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I'm looking for advice from those of you have been coaching much longer than I have.
I have about 4-5 girls on the team who quickly fall into this self defeating attitude anytime they don't succeed...ie. strike out, bad throw, make an error, etc. At that point I might as well write them off for the rest of the game. It's obviously contagious to the point where the team feels so defeated that we can't even do the simple, basic stuff correctly. How have/would you start to deal with this situation? What do you do in practice and what do you do during games?
Additionally, we have a group of girls that simply don't act like this stuff is very important. They only hustle when they want to and that's not too often. How do/would you start to attack that situation?
Lastly, in general, how "hard" are you on the girls during practices? I want to demand that they practice hard and give 110% effort, but how do you guys/gals demand that from your players? Do you make them run when mistake are made or less than full effort is given? Is there other "punishment"? Is it individual or as a team? They need to understand that practice is where we work hard so that in games we can play hard and be successful.
I have a great group of girls with all the talent in the world, but they either don't believe they can play to their potential or simply don't have the desire to do it. As a coach, it really makes for some loooong, frustrating weekends.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I have about 4-5 girls on the team who quickly fall into this self defeating attitude anytime they don't succeed...ie. strike out, bad throw, make an error, etc. At that point I might as well write them off for the rest of the game. It's obviously contagious to the point where the team feels so defeated that we can't even do the simple, basic stuff correctly. How have/would you start to deal with this situation? What do you do in practice and what do you do during games?
Additionally, we have a group of girls that simply don't act like this stuff is very important. They only hustle when they want to and that's not too often. How do/would you start to attack that situation?
Lastly, in general, how "hard" are you on the girls during practices? I want to demand that they practice hard and give 110% effort, but how do you guys/gals demand that from your players? Do you make them run when mistake are made or less than full effort is given? Is there other "punishment"? Is it individual or as a team? They need to understand that practice is where we work hard so that in games we can play hard and be successful.
I have a great group of girls with all the talent in the world, but they either don't believe they can play to their potential or simply don't have the desire to do it. As a coach, it really makes for some loooong, frustrating weekends.
Any advice would be much appreciated.