Enjoyed a visit to the Texas HS Baseball Coaches Association Convention earlier this month. The event was larger than ever, and the speakers were the best that I could remember, as well. Here are some of the key takeaways for me on a macro (and most significant) level:
If you say something in public, your team will repeat it.
Team chemistry = Each player feels valued.
No matter how hard things get, never stop loving the game.
Coach every player as if they could be your son's coach.
That which you allow you promote.
Get great at being uncomfortable and find ways to compete at everything in practice.
Become really good at what you do, that is, what is important to you.
Be the best at what takes no talent and stuff no one cares about.
Hate to lose (more than loving winning) and wear pitches.
Make the scoreboard irrelevant in the way we play.
The best part of baseball is sharing the game.
Billy Graham: Few people will have the impact on young people in a lifetime that a coach has in one year.
Watching the Hall of Fame coaches get inducted was special. The relationships with players and coaches was key. In the end, this enterprise is about the people involved.
The big time is today ... where you are at.
See you on the field,
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