In one of my long car rides with a good friend of mine who was a very successful college baseball coach, we talked about poor coaching. What is it that makes some coaches “bad”? And we were not talking about the coaches who have losing records rather we were looking at the coaches who just [...]

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Is the following true? Boys have to win to feel good Girls have to feel good to win This is a very simple phrase that has lots of implications. It suggests that: Boys play sports for the thrill of winning while girls play sports for camaraderie. There is more psychological and emotional factors for girls [...]

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I know that I’m speaking for the masses out there when I start to question the reasoning behind some of the rules in girls’ lacrosse. Now I’m well aware, 100% supportive and understand the need to protect the players. That, to me, is priority #1. But… as I watch the games at the HS level, [...]

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What has happened to the game of baseball lately? The games are getting longer and parent’s patience are getting shorter. Why do the youth games take so much longer to play? Why are games lasting well over 2 1/2 hours for a 7 inning game? Are the strike zones suddenly smaller so there are more [...]

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In a perfect coaching world, every game is close but your team wins because you have prepared your players better than your opponent. In other words… you out-coached them!! Granted, during the course of a season there’s going to be some close games and probably several more where there is a larger margin. However, what [...]

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