https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6541279/2025/08/08/little-league-coach-dad-joke-viral-bigger-lesson/ This is an excellent example of something I’ve been doing for years. Particularly as a girls’ softball coach. I don’t know much about the mechanics of pitching in fast-pitch softball. So, when one of our pitchers is struggling, I am unable to suggest anything in her windup or release to help. But, I knowContinueContinue reading “What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say”
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My Dad Showed Me That
My Dad (the cool guy in the back row with the shorty shorts and sunglasses at far left) coached my Little League All Star team (I’m in the back row, third from the right). My father passed away last month. He had been battling COPD for years and was a two-time cancer survivor. Ultimately, pneumoniaContinueContinue reading “My Dad Showed Me That”
Adults Behaving Badly
What makes me righteously angry? In my coaching clinics, I show the slide above. The voice track is about when I was asked a while ago, “What makes me righteously angry?” My response was that I get righteously angry when a child stops playing youth sports because of a bad experience with an adult. NoticeContinueContinue reading “Adults Behaving Badly”
Hustle & Attitude 