Keys to Successful Coaching

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Keys to Successful Coaching

• Defining True Success

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Keys to Successful Coaching

• Proper Motivation Perspective
• Organization Planning
• HELP
• Attitude Enthusiasm
• Raise YOUR level of coaching

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Proper Motivation Perspective

• The ME Factor
• Why are you coaching?
• What are you looking to get from this?
• What spells success for you?

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What REALLY matters?

• FUN
• Why do kids play sports?
• Player Development (Growth)
• Character Development
• No greater game on earth
• Overcoming Failure, hard work, discipline,
  maintaining confidence during adversity,
  teamwork, sportsmanship

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Organization Planning

• Pre-Plan every practice
• Resources
• Game plans (before arrival)
• Batting order
• Positions
• Pitching rotations
• Pre-Game Practice Routine
• Game management

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Help Parent Involvement

• Assistant Coaches Practice helpers
• Parent Help
• Team parent
• Equipment pickup
• Field Prep (on rainy days)
• Score keeper
• Teach your parents how to work w/ their child

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Attitude Enthusiasm

• Baseball is 90 mental the other half is
  physical Yogi Bera
• Baseball is difficult enough w/o having to worry
  about a parent or coach freaking out
• We set the tone with OUR attitude.
• The greatest lessons in life are caught, not
  taught

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Bad Attitudes

• Over the Top Oscar
• Kids prone to over tenseness and mental meltdowns
• Willie the Whiner
• Kids prone to cry or whine about every close call
  or every bad call (yes thats part of the game,
  too!)
• Arrogant Aaron
• Poor Sport Pete

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The Winning Attitude

• Its about the kids Love enjoy them
• Keep your perspective
• Its called LITTLE League
• Dont Major on Minor things
• Dont over-coach Let them play learn
• Only 3 out of 10 kids will still be playing
  baseball when they are 13.
• Encourage, encourage, encourage

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Raise Your Level of Coaching

• Read, watch, study, copy who you admire
• Planning and organization
• Ask for help
• Ask questions
• Recognize your weaknesses
• Recognize your strengths
• BE WILLING TO AKNOWLEDGE WHERE YOU NEED TO CHANGE!

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Coaching Resources

• Coaching packets available on the SVLL website
  http//www.svll.net/coaches/resources
• Eteamz.com
• http//eteamz.active.com/baseball/instruction/tips
  /index.cfm?m1,2,3,4,5
• Books