I feel like we've full circled back to the 80s again. Hope everyone had a great Halloween! @ New Westminster, British Columbia instagram.com/p/CkcVH66LVn0l…

Many top youth players dont make it to High School Ball. Their love of the game is ZAPPED from expectation, pressure and hyper-competitive focus. IMO kids should play all the way through Little League regardless of how poor the LL is… Legends Baseball ⚾️ #littleleague

In a study on baseball players, the emotional state of the coach predicted the emotional state and performance of the players If a coach was angry, players grew more frustrated, made more errors, & were more likely to tank What message are you sending? thegrowtheq.com/getting-ready-…

Anyone else agree that wiffle ball (tennis ball ⚾️) were the greatest parts of your summer?🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️ We had full blown tournaments. Brackets. Gasoline burnt batters boxes (sorry dad). Ghosties. Sibling fights. String fences w/ paper distance markings. Electrical tape Glory days 🙌

Parents: Do coaches like coaching your kid? Do they admire your kids work ethic? Do they think your kid is a competitor? Do they think your kid is a great teammate? Do they think your kid is respectful/coachable? Your role is making sure the coach can answer YES to all of above

Baseball is a slow development sport. The best players at ages 7, 8, 9 are NOT the best players at 17, 18, 19. All kids deserve good coaching. Give em a chance. Keep them in the game as long as possible. Legends Baseball ⚾️ SportsForce Baseball Casey Dill

10 Simple Ways to Be Great: 1. Be On Time 2. Show Up & Do the Work 3. Give Your Best 4. Be Positively Contagious 5. Have an Attitude of Gratitude 6. Seek Solutions 7. Have Passion 8. Be Coachable 9. Do More Than What’s Required 10. Believe in Yourself What would you add?

Consistency beats perfection The best workout is the one that you enjoy enough to do consistently for a long time. The best diet is one that is healthy enough that you can sustain over the long haul. The best working routine is the one that you can show up and do day after day

A lesson: Years ago, I was in a gym & the treadmills were packed. They all faced a window that overlooked... A beautiful park with 4 miles of dirt trails across the street. We often treat exercise as productive punishment. We need to treat it more like exploratory play.

A new meta-analysis on the impact of goal setting on performance found: 1. Process goals had a large effect on performance 2. Performance goals had a moderate effect 3. Outcome goals had a negligible effect

Teachers, want to take something off your plate? Put HW in the trash. Especially for elementary, let students go home, run, play, and enjoy being a child. And read a little after playing. Then they come to school recharged instead of stressed out and you will too!

Coaching children: Movement before skills Chaos before structure Multi directional before linear Games before drills Problem solving before instructions Participation before results Development before winning Creativity before conforming

5 Questions to Ask your Child After a Game. 1. Did you have fun? 2. Did you do your best? 3. Did you support your teammates? 4. Were you a positive leader? 5. What did you learn? And wrap it up by telling them… “I Love Watching You Play!” #LeadershipMatters #CultureWins

If we are serious about retaining more children in sport we could consider the following. 1. Smaller sided games at training 2. Smaller sided games on match day 3. Modifications of pitch size 4. Equal game time for all 5. Less emphasis on results 6. More emphasis on effort

20 Rules For Coaching 1. Be prepared to repeat yourself. Empathy towards their age, maturity level and aptitude is required. 2. Be an expert at communicating. No fluff. If we say it we BETTER follow through and when plans change there needs to be a clear reason as to why

Great programming coming for the High Performance teams this Spring/Summer!

More stories like this on my feed please! “Your story can be the 🔑 that unlocks someone else’s prison” 👏

Japan vs Orix Buffalos was watched by 36 million people in Japan Japan vs Korea 55+ million Japan vs Italy 62.5 million Most watched World Series game: 54.5 million in 1980 Good chance USA vs JAPAN is the most watched baseball game of all time

Replacing questions like 1. What was the score? 2. Did you win? 3. Did you score? With questions like 1. Did you enjoy that? 2. Did you do your best? 3. What will we practice? Success for children in sport is very much relevant, once we ask the relevant questions.

Parents..."Development" is not getting your middle school/high school kid ready to play in the Big Leagues. It's teaching him the value of hard work, toughness, resilience, ability to be trusted by the people around him, and the value of being a great teammate!