If it’s so easy to coach youth baseball and do it well, why do you see so many poor coaches? In my years as a player and as a coach, I can tell you that my opinion of poor coaching can be simply boiled down to: A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND A LACK OF PREPARATION!...
I have considered writing a book “Every Word Out of a Youth League Coach’s Mouth at Games Is Wrong.” Catchy title, huh? It’s a little overstated but I think you will recognize some of these. Here are some of the worst examples, in no particular...
There are as many different coaching styles as there are coaches. I’d like to spend a few lines writing about a couple of coaching styles that I see a lot, and give you my opinion of which one I think is ultimately more effective for kids. The two styles...
So you’re the new coach. Ok, now what? Coaching a team sure seemed like a good idea, maybe even easy.until you started thinking and getting into it deeper. All those players, parents, the draft, practices.and those game decisions.ugh. Maybe coaching 3rd...
I received an urgent phone call last February asking me to coach some 15 & 16-year olds. The league was to return their sign-up money because they had no coach. After I told them NO for the 4th time (hey, I’m really busy running a young but substantial...
As travel baseball becomes more and more the norm at younger ages, many coaches are starting to see the difficulties in running a team. Since many of the players are traveling some distance to practice and play on your team, organization will insure that the player...
