I have been coaching baseball for about 8 years. I have found that boys and men seem to thrive on competition.
Haul out a stop watch when you’re training base running and all of a sudden you find a team that didn’t feel like running, begging to go again to try to beat their last time or another team member’s time.
Start a race to see which pair can complete a series of ten quick hand throws first and suddenly training seems to take on a new determination and players that had been about to yawn have a spark to their movements.
Now my question is this: I know that girls generally don’t operate or relate to things the way boys do. Obviously! But would introducing a bit of competition lead to the improvement and drive that you see from boys? Do girls trend to crack more under pressure? Do you find that girls often love practices but get so nervous or edgy at games that their performance suffers? Or is that all just that the mental aspect of the game needs more preparation?
Haul out a stop watch when you’re training base running and all of a sudden you find a team that didn’t feel like running, begging to go again to try to beat their last time or another team member’s time.
Start a race to see which pair can complete a series of ten quick hand throws first and suddenly training seems to take on a new determination and players that had been about to yawn have a spark to their movements.
Now my question is this: I know that girls generally don’t operate or relate to things the way boys do. Obviously! But would introducing a bit of competition lead to the improvement and drive that you see from boys? Do girls trend to crack more under pressure? Do you find that girls often love practices but get so nervous or edgy at games that their performance suffers? Or is that all just that the mental aspect of the game needs more preparation?