- Oct 21, 2009
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Working with girls from a male point of view can be tough. Sometimes girls emotions run a lot closer to the surface than boys. You'll need to measure your toughts and actions a little during the heat of batlle.
I saw 2 different coaching styles at a game with weekend on practically the same play.
Ground ball gets by 2B:
Coach 1: "Come'on ladies we have to make that play. LET'S GO."
Coach 2: "One Out, Runner on 1B try to get the lead runner."
Coach 1 just made his 2B feel worse than she already does. I hope the next batter doesn't hit one to her. The rest of his team is now tense. This is how 1 error can lead to another. His comments stated the obvious and added no value to the team but might have made the coach feel better.
Coach 2 is over that play, stuff happens. Let's look forward to the next play. If 2B did something mechanically wrong make note and work on it in practice.
I hope to be Coach 2 next time.
I saw 2 different coaching styles at a game with weekend on practically the same play.
Ground ball gets by 2B:
Coach 1: "Come'on ladies we have to make that play. LET'S GO."
Coach 2: "One Out, Runner on 1B try to get the lead runner."
Coach 1 just made his 2B feel worse than she already does. I hope the next batter doesn't hit one to her. The rest of his team is now tense. This is how 1 error can lead to another. His comments stated the obvious and added no value to the team but might have made the coach feel better.
Coach 2 is over that play, stuff happens. Let's look forward to the next play. If 2B did something mechanically wrong make note and work on it in practice.
I hope to be Coach 2 next time.