What do you say to get the adrenaline flowing?

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I remember Centerville's HS football coach could move you from sitting and relaxing in the locker room to being ready to rip someone's head off in like 15 seconds!

Seriously though, almost anything he said gave me goosebumps and butterflies and the blood pumping.

What do you say to your fastpitch girls to get them screaming out of the dugout ready to knock down any ball that comes near them??

 

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No cell phones or ipods until we achieve victory!!!

 

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The MOST important thing to remember is that you are not dealing with boys, you are dealing with girls. While winning, losing, errors, etc. are all identical concepts of boys and girls athletics, the mental approach to those concepts is TOTALLY on a different frequency.

Girls are hardwired very differently than boys, and if you try using the same motivational techniques, you will generally be very disappointed. Every male coach my DD ever had was perplexed at one time or another as they gradually figured this out.

As a dad, you have to remember that they are ladies FIRST, then athletes. Believe me, I'm in no way diminishing the competitive spirit of female athletes, just pointing out my observations from over the years. The "ladies first" becomes even more evident as they mature into a young woman.

As far as a technique, I wish you the best in finding one that works for your whole team. I always thought the "group cheer" DD's team did right before they took the field got them into a "team" mentality. It seems the ones the girls did by themselves worked better than a "moto talk" by the coach.

 

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Excellent advice, Sammy and wvanalmsick.
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Now I'm gonna go waaay over the top with some lines from my all-time favorite movie, Gladiator.

* Strength and Honor!

* At my signal, unleash Hell!

* Hold the line...Stay with me!

* Gladiators...I salute you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ7mwHwBOmk

 

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I think you either have it or you don't. It isn't only what you say, but how you say it. I have had amazing success with motivating my girls but I've seen coaches say the same thing I would say with little effect. I think it has alot to do with how you relate to the girls.

 

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Your right Klump, girl are different than boys.To motivate the boys it doesn,t take much.With the girls its all in the approach.Girls notice and pick up on everthing.So you have to put some time into how youre going to get them up and in the game and keep them in the game.

 

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Unlimited texting for a month on me. . .:yahoo:

I just start getting them hyper as we warm up and then we go into our "Get Some" chant.

95% of the time it works, the other 5% accounts for "that time".

 

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Unlimited texting for a month on me. . .:yahoo:

I just start getting them hyper as we warm up and then we go into our "Get Some" chant.

95% of the time it works, the other 5% accounts for "that time".

What's your "Get Some" chant? We may want to steal it, lol.

 

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I tell my daughter "Don't stink today", but I use the other s word usually, but can't on here. It gets a laugh out of her and an eye-roll, but she seems to appreciate it. They put enough pressure on themselves, so I try to take some off of her. Haven't tried it with the whole team yet, but maybe soon. Trying to teach them to motivate themselves, and I won't have to think of catchy slogans.

 

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Unlimited texting for a month on me. . .:yahoo:

I just start getting them hyper as we warm up and then we go into our "Get Some" chant.

95% of the time it works, the other 5% accounts for "that time".

Yeah Feisty it works I remember Toledo last year.But I don't remember the Unlimited texting.;&

 

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What's your "Get Some" chant? We may want to steal it, lol.

I cannot devulge the secret. And Steamman if you take it, I will hunt you down and beat you like a dog. LOL:lmao:

 

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i cannot devulge the secret. And steamman if you take it, i will hunt you down and beat you like a dog. Lol:lmao:

It's all cool.

 

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Not only are girls different than boys, but baseball and softball takes a different mindset than football.

Back when I coached, I always prefered my teams to be relaxed and loose, focused and alert. I felt that too much adrenaline could be a minus on the baseball or softball field and didn't go for much rah-rah stuff to hype up my players.

For these sports, you need just a small enough dose of adrenaline to give you an edge. The excitement and thrill of the competition should be enough to give that to most girls. Get too much adrenaline flowing and it can lead to jitters, errors and mental mistakes.

It might sound corny, but my motivational stuff was closer to what KJBmom posted from Gladiator. Gird your loins and prepare for battle troops- defend our honor!

Now, if you want to get my adrenaline going, all you have to say is, "Look over there! It's Jennie Finch!"

 

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The promise of food after a win works every time.

 

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It's all cool.

What happens if I cannot remember the words when we start back up. . .OMG I am in a world of hurt. . .I must be getting old

 

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Rocky music, oh my bad, that's for me....

 

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Make Rambo look like a boy scout! lol wait a minute Rambo is old now.

 

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The best motivation I ever used did not involve words, it involved a look. I work to develop a relationship with my girls that a simple look of disappointment was the best motivation you could hope for. Now that being said, in the last 10 years, I can count my disappointments on one hand.

If you have that kind of relationship with your players they will bust their buns each and every game.

 

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The best motivation I ever used did not involve words, it involved a look. I work to develop a relationship with my girls that a simple look of disappointment was the best motivation you could hope for. Now that being said, in the last 10 years, I can count my disappointments on one hand.

If you have that kind of relationship with your players they will bust their buns each and every game.

ahh...the look...

 

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No joke on this one. I honestly do Simons says at warm ups sometimes. You miss you run. Half the time they are laughing so hard everyone is running. I have even threatened to do "if your happy and you know it". That gets them pumped up to come up with their own songs or should I say Rap's.

But still our Get Some right before the game is what gets them going.