2 observations
1 - Knowing when to shut up and not coach is just as important. Ex. DD, who plays 3rd, is struggling a little fielding hard hit balls at her right now and is working thru it. She knows what she is doing, just trying to get her mind and body to react correctly. At practice Monday, every hit from the coach came with a 45 second critique. I could see it in her body language, she knew what she did and just wanted him to shut up and hit another so she could work on fixing it.
2 - As a dad, I have made it my goal to learn everything I possible can to help my DD. I study, research, pay attention to her coaches and at lessons. I may not have played the game, but I think I'm not an idiot either. DD occasionally has what we refer to as "dad's not a total idiot moments". Ex. Went to a pitching clinic with Rick Pauly back in November. I have been working hard to learn and teach her what I have learned. In the 15 minute opening talk, she turned to me with the "you said that to me" look at least 4 or 5 times. Sometimes dad is an idiot until it is proved he isn't. I understand that and make sure she has plenty of opportunities to hear others tell her the same thing I have learned and taught her. Unfortunately, it cost me a lot of money in lessons for that to happen.
There are dad's out there who think they know it all and just drive us all crazy and look like idiots and then there are dad's who take it serious and try to learn and be better for their DD's.
1 - Knowing when to shut up and not coach is just as important. Ex. DD, who plays 3rd, is struggling a little fielding hard hit balls at her right now and is working thru it. She knows what she is doing, just trying to get her mind and body to react correctly. At practice Monday, every hit from the coach came with a 45 second critique. I could see it in her body language, she knew what she did and just wanted him to shut up and hit another so she could work on fixing it.
2 - As a dad, I have made it my goal to learn everything I possible can to help my DD. I study, research, pay attention to her coaches and at lessons. I may not have played the game, but I think I'm not an idiot either. DD occasionally has what we refer to as "dad's not a total idiot moments". Ex. Went to a pitching clinic with Rick Pauly back in November. I have been working hard to learn and teach her what I have learned. In the 15 minute opening talk, she turned to me with the "you said that to me" look at least 4 or 5 times. Sometimes dad is an idiot until it is proved he isn't. I understand that and make sure she has plenty of opportunities to hear others tell her the same thing I have learned and taught her. Unfortunately, it cost me a lot of money in lessons for that to happen.
There are dad's out there who think they know it all and just drive us all crazy and look like idiots and then there are dad's who take it serious and try to learn and be better for their DD's.