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Tips for a Successful for Competition-Introduction, Softball On Field Evaluation Clinic |
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Preparation for the On Field Clinic (2) two weeks prior to the clinic date includes the Coach submitting the following materials to the Softball Ontario office for review:
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Coaching Tip: Let's Get Out, Well Not Really!
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It can be a great challenge to get your players to be smart, aggressive, independent base runners. Often inexperienced players underestimate their abilities on the base paths and overestimate the defensive capabilities of the opponent. After teaching your players the fundamental base running skills and techniques, such as... |
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60 Coaching Tips |
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A list of sixty (60) simple tips about Coaching! |
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Getting Prepared for Ball Season |
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It's that time of year when a lot of rural and small communities begin
their registration and ball season. In the next few weeks, tryouts will
begin and teams will be selected for the remainder of the season, which
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Incorporate Team Building in Your Warmups |
By Dave Bourne
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There are many opportunities to promote team building in the pre-season,
during the season and in the post season. Since warm-ups are an
integral part of every practice, incorporate team building in your
activities. The warm-up portion of a practice presents a valuable opportunity to
develop a sense of team, an important ingredient to the success of every
group working toward a common goal... |
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Next Season is Just Around the Corner |
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NOVEMBER ALREADY? What’s a coach to do?
A) Relax and enjoy the down time
B) Reflect on the past season
C) Look at your personal coaching development
D) Put together you yearly plan
E) All of the above
If you chose (E), you are most likely a coach who takes his/her job seriously, regardless of the ability level of your athletes... |
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Weekend Training Camp Instead of "Another Tournament" |
By Joe Benedetti |
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"Gee coach, I know we have another tournament this weekend but I’d rather practice!"
Coaches all across Ontario are planning out their seasons. What league will they play in? What tournaments will they enter? Will they declare Tier 1 or Tier 2? How many practices will they schedule? How much money will they need? These and many more important questions will be asked and have to be answered soon... |
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Bunt for a Single Drill |
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A drill to teach your players how to bunt for a single!
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Drills, Drills, Drills - Hitting |
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A drill to to improve your players' hitting |
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Drills, Drills, Drills - Warm Up, etc. |
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A great warm-up for your team!
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20 Signs of a Good Coach |
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A list of 20 signs that will indicate a good coach. |
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Mind Over Matter |
By Aron Suprun |
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Hello everyone. My last article focussed on the introduction of the ZONE concept and how it relates to a mind over matter experience when applied to practical applications such as playing sports, exercising and conditioning. This month I would like to expand on the ZONE concept by relating it to specific training programs... |
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Traits of a Champion |
By Joe Benedetti |
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Sport psychologists have identified six reoccurring traits common among gold-medalist athletes. These traits are the dominant factors in the lives of those who succeed at their athletic vocations... |
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Attitude = 100% |
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If all the letters of the alphabet are numbered 1 to 26 with “A” being 1 and “Z” being 26, then guess what?
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Coaching - Values |
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Do you want to have a fight on your hands? Just try mentioning the word values in the context of coaching. It’s likely to prompt an indignant, “Just whose values do you propose to teach?” Many people believe that moral values are merely a matter of personal opinion and therefore subject to debate. |
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Coaching Assets Inventory |
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When players were asked in a survey to list the most important assets of their best coaches they came up with the following priority list |
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Girls Don't Hope |
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A great article for girls!
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How Parents Can Encourage Fast Pitch Girls |
By Joe Benedetti |
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Ways a parent can provide positive encouragement to their daughters... |
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My Expectations as a Coach: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
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By Joe Benedetti |
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Only by taking our reasons for coaching seriously can we hope to find true success and indeed, happiness in our coaching role... |
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Let's get these kids Swinging the Bat! |
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Much has been written about hitting mechanics and drills to develop a good swing, - from the stance to the follow through, from on the bench through to the batters box. Far less has been said about how to develop a player with a good aggressive hitting mentality, especially from a very young age... |
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The True Meaning of Competition |
By Joe Benedetti |
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There is nothing as unsure as a sure thing. As they say on the Pro-Line commercials, "Because anything can happen, anyone can win". Anything can happen in a competition, and it usually does. Your team might be highly favoured to win; you might be bigger, stronger, faster, older, more experienced or whatever, BUT there is no such thing as a sure win... |
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Together We Can |
By Joe Benedetti |
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The things we can accomplish...Together! |
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