Strategy #5 / Awareness - Knowing and using the whole picture
The liner ricocheted off Tim’s glove at first base and bounced toward center field. Tim took off after it and ran it down. Terry, the...
Strategy #4 / Reinforcement - Using the basic reward system to maintain your progress
At the crack of the bat, Coach Ames groans. A sharply hit liner flashes through the hole between first and second. “Oh, no, that’ll bring...
Strategy #3 / Repetition - Correct practice creates a stable base and leads to improved performance.
Coach Garcia is in center field helping Paula catch flies and throwing directly to the plate. She noticed last game that Paula caught a...
Strategy #2 / Recency - The latest time that you do something is also very important.
Much of the time that we say “last”, we really mean “latest.” For example, you may have said, “The last time I played golf, I played...
The Basic Performance Modes - The Game Mode
You have to trust what you have learned in your practice session and then do it. The key word, of course, is trust - no second guessing....
The Basic Performance Modes - The Practice Mode
The purpose of the practice mode is to have the kids learn new skills and mechanics and to sharpen up the ones they have already learned....
The Mind / Part I: The Conscious Mind
We want our players to learn the tactics and strategies of the game so well that they’ll know what to do and when to do it. That’s the...
Cooperation: The Partner of Competition
“It’s a competitive world out there. Teach these kids to fight their way to the top. Otherwise, they are going to be stepped on, walked...
Leading the Learner
Then said a teacher, Speak to us of Teaching. And he said: No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the...
Let’s Root for Our Side!
I’m concerned when I see players, spectators, and especially coaches, cheering when opponents commit errors or mistakes. And then...
Readiness - A Challenge of Coaching ...
“Everybody is ready; it’s up to you to find out what they are ready for.” --- James Hymes
Label with Care
Several years ago, I was asked to speak to a group of coaches on the topic “Grouping and Self-Image.” This is a topic I have strong...
You Create What You Expect
Who was that early sodbuster in Kansas? He leaned at the gatepost and studied the horizon and figured what corn might do next year and...
Kids Sports or Children Sports? Does it Matter, Nope. One and the same …
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