Tryout season is here and there are plenty of kids out there looking for a team. I believe a major factor in selecting a team is the quality of the coach. It’s probably an overstatement, but I would venture to say the main reason why a parent moves their kid from one team to another is because they believe the new team has a better coach….
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Below is an email I send to the parents of the 7U baseball team I coached 3 years ago. I start off by saying I’m going to make some big, bold statements. Looking back I don’t think my statements were all that bold, but here’s what I wrote. Let me begin with a couple big, bold statements. #1) I believe teaching our athletes a growth mindset is…
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On a cool and overcast Sunday afternoon in November we were up in Corinth playing a tournament. This was to be our last tournament of the season and we playing well. At that time we were not accustom to playing so late on a Sunday afternoon so there was some added pressure. Prior to our game we were taking batting practice on one of the…
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The summer of 1987, the summer before my third grade year, we moved into a new house on the south side of Fort Worth. The house was on the corner of Felix and 6th Avenue directly across the street from Hubbard Height Elementary School. It didn’t take me long to realize that if I wanted to fit in with the kids in that neighborhood I…
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