Ken just posted commentary regarding "the comfort zone".
How does a 12U player experiment out of their comfort zone when the coach screams at them for making a mistake?
In practice they hear "don't play it safe".
In Tournaments if they go for ball or try something with their pitching they get yelled at (missed ball or a walk)
These are 12U kids on a Travel team.
Pitcher #1 gets told what pitch ... it doesn't always work...
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I TOLD YOU TO DO!"
Do you really think that kid didn't really try to do what was asked of them..of course she did.
(this is a kid that is black & blue from pitching to over 160 batters in 24 hours)
I'm trying to push my DD to go out of her comfort zone, but watching her coach, I can see why she is afraid to.
How does a 12U player experiment out of their comfort zone when the coach screams at them for making a mistake?
In practice they hear "don't play it safe".
In Tournaments if they go for ball or try something with their pitching they get yelled at (missed ball or a walk)
These are 12U kids on a Travel team.
Pitcher #1 gets told what pitch ... it doesn't always work...
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I TOLD YOU TO DO!"
Do you really think that kid didn't really try to do what was asked of them..of course she did.
(this is a kid that is black & blue from pitching to over 160 batters in 24 hours)
I'm trying to push my DD to go out of her comfort zone, but watching her coach, I can see why she is afraid to.