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A Coach’s Guide To ADHD
This is a guide to coaching children with ADHD. Not all children with ADHD have a diagnosis, and the good news is that the tips and strategies in this guide will be helpful when coaching any very active, impulsive and distractible child – whether they have a formal diagnosis of ADHD or not. It’s been…
Read MoreDealing With Bullying On Youth Sports Teams
Bullying is an epidemic in our society today. And it’s especially a problem in sports. A recent survey of 22,000 high school students across the U.S. found that 48 percent of the respondents had been targets of hazing–a form of bullying in which kids are humiliated or required to take part in dangerous activities. What…
Read MoreHow To Deal With Difficult Parents
Every season, coaches all over the world dedicate huge portions of their time to teaching other kids how to play a sport. They do this because they love the game. They do it because they love the kids. Most parents greatly appreciate your commitment to their kids, but there are always exceptions. Emotions can run…
Read MoreAssisting Your Young, Befuddled Baseball Player
As your season moves along, most of your players will learn new skills, make improvements, and have a lot of fun. However, some of your kids may not develop a comfort level with certain basics of the game, such as swinging the bat or sliding into a base. One of the real challenges of coaching…
Read More10 Standard Youth Coaching Mistakes (And Ways To Avoid Them!)
Mistake 1 – Too many kids are standing around with nothing to do. Solution – Set up small group stations with coaching supervision and instruction. When no help is available, coaches should stick with all-inclusive team drills and game play. For example, batting practice should have separate stations. Some players do batting tee work, others flip work…
Read MoreRunning A Fun And Effective Practice
Hearing Billy’s story about his son’s experience in recreational baseball made me think of how painstaking practice can be for the youngest of players. Usually its the games which are the most fun and practice is typically where you have the strongest battle as a coach to keep kids from yawning. We’ve all seen it.…
Read MoreHow Youth Baseball Players Can Deal With Nervousness
Over the years I’ve tried emphasize the importance of coaches helping players develop mentally to handle the pressure of playing baseball. It’s difficult to hide on a baseball field and any advice to help make a player feel more confident and focused is important. This month I’m happy to have a guest post from Craig…
Read MoreGreat Hand-Eye Hitting Drills
If you’re struggling to catch, field, or hit in baseball, then you may be lacking some hand-eye coordination. With these super easy to do hand-eye coordination drills, your fielding, catching, and hitting will get right back on track and you’ll start playing the way you know you should have. The best part about these hand-eye…
Read MoreThe Top 6 Biggest Mistakes Youth Baseball Coaches Make
Posted by John Madden | Dec 11, 2017 | 0 After 29 years of being a coach’s wife and 22 years of being a sports mom, I’ve encountered hundreds of coaching styles. None of those styles comes anywhere close to being perfect. Every coach makes mistakes. Mistakes are not desirable of course, but they will happen. As a coach, your…
Read MoreGet The Most Of A Practice
Here is a video outlining a great practice plan mostly designed for Select and Rep level players. Have a look and I think you’ll see that it’s a great way to get the most out of a practice. Consider implementing this plan or simply use it as a guide to create your own.
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