Youth Baseball Coaches Must Resist ‘Ride Home’ Chat
Youth Baseball Coaches Must Resist ‘Ride Home’ Chat Research shows that the number one thing youth baseball players dread is the ride home with parents after the game. Despite good intentions (and we...
View ArticleYouth Baseball Coaches: Savor Every Minute on the Field with Your Kid!
I was driving home from a meeting the other day, and suddenly, without warning, became a bit weepy-eyed. No, it wasn’t that type of meeting. No, it wasn’t hormonal. I realized I was about to coach...
View ArticleYouth Coaches Make Most of Small Opportunities to Teach Baseball Fundamentals
Youth Coaches Make Most of Small Opportunities to Teach Baseball Fundamentals So much to teach . . . so little time. That’s a common mantra of youth baseball coaches. Practice time is a premium and...
View ArticleOne I Haven’t Seen Before: Youth Baseball Coaches NOT Involved in Fight with...
I’m in year 14 of coaching baseball in both the youth and high school ranks. And while I have seen a lot, I certainly haven’t seen it all. But last night, I crossed another experience off my baseball...
View ArticleYouth Baseball Coaches Must Honor Player Questions About Playing Time
Youth Baseball Coaches Must Honor Player Questions About Playing Time “Coach, can I play more at third base?” We hear lots of questions like that from players with all sorts of abilities. The requests...
View ArticleMore Color Commentary; Less Play-By-Play Makes Effective Youth Baseball Coaches
More Color Commentary; Less Play-By-Play Makes Effective Youth Baseball Coaches Youth coaches should focus on WHY and HOW, not WHAT. As you watch a major league game on TV or listen on radio, think...
View ArticleYouth Coaches: Help Parents Be More Successful with More Color Commentary;...
Parents of youth athletes should focus on the overall experience, not the WHAT of the botched play. Note: This post is part 2 of 2, with the focus on parents being mindful of their language and...
View ArticleCoach Must Help Players With Mental Game
Framing Situations for Kids Leads to Greater Mental Toughness I picked up my son Alan from high school football practice last night and he was discouraged. He’s a sophomore playing on the junior...
View ArticleOff Season Best Time for Youth Baseball Coaches to Cement Philosophy
Pitch counts and playing time must be determined before the game is on the line The heat of the moment is not the time to make important decisions. In the bottom half of the last inning, with the game...
View ArticleBe a Life Changing Coach
Have you changed a life today? If you browse YouTube for interviews with great professional and college coaches, you quickly see that, no matter their sport, they have something important in common:...
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Managers Get Workplace Productivity Boost with Lessons from Youth Sports
Managers Get Workplace Productivity Boost with Lessons from Youth Sports Productivity lagging? Quality sagging? Engagement flagging? Talent eyeing greener pastures? Managers today are faced with...
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Individual Notions of ‘FUN’ Hold key to Employee Engagement, Performance and...
Individual Notions of ‘FUN’ Hold key to Employee Engagement, Performance and Retention Research shows that over the long haul, employees engage, do their best work, and stay when they have fun. Sounds...
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Redefining Workplace Fun and Simple Steps to Drive Employee Engagement
Pizza parties, jokes of the day, silly hats, and toys in the break room. Do these fuel your notion of a fun work experience? Sure everyone loves a free lunch or needs to blow of steam from time to time...
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Workplace Fun Drives Engagement, Performance, and Retention
Workplace Fun Drives Engagement, Performance, and Retention Fun at work leads employees to engage, perform, and stay, so says the latest research. Quite simply: those that have fun, perform. However,...
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Healthy Competition Drives Workplace Fun, Performance and Employee Engagement
Drill at Baseball Practice Holds Key to Fun & Performance on the Job? Sometimes the player can teach the coach. The other night at high school baseball practice, the varsity and JV outfielders...
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FUNdamentals Drive Employee Engagement, not Separate Events
The value of workplace fun? To drive performance, FUN has to be IN the work, not just AT the work location. “So there I was, standing in the field with a cold BBQ beef sandwich in my hand looking at...
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Communication is Critical to Fun at Work and Employee Engagement
Communication Drives Workplace Fun, Employee Engagement, and Job Performance Want more fun in your job? Then talk to your boss! No, that doesn’t mean she is responsible for hand delivery of a fun work...
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Knowing Why Leads to Workplace Fun and Employee Engagement
Knowing Why Leads to Workplace Fun and Employee Engagement What do you like to do for fun? Why is it fun? What about that activity is fun for you? While the answers to these questions are different...
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2 Barriers to Workplace Fun and Employee Engagement
Research Shows Poor Communication and Micromanagement take Fun out of Work; Employee Engagement Sags. Want employees to have fun with their work and perform their best? A recent study shows employees...
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Workplace Fun Must Include Fun Work Experience: Why Google’s Fun Doesn’t Work...
“To drive employee engagement and performance, FUN must be IN the work, not just AT the work location.” That was a key finding in a research study I recently completed, and confirms what we all know in...
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