By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck I’ll start by admitting that I’m not a catcher. Other than some rec games when I was very young, I never played the position. However, through coaching fifty-something Little League, PONY, and travel teams,...
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Should my child “play up”?
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck I spent eight years on my local Little League board, and remember this time of year; spring registrations. It is the time of year that our board got inundated with email requests for six,...
Add a Positive to Every Negative
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck As a coach, when making corrections to young players, it is a good idea try to temper any criticism with something else positive. Think of it as dessert after making a child eat their...
Every Little Thing is Important
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck I feel that too many coaches see little mistakes in practice and, rather than address them, just let them slide because they don’t feel they are important enough to stop practice. However, by not...
Why Your League Should Not Re-draft
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck The Little League in which my sons have played used to not re-draft players each new season in Majors. Players, once “titled” to a team, stayed on that team the remainder of their Majors...