David that’s amazing! I love your idea of success, more coaches should view themselves and their success this way - I feel that when you look at your success the way you do rather than wins / losses, you feel much more accomplished and fulfilled that you’re impacting your players in more than just baseball, but helping them be successful adults in life 👍 best of luck and thanks for the support!

So true! Unfortunately some coaches have it backwards and put winning before development. What they don’t realize is that winning games doesn’t develop players, and players who don’t develop won’t produce wins. But developing players first will inevitably produce the wins they’re seeking 🤷‍♂️

I started coaching when my daughter wanted to play. After ten years she aged out and went to college, and i kept coaching. The club i coach for values development over winning, and I appreciate that. Focus on the players, then focus on the team, THEN win games. I’m here for the kids, and can NEVER be accused of favoring my own kid as she hasn’t played in years. My dream is to see these kids play in college and know I had something to do with it. All of the factors he goes over I already do as they are common sense. I’ve experienced the opposite over the years, coaches only there for their own kids, etc, and vowed to never be that person. If a kid has an arm and can run, but tells me “I play first,” I try to get them to move to a better position for them, and always preach to them to have a second option position wise. I am ALWAYS thinking about the game. Whether it’s players, positions, lineups, players’ positives and negatives skills, I try to tailor my coaching to each kid, it’s not easy, but ALL players are different . Whether it’s attitude or skill levels. I offer free, out of clinic, game and practice, coaching, as I wished someone had taken the time to do that for my kid. To me, player success is above winning games, because not all want to play high school or college. Some are there for social reasons. I think the parents appreciate the time I take to coach their kids.

Thanks for the support, You got this! Let me know if I can help in any way 👍

I know exactly what you mean, I think it's awesome you're choosing to coach - that's huge for the kids! If you need any help with anything just let me know, I'm here to help.

Haha, same here. Luckily we are in the 6U division and almost all our players are first timers 😅. Have a fun/great season Coach!! 🤙🏼

When you get on a roller coaster you expect it to go up and down... if it just went straight, it would be a pretty crappy ride.

Thank you! Let me know if you need anything else 👍

I'm glad you found it valuable Steve!

So glad you found it helpful 👍 your players are lucky to have you, best of luck this season!

I started with assisting coaching, because my daughter played, so I learned a lot of what NOT to do from bad coaches. There is always an opportunity to learn, even from bad, ego driven coaches...

Thank you for the kind words and motivation Matthew - the reality that coaches like you, and players, are finding value in the content is what keeps me going. I wanted to create a home dedicated to specifically youth baseball and I’m excited it’s being received so well and helping people. Much more content (and courses on my website) to come!

I totally agree! The failure part of this game is such an adult concept to comprehend and it's really tough to try and help a kid understand it. Attitude is everything! I always tell my players "Losing doesn't exist. You either WIN, or you LEARN. If you didn't win, then what did you learn so you can win next time. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks for the support Andre, I’m glad you’re finding value in the content! Welcome to the BBB team 👊

You're so welcome! I think it's amazing that you're coaching baseball, the sport needs more women coaches 🙌.. I've always been a huge advocate for young players to not associate "baseball with boys" and "softball with girls". Anyone can play either sport, so it's a huge leap forward whenever there's a woman coach like yourself who's willing to take the helm! I'm here to help in any way I can! If you need anything just let me know. Check out my website for more resources too: www.buildingbetterbaseball.com 👍

@@buildingbetterbaseball thank you so much! My daughter (10) is playing for my team. She started in softball, but really wanted to try baseball with some of her friends and asked to move over for a bit. Last season went really well for her so I am letting her stick with Baseball as long as she is enjoying it! I have always enjoyed helping coach her teams and take it as such a blessing that I get to be a part of these kids lives. We have evauls on Sunday so it will be my first exposure to this new league (local LL) and I have been studying your videos to start planning ahead practices!

@@tsmiley1341 keep it up, you're doing great! Best of luck to you and your daughter with the season ⚾

@@tsmiley1341I wish you the best! My daughter is playing little league 12u this summer and she loves baseball and football..and she’s pretty good at both!

I appreciate this comment! I think you’re totally right, all kids should be able to play and not sit the bench, especially if they’re not on a higher level team. Baseball is supposed to be fun, and that means fun for everyone involved. I hear what you’re saying and understand your perspective on the situation - I’ll remember this for future videos about this topic. Thank you, and best of luck this season!

From my experience, a player or parent may not be a good fit. I’ve had parents who thought I was too mean because I told the player where the play was supposed to go but she didn’t listen and the parent started jawing at me, and I’ve had parents who thought I was too soft on the players. ON THE SAME TEAM. So a good fit IS important. Don’t discount chemistry...

Thanks Jessie, I’m glad you found it helpful!

Great point Paul - I have something big coming in the month of April that should solve the problem of not knowing any fun games. Coaches won’t have anymore excuses for not knowing games!