YBE 086: Volunteer Coaching 201 with Pete Caliendo

You have a full-time job that doesn't involve coaching baseball. You volunteer to coach your kid's team and want to be as efficient as Tim Corbin. Is it a pipe dream or is it possible? Pete Caliendo, host of the Baseball Outside The Box podcast, offers multiple tips for volunteer coaches to be more effective. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview. If you missed Part 1, you can catch it here.

Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about where to start when teaching six-year-olds. And Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com tells us about Kettlebell Waiter Walks in the Wass Strength Tip Of The Week.

In this 34-minute episode, you'll learn:

• four tips to help your assistants be on the same page as you
• how to adapt to assistants who deviate from your prescribed drill
• two ways to use parent assistants other than running one of your stations
• a more intentional way to have your kids play catch
• five dynamic stretching examples
• when to have hitting in your team practices—including an innovative hybrid
• two fun competitive practice games
• two ways to help make kids improve the athleticism of their footwork, with examples
• two ways to help kids understand how to run at full sprint speed
• two key things to say at parent meetings
• when kids should start playing travelball
• what key factor to consider when deciding between several travel teams

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Pete's Baseball Outside The Box podcast
• Affiliate link for EliteBaseball.tv
• Edgy Baseball on Twitter
• YBE on Facebook
• Austin's Wass Strength Tip Of The Week is Kettlebell Waiter Walks
• 2018 ABCA Convention

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