Why do you coach?

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I asked this before and got some good responses. Now a whole new group of coaches can respond.

Why do you coach? No poll, just manual replies.

 

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Have you ever worked with a player on say bunting? We have all done it. We work with them and work with them, They get up to bat and you give her the bunt sign. She makes this god awfull face. Like why me I hate bunting. She squares up gets the bunt down she races to first base and beats the throw. Turns around jumping up and down yelling I did it, I did it . Thats why I coach.

 

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Hey Johnnies....guess I'll respond to this one. I suppose it's just like the majority of others....for the girls. For the girls, to me means more than just teaching them a batting stance or the difference between two seem/four seem rotations. To me, for the girls means to provide some guidance, discipline and other skills to help them prepare themselves for the real world. Having daughters, you get an understanding of just how tuff things can be for women. Building strong work ethics seems to be trumped now-a-days by the ideology of work smarter not harder. Although I do agree with both theories but being old fashioned, I will always favor developing the work ethic first and foremost.

A good example is with a young player I have on my 16u team who is from the inner city. Great kid, bad crowd and bad family environment. Never played an organized sport before in her life. Although her skill level is that of an 8 year old, she will get a chance to play with us (likely courtesy run) and have an opportunity to experience the atmosphere of a tournament. In return, she will be expected to follow team rules, practice and will get the occasional "kick in the rear". I think she is a salvagable young lady with a bright future.

I'm not a cavalier and I understand that you can't save them all, but I think we should try.

Oh yea, there is one other thing. I can't stand to watch or play baseball anymore. Softball is much more exciting....lol.

 

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That.... brought a smile to my face. as well as many memories

 

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Coaching is a passion, you either have it or you don't. I spent quite a few years coaching with badmedicine and we looked at each other several times and said why in the heck are we putting ourselves through this, answer - for the GIRLS. I love the sport and its surroundings, it took a few years for me to get badmedicine involved and then all of a sudden he jumps in it with both feet, what a surprise he got!!! The girls you get to help and the people you meet make memories for a life time and that can never be taken away. I took over a 12u team this year that had only won 4 games in two years and right now they are 9-11-2. It has been great teaching these young ladies the game step by step because they all want to learn it so bad they can taste it, makes it easier when they want it also. The only thing I told them from the get go was they must first learn how to lose, then learn how to compete and then the wins will come. Well, we got our butts kicked in Indy, won a few games in a couple of tourneys and won the West Liberty Earlybird, so things are looking up for them and they are having a ball and working hard. I am about teaching self confidence and if you don't have it you better get it or the world is going to tear you apart as you get older. I think parents understand and also love that someone else is there for their child as well. If I did not think I could help a young lady out in this sport I surely would not give my time, even though the pay is great - LOL. I love the sport and the young ladies that put forth the effort to get better and the many friends you meet along the way.

 

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I have such a deep love of this game that I enjoy sharing it with the girls. My father coached football for 27 years and he made it very clear to each player, as well as his four daughters (yes no boys), that someday, some way every player needs to give back what was given to them as part of the community. It doesn't have to been in a sport, but any where to make it a better country.

If it wasn't for my first coach I would never have fallen in love with the game to the extent that I have over the years. I still keep in touch with this gentleman and very greatful to him. I pass this philosphy on to my players and the funny thing is, I have two former players coaching for me now and had the opportunity to coach with my oldest daughter last summer.

I am not here to make noise about me, I am here for these girls. If they do well as a team and show improvement in all areas, win with grace, loose with dignity, then I feel I have taught them life long skills. Skills that have been deeply engrained into me by my father.

 

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I coached to get my daughter more playing time and experiance. lol

 

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blazer441........thats sweet!

 

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As a young man I always thought I would Father baseball players. Coming from a family with all boys, wouldn't you know I ended up having a little girl. When she was born and until she was 5 I had her every weekend while I was playing. At 5 I started making more time for her and softball. When I watched her play even at this level she made me smile and at times got me teary with her ability and passion for the game. I thought if I could do this with her maybe I can with other ones as well. Now my dd plays for a travel team that she loves. I don't get to see her much because I coach the 10u and she plays on the 12u. I love coaching the game and getting to know the personalities of each girl. Every coach is different, but I like to give that one or two girls that may not have the best ability or athletics, the opportunity to get better. And when that girl makes a play or hits the ball, and has the biggest smile on her face, that's why I coach. Seeing girls progress is an enjoyable thing. it is about the girls and bringing the best out of them. When they have a smile on there face from accomplishing something they have struggled at, it keeps me coming back for more.

Coach Brian

 

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I couldn't stand watching well-meaning dads who knew very little about baseball teaching the kids bad habits-- or allowing their bad habits to continue-- while losing games they should have won. That solved the baseball problem. But since I can't be in two places at once, the only thing I can do about the softball problem is to work with my girls during the week.

I also enjoy leading a team with marginal talent to victory over teams with superior talent-- especially when those opponents are coached by goofs who wear sunglasses on their hats when it's overcast. (Many of those guys also abuse their wives and their dogs, and still think they should have started on their high school JV team-- and never should have been cut from the varsity).

 

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good question me personally i love the sport and have built strong bonds with alot of these girls and there families.i am completely obsessed with this sport i get a day or weekend off and i go watch other teams play.this is an unhealthy addiction so the only logical thing to do was coach.no all kidding aside it is a great sport that teaches good life values on and off the field and i consider myself blessed that these girls allow me to have some influence over their lives .

 

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Coaching is a passion, you either have it or you don't. I spent quite a few years coaching with badmedicine and we looked at each other several times and said why in the heck are we putting ourselves through this, answer - for the GIRLS. I love the sport and its surroundings, it took a few years for me to get badmedicine involved and then all of a sudden he jumps in it with both feet, what a surprise he got!!! The girls you get to help and the people you meet make memories for a life time and that can never be taken away. I took over a 12u team this year that had only won 4 games in two years and right now they are 9-11-2. It has been great teaching these young ladies the game step by step because they all want to learn it so bad they can taste it, makes it easier when they want it also. The only thing I told them from the get go was they must first learn how to lose, then learn how to compete and then the wins will come. Well, we got our butts kicked in Indy, won a few games in a couple of tourneys and won the West Liberty Earlybird, so things are looking up for them and they are having a ball and working hard. I am about teaching self confidence and if you don't have it you better get it or the world is going to tear you apart as you get older. I think parents understand and also love that someone else is there for their child as well. If I did not think I could help a young lady out in this sport I surely would not give my time, even though the pay is great - LOL. I love the sport and the young ladies that put forth the effort to get better and the many friends you meet along the way.

Well said Paul.

I will say this much. It's hard to get used to seeing you in the other dug out...lol.

 

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I coach HS ball because I get paid big big bucks to do it. I think With the hours I put in at the school with practices, and all the miscellaneous thing that go with it, I average about .85 cents an hour.......lol

 

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I am glad I don't wear a hat.

 

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On a day like today, I don't have any rational answer as to why I coach. Parents, if you have coaches who don't have a daughter on the team, please think about the time and money that coach spends on your DD and her team and treat the coaches fairly. Unless your team has 9 players, someone has to sit sometime. And short of being paid off by some player's money, it is unlikely that the coaches are doing anything but what they see as the best move for the team at any particular time in any particular game. That may be a move with which you disagree, but if your reaction and subsequent decisions are more about your daughter than about your team, you might want to take a few to consider what you are teaching your kid.

 

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Definately the money!!

 

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Not sure why, ... but I really miss sitting on the sidelines 2nd guessing people smarter than me, and yelling at the umpires with near impunity. As an asst coach, I guess I at least still get to 2nd guess a little ... ;&

Just love being involved in the sport, spending time with dd & friends' kids helping them reach goals and have fun the best that I can. Honestly & humbly, I am so grateful for what others have done for my kids with their time, there is a "giving back" component to it also, at least for me. Like to help individuals improve, and teams "come together". Then overall, if some of those goals are accomplished, I can feel good about what I did, and the memories from the successes last forever.

That is about the best that I can understand, because I don't truly understand it completely. It's just "fun".

 

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Eight years ago in our small po-dunk town a few of us Mom's started the first Peewee Girls team. I was a Coach then.
Since then I got my DH involved & he took over from 10U up to her Travel ball years. I have watched several of those little Peewee girls grow up on the ball field. Two have made it all the way to Travel ball & are very talented.

It is a passion, a desire to watch the girls grow, learn, develope. The joys I get sitting on the sidelines is beyond description now.
In the end, it is all...For the girls.

 

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Not sure why, ... but I really miss sitting on the sidelines 2nd guessing people smarter than me, and yelling at the umpires with near impunity. As an asst coach, I guess I at least still get to 2nd guess a little ... ;&

:lmao:Now that is MY job! *snicker*

 

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Some of the very best moments in my 5yrs. as a parent helping ,to coach an as asst. coach have always come from the kid who has struggled the most .As a coach sometimes we expect the best athletes on your teams to come up with that two out single ,big strikeout ,game winning hit and so forth.But when you see a kid who has struggled all year ,scared to death to stay in the batters box,strike out looking ,miss that easy pop up ,but you stay after her, encourage her,tell her she can do it . Then you make it to that championship game needing a big hit with runners on and here she comes up to bat and the teamates and certain parents know that this is probably an out you can see the doubt all around .Then she gets that hit ,and as you look down there at first that smile just wont come off ,the feeling that you have just because of that little girl knows that she did it, is well one of the best damn feelings in the world!