For those who “coach your son” (or those players who are coached by Dear Old Dad), lend me your ears. Here are some quick and easy thoughts to answer the common problems that surround coaching your own kid. 1st & Foremost Help him become the best...
One of the greatest rewards in life may very well be that of parenthood. Having the chance to watch your children grow from “demanding” infants to “demanding” teenagers may be life’s greatest compensation. Perhaps second to that honor may...
A coach told me after a game that “his team just didn’t come ready to play”. I’m thinking gee! did they forget their pants? Of course they had lost and the coach was already thinking of the pep talk he was going to give before the next...
How many times do we as coaches call for a practice and meet the team at the field, only to find one team practicing and two other teams waiting to practice? When I first started coaching, this dilemma always seemed to happen to me. I would feel sort of helpless, and...
As the season starts, we want to get off to a good start with our team and what is expected of them. Of course, youth baseball is unlike a school team sport and you cannot force a player to practice or even force them to be on time. However, there are certain things...
Back in the late 70’s an old college professor of mine was fond of saying, “Don’t confuse activity with accomplishment.” Jump forward about eight years and imagine me observing a coach running practice for his Little League team. At the start...
