Hey all! I am back again. I was able to get my travel team all together and the girls are having a blast and really improving.
Running into some issues with juggling everything though. My wife the rockstar that she is helps me coach as well as handles all of the team management stuff. Normally she takes the girls out for infielder and outfielder drills works on our throwing routine and fielding dailies. She also makes awesome competitive games for them while I handle batting. She really is an awesome assistant coach even if she doesn't believe it.
With batting it takes me so long to get through it. I feel like if I only throw 5-10 balls to the girls, I am robbing them. I also get super bogged down with tee work and trying to pay attention to a lot of the fine details to get them where they need to be. I recruited girls coming out of rec ball as a developmental team, I didn't/don't expect them to go out and win a bunch of tournaments, I am mainly just trying to build them up for next season as they are all 2012/2013s.
I have asked parents for help as assistants but not much luck. They are good with helping here and there, but I am looking for a real assistant that can dig in and I can trust to work with the girls to develop them. Not just watch them through a lot of drills. I need one person that can be on 1st base in the tournaments as well as be at every practice and learn the stuff and dig in. I am not perfect, and I am ok with taking advice - but I do have a vision for my girls, and I want to keep it as uniform as possible. This is 100% volunteer and I pay my dues for my kid right along with the rest of the parents. I do it because I love the sport, I love working with the kids and I wish it was my full-time job instead of IT, but alas it can't pay the bills the way IT does.
How do you other weekend warrior Coach Dads manage this? My kids again are all developmental. They are not rockstar kids - they have heart and work their butts off, but they look to me to teach them. Parents aren't the types that go and drop a heap load on private lessons. My previous two seasons we have been awesome defensively, and batting has always killed us. I currently am focusing on batting all three practices - but due to field availability at the church (fundraisers, vacation bible school, competing with 11 other teams) we have to claw and scratch for field space. We have been at the indoor facility alot which lends to lots of batting work and fielding drills. I still need to work with pitchers and catchers. Just never seems like enough time . We practice three times a week - 1.5 hours per session. I have thought about offering individuals as well, but space to do that will be something I run into.
Running into some issues with juggling everything though. My wife the rockstar that she is helps me coach as well as handles all of the team management stuff. Normally she takes the girls out for infielder and outfielder drills works on our throwing routine and fielding dailies. She also makes awesome competitive games for them while I handle batting. She really is an awesome assistant coach even if she doesn't believe it.
With batting it takes me so long to get through it. I feel like if I only throw 5-10 balls to the girls, I am robbing them. I also get super bogged down with tee work and trying to pay attention to a lot of the fine details to get them where they need to be. I recruited girls coming out of rec ball as a developmental team, I didn't/don't expect them to go out and win a bunch of tournaments, I am mainly just trying to build them up for next season as they are all 2012/2013s.
I have asked parents for help as assistants but not much luck. They are good with helping here and there, but I am looking for a real assistant that can dig in and I can trust to work with the girls to develop them. Not just watch them through a lot of drills. I need one person that can be on 1st base in the tournaments as well as be at every practice and learn the stuff and dig in. I am not perfect, and I am ok with taking advice - but I do have a vision for my girls, and I want to keep it as uniform as possible. This is 100% volunteer and I pay my dues for my kid right along with the rest of the parents. I do it because I love the sport, I love working with the kids and I wish it was my full-time job instead of IT, but alas it can't pay the bills the way IT does.
How do you other weekend warrior Coach Dads manage this? My kids again are all developmental. They are not rockstar kids - they have heart and work their butts off, but they look to me to teach them. Parents aren't the types that go and drop a heap load on private lessons. My previous two seasons we have been awesome defensively, and batting has always killed us. I currently am focusing on batting all three practices - but due to field availability at the church (fundraisers, vacation bible school, competing with 11 other teams) we have to claw and scratch for field space. We have been at the indoor facility alot which lends to lots of batting work and fielding drills. I still need to work with pitchers and catchers. Just never seems like enough time . We practice three times a week - 1.5 hours per session. I have thought about offering individuals as well, but space to do that will be something I run into.