I really take a lot of time and pride to prepare for my practices...Communicating in terms kids don't understand or in esoteric terms make learning for the player nearly impossible.
I have learned in 20+ years of coaching that the worst thing a coach can do is assume anything! i.e. don't assume they know what the strike zone is or that it changes with every umpire.
So anyway...
I'm having indoor fielding practice with my 12U team today and you hear plenty of "nice hustle" "great hustle" "how to hustle" My girlies were flyin' today!
The 10U practice follows mine...one of the new 10U players comes up to me after practice and asked me what hustle is.
I felt like The Grinch when Cindy Lou Who asked him "Santie Claus, why? Why are you taking our Christmas tree? Why?"
[Rest of the scene]
Narrator: But do you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick, that he thought up a lie and he thought it up quick.
Grinch: Why my sweet little tot...
Narrator: The fake Santie Claus lied...
Grinch: ...there's a light on this tree that won't light on one side. So I'm taking it home to my workshop, my dear. I'll fix it up there, then I'll bring it back here.
Narrator: And his fib fooled the child. Then he patted her head...
I'm not gonna say what I told her..I didn't lie...but I'd love to hear how you would explain hustle to a 10U player...
TIA
CP
I have learned in 20+ years of coaching that the worst thing a coach can do is assume anything! i.e. don't assume they know what the strike zone is or that it changes with every umpire.
So anyway...
I'm having indoor fielding practice with my 12U team today and you hear plenty of "nice hustle" "great hustle" "how to hustle" My girlies were flyin' today!
The 10U practice follows mine...one of the new 10U players comes up to me after practice and asked me what hustle is.
I felt like The Grinch when Cindy Lou Who asked him "Santie Claus, why? Why are you taking our Christmas tree? Why?"
[Rest of the scene]
Narrator: But do you know, that old Grinch was so smart and so slick, that he thought up a lie and he thought it up quick.
Grinch: Why my sweet little tot...
Narrator: The fake Santie Claus lied...
Grinch: ...there's a light on this tree that won't light on one side. So I'm taking it home to my workshop, my dear. I'll fix it up there, then I'll bring it back here.
Narrator: And his fib fooled the child. Then he patted her head...
I'm not gonna say what I told her..I didn't lie...but I'd love to hear how you would explain hustle to a 10U player...
TIA
CP