practice at a indoor facility yesterday and so I watched a first year U12 team finishing up their practice with AC1 hitting grounders, AC2 playing 1B, and AC3 stationed 20 feet behind AC 2. The HC who I happen to know, but just in passing was not...
I used to be guilty of putting times to drills and trying to get in as many drills as breaks would allow. Turns out that practicing that way didn’t make perfect, but it made permanent. Sticking to the schedule didn’t allow for refreshing teaching the proper way to do the activity. I changed the...
90 minutes is too short to do both offense and defense and take breaks. I would suggest concentrating on one or the other because you will be rushing through them to get to the next drill rather than taking the time to make it a teaching moment. To me coach = teacher. When you don’t spend time...
I look at this team as at a crossroads. It may be the 2nd year at U14 for some but there are 8 (currently) new players most of which are 1st year U14. The HC is brand new to coaching, so to me this is a 1st year 14U class C team. The HC has chosen to play in 6 tournaments 3 of which are C, 2...
Well at tonight's practice the HC is running a fielding drill while i worked on throwing with 2 players. I don't know what specifically occured but he stopped practice and made it clear that their behavior was unacceptable that he had a lead on 2 players putting the roster at 12 and would put 3...
I believe that almost all of the players one this team have the ability to be average to decent players if they applied themselves. I know it is the coach's job to help the players bring out their talent, I agree with that. However, this is a two way street. I don't claim to work wonders...