LEsoftballdad
DFP Vendor
I took drum lessons 30+ years ago with the drummer from Meatloaf, John Miceli. He always knew when I didn't practice between lessons. After a few weeks of me just showing up without practicing, he told me he was talking me off the schedule until I proved I was doing the work. Amazingly enough, he did exactly what he promised. He let me back in three weeks later to test if I had practiced, which I did, so he let me back on the schedule until I did it again a few months later.The next private hitting/pitching/fielding coach that refuses my money for a lesson will be the first. The next paid lesson isn't conditional that the player did or didn't do their homework. The instructor always takes the money regardless so I don't want to hear about it as a parent.
He was so in demand that he could afford to replace you if you weren't practicing.