Fairfield County Baseball Project

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1 Fairfield County Baseball Project

2 Types of Coaches / Players New to the game don t know much and eager to learn about the game Around the game for a while know all they think there is to know about the game Around the game for a long time know a lot, and eager to learn about the game Bottom line: Which player do you want? Which Coach should we all strive to be? **

3 "It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life. - Mickey Mantle

4 Coaching Coaching is a complex art and science there is a lot to it! Coach Baseball Player Parent Coaching requires on-going learning and care about all of its pieces

5 Coaching Coaching is a complex art and science there is a lot to it! Coach Life lessons / team work Positive coaching Baseball Cares about my kid Communication Player Accountability Parent Coaching requires on-going learning and care about all of its pieces

6 How many kids move up? Youth baseball to high school*? High school to college**? College to professional**? * **

7 How many kids move up? Youth baseball to high school*? 1 in 13, or about 8% High school to college**? 3 in 50, or about 5.6% College to professional**? 11 in 100, or about 10.5% Bottom line: What s this mean and where is our greatest opportunity as coaches to make a difference in kids lives? * **

8 Survey Coaching Expectations

9 Survey Coaching Expectations

10 Coaching Tools Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) Materials Baseball Excellence Materials

11 PCA Materials Map Coach Double Goal Coach Desc C1 Honoring the Game Script Mission Statement Parent Parent Meeting (Agenda) C2 Parent / Guardian Letter ELM Script Player Parent Pledge C3 Mistake Ritual Emotional Tank Script Define Goals C4 Positive Charting Triple Impact High impact points

12 More info on PCA Sign-up for weekly talking points

13 Baseball Excellence Materials Map Coach A Skill and a Drill C1 Practice Planner Practice Planner Companion C3 Game Day Coach Lists by position Skill Approach Mistakes Drills Cross references Practice Planner Game Day Coach Tip of the Week 2wk sample practice schedule Skills by position Check list Tips Drills Game day philosophy Pregame activities Defense decisions Offense decisions Interacting with umpires

14 More info on Baseball Excellence Sign-up for Tips of the Week Additional instruction

15 How to Access Materials Coaches materials

16 Summary Being the best coach you can be requires continual learning about the game Art of Coaching the more you do it, the better you get Science of Coaching there is a process you can follow Positive Coaching Alliance helps show how for the softer, vital parts of coaching Baseball Excellence helps show the what, why, and when for the baseball parts of coaching Ask for help - FCYBA is making an investment in you and the kids!

17 Contact Info Dana Rowland