I was watching a Youtube video recently where NBA legend Dominique Wilkins was talking about how good Larry Bird was. How good was Larry Bird? He once dropped 60 points on Dominique, surely one of the Top Ten players in NBA history. He was so good that day that he was swishing 3-pointers with his left…
I thought I knew everything there was to know about baseball practice. Then I got to college. What would take a full two-and-a-half hour practice in high school would be accomplished in an hour, maybe a touch longer. There was no dead time, no standing around and every drill was designed to get as many…
Take a look around. It’s not hard to find examples of parents gone wild at youth sporting events. Arguing with officials, arguing with coaches and berating young kids has become so commonplace we hardly bat an eye. But as coaches, reining in the parents is crucial to a successful season. Establishing a winning environment for…
After 29 years of being a coach’s wife and 22 years of being a sports mom, I’ve encountered hundreds of coaching styles. None of those styles comes anywhere close to being perfect. Every coach makes mistakes. Mistakes are not desirable of course, but they will happen. As a coach, your job is not to beat…
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In many youth baseball leagues, there simply isn’t a budget for field maintenance. The league and its players rely on the generosity of coaches and volunteers to help get the field ready and in safe playing condition. It’s a true community effort that helps kids come together to play ball, have fun and learn valuable…
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Using statistics in youth sports is crucial to success. Even the most experienced coaches cannot track every important sport stat just by observing players. Baseball in particular is a game of numbers, and making decisions based on those numbers can make the difference between a win and a loss. What are some of the most…
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As I get older and closer to having children of my own, I find myself looking back on my child hood. I see some of the kids that I give lessons to and I think “what was I doing at that age?”. A lot of the kids that come into get baseball lessons have great…