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quote:Originally posted by RETIRED GM:
Way ahead of ya Doc. I'm already holding one-on-one seminars for parents within the t-ball community.
Now, some might call it recruiting....but I like to think I am enlightening them with my experience.
Not only seminars but DVD's. From having gone through rec ball in baseball through LL and softball through age ten, I'd say more than half the coaches are well intentioned dads who don't know what they're doing. The same exists in travel but these teams don't last long.quote:Originally posted by swingdoctor14:
Now that I have got my feet wet in the world of select baseball and seen what I have seen ~ Do any of you think there is a market for coaching seminars aimed at youth league coaches that are new to the gig? Covering such items as 1) practice organization 2) game management 3) game conduct 4) player & parent personalities 5) fundemental drills 6) general baseball philosophy ~ I could go on but you get the idea.
quote:Originally posted by RETIRED GM:
Way ahead of ya Doc. I'm already holding one-on-one seminars for parents within the t-ball community.
Now, some might call it recruiting....but I like to think I am enlightening them with my experience.
How's fall ball going for JAFOJR?quote:Originally posted by Diablo con Huevos:
The main prob with dads coaching is they are coaching what they were always taught (by some H.S. coach somewhere) growing up.. offensively:
Swing level, swing, down, cast your hands, don't dip your back shoulder, go get the outside pitch, get your back elbow up, keep your hands above the barrel, squish the bug, etc, etc... that is one huge prob. Just because a guy is a high school/college coach doesn't mean he knows what he is talking about (mechanics)....
I have been in some facilities (in metro area) and watched instruction going on... heard all this same ****... some times you would just think that someone would ask "why?"...
quote:Originally posted by swingdoctor14:
Thanks guys for the input. And as far as DVD's ~ that was in the hopper already as well. I think the most eye opening event I have seen in my 2 months of "select life" is the screaming and demeaning of 10 & 11 year olds. How in the world can you expect them to play after you have crushed them in front of their friends as well as family? Holding a runner on 1st with men on 1st and 2nd. Holding a runner on 3B. There is absolutly NO ONE backing up every throw. These are fundementals that need to be learned at an early age. Before you start that there are more fundementals than that ~ I understand. I just don't like to type.
I took this job with the understanding with all the parents that these kids would play every position on the field with the exception of lefties. They have not been the same batting order in 17 games. Mr. Cleanup has hit in the 9 hole like everybody else and when it's his time to sit he does. They have learned to be TEAM MATES. You ought to see the worst player's face when he looks at the line up and sees he leading off and pitching. It's been an eye opening experience for all of us. Parents-players-coaches.
quote:Originally posted by swingdoctor14:
Despite my handle ~ changing these kids swing is the last thing on my list concerning my quest to educate coaches. It has to do with teaching kids about the game and how to be a team mate all the while getting better everyday and understanding how the game should be played. Screaming accross the park at Little Bobby and demeaning him, so everyone in the stands knows that Coach knows how it should have been played, is not the way to get it done. Yelling at umpires over every little mistake they make is useless. Learning to overcome these mistakes is something they can take with them for life as well as learning not to blame others. These kids will be Dads - Husbands - Grandfathers - etc. at a much higher percantage than professional baseball players. Teach them how to be young MEN.
The wins will take care of themselves.
quote:Originally posted by swingdoctor14:
Despite my handle ~ changing these kids swing is the last thing on my list concerning my quest to educate coaches. It has to do with teaching kids about the game and how to be a team mate all the while getting better everyday and understanding how the game should be played. Screaming accross the park at Little Bobby and demeaning him, so everyone in the stands knows that Coach knows how it should have been played, is not the way to get it done. Yelling at umpires over every little mistake they make is useless. Learning to overcome these mistakes is something they can take with them for life as well as learning not to blame others. These kids will be Dads - Husbands - Grandfathers - etc. at a much higher percantage than professional baseball players. Teach them how to be young MEN.
The wins will take care of themselves.
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My five and ten year-olds are playing fall ball
