Blocking The Throat
It's been brought to my attention that young players need to tuck their chin when they block. Ok, who am I kidding, I've known this for...
Keep Him Happy
“Keep Him Happy” I hear this saying a lot. Whenever you hear talks about dealing with people you might hear it too. It usually goes...
Hard Work Pays Off....Doesn't It?
One of my biggest pet peeves is how people, namely parents and amateur coaches, use the slogan, “hard work pays off”. Don’t get me wrong,...
Recruiting Advice
If you're reading this, I am going to assume you are either a parent, a grand parent, a sibling, a cousin, ok just a family member in...
The Best Coaches
It was in the summer of 2003 when I met Larry Gallo, he was helping coach a local legion baseball team that I was playing on in Chapel...
Learning: A Process
Learning **the act or process of acquiring knowledge or skill. Too many times I see people wanting to “learn” something new. Wanting to...
Emotions And Performance
Baseball is one of the hardest sports for players to excel in which is why a .300 batting average at the major league level is so hard to...
Care More/Care Less
Hello, You're reading this, so you care about something. Maybe it's baseball. Maybe it's coaching. Maybe it's both. Anyhow, thanks for...
Communication Needs Improvement
People in a place of power should first of all be fit to be in power and second of all not abuse that power I recently witnessed a youth...
Better Coaching
Training Youth Players Training kids at this age takes patience. More patience than kids who have already been playing the game and the...