Junior Baseball Magazine; a Nice Resource with a Bad Cover Story

While looking for another book last weekend, I came across Junior Baseball magazine.  I didn’t realize there was such a thing, so of course I bought it.  My impression is that it is a nice resource for youth baseball players and parents.  However, the cover story for the current issue gives me pause.First, the niceContinueContinue reading “Junior Baseball Magazine; a Nice Resource with a Bad Cover Story”

Little League World Series – Still Some Good, But Also Plenty of the Bad and the Ugly

I try not to watch. As I said with in a previous post – I think the Little League World Series is the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  But my son likes to watch, so it was on – the coverage is pervasive across the ESPN networks this time of year. So far, aContinueContinue reading “Little League World Series – Still Some Good, But Also Plenty of the Bad and the Ugly”

Why Coach Youth Sports?

In the post on the Positive Coaching Alliance blog, former MLB pitcher and current pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies, Steve Foster, provides a solid answer. http://positivecoach.org/the-pca-blog/the-heart-of-the-child-is-the-point/ I appreciate his point that youth coaches can be a stepping stone or a stumbling block towards a child developing a love for the sport. More to comeContinueContinue reading “Why Coach Youth Sports?”