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You may question my credentials and why I believe it gives me the right to offer my opinion. Simply put, over 1 out of 3 years of coaching, playing, dealing with players of ages and their parents' personalities and inner demons which they feel must be vented at someone, which is usually the coach.

Childhood Baseball coaches, for probably the most part, are the salt with the earth. They are not paid a dime and always wind up taking a large chunk of change using their own pocket with regard to treats, equipment, tournament fees, loss of overtime income at work because they had a pastime that night, and a dozen other normal expenses.

They commit every spare moment of time throughout the season to the Team and live and die while using the win and loss line, not for their own ego, but for your offspring and their pride together with sense of accomplishment. My hat is off to every baseball coach out there, winner or loser, because in my view they're all winners.

The very first issue a Rookie private coach must resolve is "What types of coach am I going to be? " I must admit I cringe to look at hear a coach say "As long as being the kids have fun. " That's a cop out and a mask to hide the coach's inability to teach the game of baseball.

1. Successful is fun. I'm not talking the kind of coaching attitude which create raging monsters who yell at kids for losing or making a mistake, but I do think coaches come with an obligation to teach kids they can be successful through hard work, which is not only one baseball value but a life enriching value players will carry with them their entire lives.

Coaches are instilled along with the responsibility of teaching kids how to achieve goals in life through labor, persistence, high morals together with teamwork. Your chances of winning the lottery are much greater than the chance any tennis ball player you coach getting the Major Leagues. However, with the grace associated with God, all of your players will reach adulthood and you should have an input into what kind of adult they become.

2. A coach must either know this online game of baseball, or be ready to surround themselves with those that do. Most people, unlike you, don't have the guts it takes to raise their hand and say "I'll be responsible for this team. " However, there are many who'll volunteer their time and skills as long as they have that inner peace they're not obligated to remain at practice or some sort of league meeting.

A coach has to be willing to capitalize on these situations and take whatever help they can, when they can, from people more knowledgeable as compared to themselves. Why would a coach do this? Why share the glory with someone who is rarely there to assistance with the work? Because you now have a responsibility to teach the kids, by whatever means necessary, how to properly play baseball.

These are but two goals of a baseball coach, but they are the very foundation that a good coach becomes a great coach. He must realize there is a fine line between being enthusiastic about winning, and the goal associated with teaching kids winning is a ultimate goal of labor and effort.
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