By Adrian Parrish Have you ever been in a situation where you control the whole game, out-shoot your opponents and end up losing by one goal? Opportunities to score may have been handed to your team for easy goals when...
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Youth Sports Coaching – Not a Job, But a Calling
By John O’Sullivan So they call you Coach, huh? Have you ever stopped to consider what that means? You have taken on one of the most beautiful, powerful, and influential positions a person can ever have. Some people may call...
Are We Raising "Wooden" Children?
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck I read an article entitled, Have our kids gotten soft? Five ways to teach them grit, by CNN’s Kelly Wallace. In it she tells stories of parents who refused to let their children fail in school,...
Mound Management (Part 1)
By Alan Jaeger “Be great at Committing to your Process — everything else is secondary” Being “Process Oriented” (as opposed to Result Oriented) is the single most important principle to understand about a players’ Mental Game approach. Being Process Oriented...
The Difference Between Coaching Boys and Girls
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck I was talking with one of my son’s former baseball coaches who is now coaching college women’s softball. I asked him what the difference was between coaching the two genders. He said, “Guys need...