Reply to "How to deal with no longer being the coach?"

RJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007

I coached my son from 7/8 machine pitch through 16u when he was fifteen. When he played 17/18u I was just a dad fan. It's a long day of travel without coaching responsibilities. I spun back and forth over the day between quiet, analytical observant former coach and social butterfly.

When the day was over I didn't jump on my son with my observations. We didn't talk baseball until he brought it up. Both kids (daughter played softball) said the trips in the car with me were among their best memories of growing up playing baseball/softball. Don't ruin that.

Note: Coached my daughter all the way through 18uG. Not coaching my son seemed odd at first. But he started tuning me out at fifteen.

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