Our Rights and Responsibilities is an important part of having our Players learn to play correctly and to behave appropriately. You, our...

Being part of our PACK is a privilege. This privilege comes with both rights and responsibilities. Your players have rights as members of...

Many coaches and parents try to teach skills and strategies that the children are not ready or able to learn. Your job, as the coach, is...

A few years ago I was asked to give the introductory speech at the pre-tournament dinner for the teams in the NCAA Women’s Softball World...

Coach Ames has just completed a field session on backing up throws with her group. The kids are sitting on the bench in the third base...

We’re at the End of the Season Award Banquet and Coach Hall of the Tigers is handing the Sportsmanship Award trophy to Colby, a member of...

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...

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...

Coach Garcia is in center field helping Paula catch flies and throwing directly to the plate. She noticed last game that Paula caught a...

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...

It is essential that the first time you introduce a new skill or activity that you do it correctly and significantly. This is the time...

Here are the Super Seven Strategies that are discussed in Coaches’ Toolbox and Grassroots Coaching. The Super Seven Strategies are...

A big problem in youth sports that we are not doing enough about is the treatment of our Game Officials. Officiating is a tough job. It...

Stan Jones had great winning seasons as the basketball coach of the small, rural high school in Underwood. He then moved up to a stronger...

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 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 subconscious mind runs about 90% of our lives. It has to do with the common, everyday things that we do such as turning the key the...

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...

“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...

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...