By Dan GazawayBullpens give you a chance to regroup as a pitcher and allow you to throw with a purpose. Avoid the “throwing just to throw” mentality; even if you are just playing catch with your friends. Every time you...
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Confidence is King!
By: Christopher Stankovich, Ph.D.Confidence & why it is important!Confidence, also known as your degree of self-efficacy, is the belief you have about yourself when attempting to perform a task. Interestingly, your past athletic success (or lack thereof) is far less...
Spreading Out Players
By Adrian Parrish Whenever I conduct a coach education course, one of the most popular questions I am asked by the candidates attending is, “How can I make my team spread out? They are always bunched up and follow the...
Coaches Warming Up Pitchers
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck For decades, Little League Baseball had a rule that coaches were not allowed to get behind home plate and warm up a pitcher between innings. There was a very good basis for it. Now, that rule has...
Coaching Etiquette
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck As a coach of a youth sports team, there will be situations when you clearly have the game in hand and it is time to “call off the dogs,” to avoid embarrassing the opponent....