Coaching a Baseball Team

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

I may be coaching a youth baseball team here shortly. As soon as registration is finalized, the program director will be giving me a call. My first time ever giving back to the community. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[jimmclrk1 10+ year member]

I may be coaching a youth baseball team here shortly. As soon as registration is finalized, the program director will be giving me a call. My first time ever giving back to the community. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Dude. That's like the coolest thing ever. That's something I plan on doing when I am an old man. I played rec. ball up until last year, and some of my best memories are from baseball games and hanging out with the team afterwards. I hope you end up doing it, and if so, kick ***.

 

[twistedtrik 10+ year member]

Good for you. And I don't mean that in a sarcastic way either. Kids today need all of the leadership we can give them. Seems with every new generation, the problems with kids get worse and worse.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

god save our youth

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

I'm kinda hoping to coach in the 10-15 yr range, but if I get younger kids than that will be fine as long as I don't turn into a babysitter.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

I'm kinda hoping to coach in the 10-15 yr range, but if I get younger kids than that will be fine as long as I don't turn into a babysitter.

I coach my nephews baseball team, and football team ( small area ). I kind of enjoy coaching the younger ones. They are more interesting too me. There is a girl on the team ( both football and baseball ) that I refer to as the "man child". The girl whoops major a$$. It's like watching a mlb player take batting practice from a high school pitcher when she bats. Football is even more lopsided //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

I coach my nephews baseball team, and football team ( small area ). I kind of enjoy coaching the younger ones. They are more interesting too me. There is a girl on the team ( both football and baseball ) that I refer to as the "man child". The girl whoops major a$$. It's like watching a mlb player take batting practice from a high school pitcher when she bats. Football is even more lopsided //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

lol. The reason I say I would prefer coaching older kids is b/c I feel that I can help them more. They'll probably be able to take in more and are somewhat already developed. So the problems I see with there swing, throwing, pitching, fielding...etc, will be easier for me to correct than to spend a lot of time with each younger child to help them develop some of the basic fundamentals.

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

Not that I mind spending hte time with the younger kids, it will just make practice go a little easier and more will get done than if I have to spend 10-15 min with each younger kid correcting there swing or fielding techniques. I mean, it's all about having fun, but also, some of these kids are going to want to play high school baseball and you might as well teach them right the first time.

 

[jimmclrk1 10+ year member]

lol. The reason I say I would prefer coaching older kids is b/c I feel that I can help them more. They'll probably be able to take in more and are somewhat already developed. So the problems I see with there swing, throwing, pitching, fielding...etc, will be easier for me to correct than to spend a lot of time with each younger child to help them develop some of the basic fundamentals.

On the other hand, older kids have developed bad habits that are VERY hard to break. Especially in the area of batting. You can only do so much to help a 15 year old's swing without completely throwing him out of whack. Granted, there is a lot you can do with fielding and pitching. If you really want to influence kids, get them while they are young. Prevent them from forming bad form and technique early on.

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

ive coached little league- basball,basketball,wrestling,football,hockey, lacrosse, and softball. its the most fun you'll have the whole summer. trust me its very cool to see kids listen to you and get better at that sport. just dont mention the xxx lounge to them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

xxx lounge to them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

tee-hee-hee. There mommies might be getting posted up in my XXX lounge //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif FTW.

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

I'd coach baseball, but I can't handle losing ... or kids for that matter ... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif
If we won almost every game like I did when I was playing, I think we'd be fine (league champs 5 of 6 years I played and I got league MVP one year //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif ), but if we were losing, the kids wouldn't be happy with the practice schedule ...

They need to learn to accept winning and losing. I play basketball just about every night mon-thurs, and there's a couple people I play with that hate losing so bad they start calling fouls that didn't happen and all sorts of other b/s. There is one guy that's really good, and he'll score 90% of the teams pts just to make sure they don't lose. So tuesday we finally beat them and we didn't give them a rematch. I bet it pissed that kid off so bad. Anyway, moral of the story is you need to be able to accept winning and losing. There's nothing worse than a poor sport.

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

I think you misunderstood; when I lose, I work 10x harder so that I don't lose next time ... Not that I start acting like a b|tch and crying at the ref/ump ...
Thus, when the kids lost, they'd be worked well beyond what they'd want to work ...

I understood what you were saying, I was just saying what I said. Sometimes when you lose, it isn't your fault, just the other team was better or played better.

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

poor kids.....

j/k phat //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

"ok kids, now is the part of practice when we reach into coaches pocket to try and find candy!"