What lessons have you learned from coaching your team in 2022? If you haven't thought about it, you're missing a great opportunity to improve yourself. Host Rob Tong looks back on the spring and fall seasons for his three teams in 2022 and whittled down seven lessons that he thinks might be helpful to you for 2023 and beyond.
Plus Rob answers the Question of the Week (17:32) about why not teach a level swing if it produces higher batting averages.
In this 34-minute episode, you'll learn:
- what TWO new things to do in your Parent Meeting (3:22)
- one specific thing that can help improve your team's defensive IQ (7:41)
- what "boring" thing to do occasionally in practices to help your player's individual skills (8:56)
- what tweak to make in your tryouts to find better hitters for your team (10:30)
- what tweak to make in your practices to help kids improve faster (11:54)
- one subtle similarity between rec teams and select/travelball teams that you may not have noticed (13:58)
Resources and links mentioned in this episode
- John T. Reed on YBE (incl. discussion on Parent Meetings)
- Tony Gwynn single swing vs home run swing
- Tony Gwynn home run swing
- Wade Boggs home run swing
- Run expectancy
- Correlation may not mean causation
- Support Support YBE
- Subscribe to the YBE YouTube channel
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