Reply to "Bad player behavior starting in high school?"

3and2Fastball10,000+ posts

I benched many a kid in travel ball who even began to act like that. A few times kids got benched just from mouthing off in practice. I had no tolerance for any of that.

I never benched a kid for playing poorly or making mistakes in any one game or weekend. What got them benched was a poor attitude or lack of effort/lack of hustle.

The message got across. Some kids quit the team. Other kids joined. At 15U I knew they needed better coaching in terms of the fundamentals so I stopped coaching but kept track of them. Many of them are playing in college now.

6/15/2312:26 AM

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