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rippit
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 Posted - 07/14/2015 : 22:06:54
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I don't know Karl, but nice post:
I am the blame
Karl Carswell Sunday, 26 July 2009 10:51
After my 14th season of showcase baseball, scouting, and training, it has become painfully obvious that our efforts to impact the game we love are, and have been, completely misguided.
We are out playing games, keeping score, tracking batting averages and ERA. We are neglecting practice and enforcing bad habits, and even rewarding them. And, I will tell you as I have told my team; I am a big part of this problem that will be corrected. I am embarrassed, humiliated, and ashamed that the style of baseball I hate, and even point out in all the teams we play against, has infected my team. Here is a list of these disgusting behaviors:
Not sprinting to 1st base when the ball is in play
Not running the bases hard
Not running on and off the field
Not touching bases
Not taking good secondary leads
Not sprinting back to the bases
Not trying to advance on a ball in the dirt
Not knowing when is a good time to be aggressive in the game
Not backing up bases
Not communicating
Not watching the game
Not knowing the rules
Not having a plan at the plate
Not having a plan on the mound
Not moving according to the swing of the batter
Catchers not giving good signs
Coaches not coaching their players
Coaches not giving good signs
Parents making excuses
Players having routine emotional outbursts after failure
Pitcher with bad posture and slow tempo
Catchers not controlling the game
Missing signs
Not doing your own job because someone else might not do theirs
Not doing their job because someone else did not do theirs
Crying about bad umpires
Using the umpire as and excuse
Talking big smack to the opponent but doing nothing
The need to stare at a pitcher if he throws a ball close to you
The need to make a big show if you get hit by a pitch
Not knowing that your actions may warrant you being hit
Not knowing that getting hit at times is a compliment
Not knowing that getting hit at times is a sign of respect
Not knowing that getting hit might be the only way a team may be able to get you out later
Not knowing that getting hit most times is an accident
Not knowing that getting hit with an 82mph pitch doesn’t hurt. (Sting, maybe)
CONTINUOUSLY NOT DOING WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD OR ASKED TO DO
NOT KNOWING THE GAME OWES YOU NOTHING
This is a quick short list that I came up with just now sitting down to bang out a quick article. The bottom line is my players, our players, and your players, don’t love baseball. They may love to hit or pitch, or they may love the attention they get from playing, parents may love to watch their kid do these things. But, they don’t love to play and watch, to run hard, to slide through bases, to get hit by pitches, to dive for balls or to make the guy next to them better. The game doesn't consume them as players and parents. They don’t love to stick their nose into the strike zone and fight another competitor until that guy realizes that he can’t get them out or they can’t hit them. They don't love and respect the game enough to play it the way it was intended to be played. The fact of the matter is, it is our fault they are like this. Whether you are an enabling parent or an aging softening coach, we created this monster and if we don’t get a grip on it, we will let our players down. We will be the reason they believe they are owed something from everyone else and every opportunity before them. I told my players yesterday that I refuse to be the reason they don’t get it. I am not willing to be that coach. And, I **** sure can’t be that parent. Join me in daring our kids to compete and begin to act like young men who have passion for the game of baseball. WE DARE YOU! |
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baseballdandy
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Posted - 07/14/2015 : 23:48:32
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bfriendly
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Posted - 07/15/2015 : 09:03:18
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Thanks Rippit, definitely worth reading.
Lots of mental opportunities found within.........I'll just point out that is NOT too late and definitely NOT too early!
Dont be so hard on yourself Karl. As soon as you look within yourself First, you can begin the rehabilitation and be on your way  |
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in_the_know
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Posted - 07/15/2015 : 09:45:27
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Wow! Thank God my kids never played for Karl or anyone like him.
The single most important thing parents can do for their kids (that are serious about progressing to next levels) is their homework to determine the best fit for them in their baseball development, then getting out of the way and supporting them.
Good homework apparently avoided us ever playing for a "Karl" along the way.
Parents, when you're watching your kids play all these teams during the summer, watch yours and the opposing coaches. How do they each carry themselves? Positive? Constructive? Developmental? Focused on the right things? My youngest changed travel teams 3 times between ages 9 and 17. All changes were because of coaches moving except for his latest team and it was simply too good an opportunity to pass. At each step, I knew exactly where his next team would be because I knew which coaches/teams would be on "our list" from having watched them when we played against them.
Congrats to coaches who do have self awareness or develop it as Karl seemed to have done. Good for him, but the onus is on parents to prevent your kids from being one of Karl's guinea pigs in his first 14 seasons toward self awareness. |
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whits23
596 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2015 : 15:46:31
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| How about parents ranking top teams in each age group starting at age 6 instead of seeing how they develop |
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Critical Mass
277 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2015 : 18:22:51
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| And the kids making the BIGS today still need coaching on baserunning etc..practice is lame, Chicks dig the long ball. |
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whits23
596 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2015 : 15:42:48
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| Practice. You talking bout practice signed AI |
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zwndad
170 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2015 : 13:40:24
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Great list, Rippit. I'm stealing it. I'm now "retired" after coaching 15 years of rec / travel / high school baseball, but I love this list. If I ever coach again, I'll hand out this list to all my players. But I turned it around a little to make each one as much of a positive action statement as possible. If you can hold yourself, your parents and your players accountable to this list, you'll be successful in a lot of ways.
1. Sprint to 1st base when the ball is in play
2. Run the bases hard
3. Run on and off the field
4. Touch the bases (especially first base, even if you're already out)
5. Take good secondary leads
6. Sprint back to the bases
7. Try to advance on a ball in the dirt
8. Know when is a good time to be aggressive in the game
9. Back up bases
10. Communicate
11. Watch the game
12. Know the rules
13. Have a plan at the plate
14. Have a plan on the mound
15. Move according to the swing of the batter
16. Catchers - Give good signs
17. Coaches - Coach your players
18. Coaches - Give good signs
19. Parents - Eliminate excuses
20. Eliminate routine emotional outbursts after failure
21. Pitchers - Have good posture and tempo
22. Catchers - Control the game
23. Get all the signs
24. Do your job regardless of what others are doing or not doing
25. Do somebody else’s job when they don’t
(Be accountable for your team’s success, not just responsible for your own)
26. Own your failure - Don’t cry about bad umpires
27. Own your failure - Don’t use the umpire as an excuse
28. Compete hard instead of talking big smack to the opponent
29. Avoid staring at a pitcher if he throws a ball close to you
30. Avoid making a big show if you get hit by a pitch
31. Know that your actions may warrant you being hit
32. Know that getting hit at times is a compliment
33. Know that getting hit at times is a sign of respect
34. Know that getting hit might be the only way a team may be able to get you out later
35. Know that getting hit most times is an accident
36. Know that getting hit with an 82mph pitch usually doesn’t hurt. (Sting, maybe)
37. DO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD OR ASKED TO DO
38. KNOW THE GAME OWES YOU NOTHING
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bfriendly
376 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2015 : 08:22:12
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Originally posted by zwndad
Great list, Rippit. I'm stealing it. I'm now "retired" after coaching 15 years of rec / travel / high school baseball, but I love this list. If I ever coach again, I'll hand out this list to all my players. But I turned it around a little to make each one as much of a positive action statement as possible. If you can hold yourself, your parents and your players accountable to this list, you'll be successful in a lot of ways.
1. Sprint to 1st base when the ball is in play
2. Run the bases hard
3. Run on and off the field
4. Touch the bases (especially first base, even if you're already out)
5. Take good secondary leads
6. Sprint back to the bases
7. Try to advance on a ball in the dirt
8. Know when is a good time to be aggressive in the game
9. Back up bases
10. Communicate
11. Watch the game
12. Know the rules
13. Have a plan at the plate
14. Have a plan on the mound
15. Move according to the swing of the batter
16. Catchers - Give good signs
17. Coaches - Coach your players
18. Coaches - Give good signs
19. Parents - Eliminate excuses
20. Eliminate routine emotional outbursts after failure
21. Pitchers - Have good posture and tempo
22. Catchers - Control the game
23. Get all the signs
24. Do your job regardless of what others are doing or not doing
25. Do somebody else’s job when they don’t
(Be accountable for your team’s success, not just responsible for your own)
26. Own your failure - Don’t cry about bad umpires
27. Own your failure - Don’t use the umpire as an excuse
28. Compete hard instead of talking big smack to the opponent
29. Avoid staring at a pitcher if he throws a ball close to you
30. Avoid making a big show if you get hit by a pitch
31. Know that your actions may warrant you being hit
32. Know that getting hit at times is a compliment
33. Know that getting hit at times is a sign of respect
34. Know that getting hit might be the only way a team may be able to get you out later
35. Know that getting hit most times is an accident
36. Know that getting hit with an 82mph pitch usually doesn’t hurt. (Sting, maybe)
37. DO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD OR ASKED TO DO
38. KNOW THE GAME OWES YOU NOTHING
Same list, slightly different approach to it, so now it becomes a " DO" list..........Boy is this worth sharing with my kid now!!
Thanks for the adjustment!
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