COACHING  HOME PAGE Goals Emphasizing The Basics: Defense Offense Pitching & Catching Team Management Managing and Coaching What To Teach Communication Preparation Meeting Agenda Games Agenda End of Season Agenda Coach Them With Confidence! Not Fear! Idea Batting Order DRILLS PAGE Bad ADVICE Most Common Mistakes Made by Coaches by John T. Reed   Coaching    Tee Ball

TEACH  THE   FUNDAMENTALS    Do not mess with your players' mechanics This applies mainly to hitting and to a lesser extent to pitching and fielding of grounders and throwing by fielders. Self-confidence is crucial to success in hitting, pitching, and fielding grounders. If you do not have time to fix "incorrect" mechanics, you must not breathe a word about them, because if you do, you will hurt your players' confidence. It may take ten thousand swings to improve your mechanics, but it only takes ten seconds to destroy a kid's confidence. Just one "You're pulling your head" should do it. To put it another way, if you are not going to get them to do it "right," you must not tell them they are doing it "wrong."   Copyright © 2000 Brookside Little League, Inc. All rights reserved jontanderson@juno.com [Official Little League Rules & Regulations]   [Parents]   [Players/Kids] Learn How to: [Hit]  [Pitching]  [Infield]  [Outfield]  [Catcher]  [Baserunning]  [Coach] [Baseball Humor]  [Baseball Terminology]  [Site Map] [Sign Our Guestbook] [Privacy Statement/Disclaimer]  [Terms]