By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck: Comments about drugs, alcohol, religion, race or those of a crude or sexual nature can never be made. Don’t ever swear. This should go without saying. I was coaching a 12U girls softball game...
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Don’t cover for your mistakes at the players’ expense
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck: I’ve seen numerous coaches do this, apparently so afraid were they of looking bad in front of parents and fans. I’ve watched coaches at third base say nothing to a player as he decides...
Focus on the Positives
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck: When a player makes a mistake, try to find something positive to say. Obviously it doesn’t take much effort to say, “Good try!” or “Hey! Almost had it!” or “You’ll get ‘em next time.”...
Show and Tell
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck: If you’ve ever watched good coaches in action you’ve noticed that they know how to talk to their players, and what to say. But you also may have noticed that they show more than...
More on communicating with players
OK, so you’ve learned to get eye to eye with your players as often as you can when talking to them, now…what do you say?I think more important, is what not to say. Here are some common sense guidelines to...