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whits23
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 Posted - 02/02/2010 : 13:49:37
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Number 2 may be my favorite
: 9 Principles of BB
NINE PRINCIPLES OF BASEBALL !
1. NO EXCUSES.
Do not blame teammates, umpires, coaches, fans, or the position of the moon for your performance. Take responsibility for what happens on the field. Stand up, make no excuses, refuse the excuses that others might offer you. Excuses get in the way of learning because mistakes are denied. Be accountable. Remember you are not expected to be a perfect performer. No one is. Baseball is not an easy game to play.
2. PLAY WITH HONOR.
Always hustle, run out every ground ball and pop up, encourage your teammates, especially after an error, bad pitch, or a strike out, carry yourself with pride and dignity. Do not in frustration throw equipment. Do not ridicule another team or an opposing player#146;s name, physical appearance, skill. Do not taunt. Do not distract an opposing player with low-level antics. Be positive with teammates. Never ridicule or criticize your teammates. They need your encouragement the most immediately after they have made a mistake. Show your teammates, your opponents, the entire world the values you hold dear by how you play.
3. BE RELENTLESS.
Never Yield. Never Yield. Regardless of what the scoreboard says, you are never defeated unless you give up, unless you go belly up. No opponent can make you do this. Giving up is something you do. Regardless of what the scoreboard says, no opponent can extinguish the flame in your heart or crush the intensity of your will without your consent. Never surrender.
4. SLAY YOUR OWN DEMONS, THEN SLAY DRAGONS.
Ignore those things outside your control: the judgments of umpires, the conduct and ability of other teams, the weather, your amount of playing time, the final score (this is a tough one). Do not show frustration or disappointment. Do not allow your opponents to gain joy from your inability to cope with self-pity. Do not throw equipment or whine in anger or slump your shoulders. Such behavior impresses no one. Maintain your poise. Learn, prepare, and focus on the next event. We cannot change the past. Instead, we should focus on the next action with determination, joy, and resolve.
5. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE THINGS UNDER YOUR CONTROL.
Your effort, your attitude, your commitment, and your approach to the game are under your control. Be enthusiastic, play with great effort, conduct yourself appropriately, meet this opportunity with great joy. Listen to your coaches. Be alert, play smartly, know the signs. You are always accountable. How you react to situations and circumstances reveals the person you are and the person you might become.
6. PLAY THE GAME ONE PITCH AT A TIME.
Focus on the current pitch. If you are a pitcher, what are you throwing now and where? If you are a fielder, what are you going to do if the ball is hit to you? If you are a base-runner, what are you going to do on a fly ball, line drive, ground ball, to the right side, to the left side? If you are a batter, what are you trying to accomplish on this pitch? If you are on the bench, how are you helping your team be successful?
7. FOCUS ON BEHAVIOR, NOT OUTCOMES.
The results of your performance are not fully under your control. The other team may be very good, or very bad. The bounces may go your way, or not. But your behavior and approach are under your control. At the end of the game, you, perhaps only, know whether you gave 100%, whether you did all you could to help your team. Those players who did are winners, those players who did not are losers, regardless of what the scoreboard says. Winners take care of the things within their control, enjoy their participation, and are justifiable proud of their effort. Losers make excuses, lose their poise readily, wallow in self-pity, and surrender at the slightest sign of adversity.
8. THE BEST PLAYERS ARE THE BEST LEARNERS.
Players who are coach-able are always trying to learn more about being successful ballplayers and people. They listen and apply what their coaches and teachers suggest. Are you coach-able? If you are, you are a winner. If you are not, you are a loser, regardless of what the scoreboard says.
9. BE A JOYOUS WARRIOR!
Be enthusiastic, positive, give 100%, understand that relentless effort in the pursuit of excellence is its own reward. The joyous warrior exemplifies the slogan "No Retreat & No Surrender." Win with humility, lose with dignity.
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scorpion4
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Posted - 02/02/2010 : 14:54:36
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| FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Steel Bats
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Posted - 02/02/2010 : 19:49:57
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| I've been reading posts on this website for 6 months and this post is, without a doubt, the best post I have read in a long long time. You have done a wonderful job with this! I will be using this before my basketball games this week. Any chance you have one of these for adults? I have seen many coaches and fans that could use an earful of this. |
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Storm Baseball
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Posted - 02/02/2010 : 20:14:06
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| I am printing this and handing out to my players and parents...WELL DONE!!!! |
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scorpion4
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Posted - 02/03/2010 : 08:15:07
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Originally posted by Storm Baseball
I am printing this and handing out to my players and parents...WELL DONE!!!!
I am doing the same thing. |
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stanlewis
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Rocky
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Posted - 02/03/2010 : 10:32:32
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| I like #2 as well. Respect the Game of baseball, nothing bothers me more when players, parents or even coaches don't respect the game and how hard it is to play. |
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dblinkh1
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Posted - 02/03/2010 : 11:10:03
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| I have used these before and handed them out to the parents to read with their child. |
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baseballpapa
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Posted - 02/03/2010 : 11:30:16
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| I know that I didn't but at least I know that I tried to play the game just this way and I hope my grandson's can do a better job than their Papa did of playing the game the right way. Although I fell short no one can ever doubt how much I love the game and my hope is that everyone can gain as much joy from the game of baseball as I have. I thought when I quit playing that it was all over and that I would never have that thrill again but how wrong I was. I believe watching the boys play and giving their heart and soul to the game gives me as much a thrill as when I was doing the same things myself. The game crosses all boundaries and when the 10U 643 Cougars went on their great run at Cooperstown I found myself playing every batter with them and encouraging their players as much as I did the Bandits and although they would end up being our opponent in the championship game its just goes to show how the game can bring all of us together. |
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whits23
596 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 11:32:22
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| i will admit its tough to watch some coaches and teams try to taunt pitchers by yelling or clapping but i would hope good players ignore it and good teams dont do it. Same with coaches or parents yelling out what pitch they think is coming. Players need to read the ball and not have dad trying to pick off signals from the stands. I would say at older ages trying to pick signs and relay them in a respectable secrete manner is fine and i wish i was smart enough to do it '} |
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Alter-Ego
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Posted - 02/03/2010 : 17:45:23
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whit,
I also hate the coach and player taunting as well. They are the same people that will complain if a pitcher nails a batter in the ribs as payment for all of their taunting.
The other thing I hate is when parents sit in the stands and yell against the other team's players "Hey, that pitcher is just scared to pitch to you Jimmy.", "He can't hit your pitching Jimmy.", etc. They try to play like they are yelling for their kid, because they are talking directly to him, but it is directed at the other teams player or batters.
It is funny how a lot of that stuff works itself out at the older ages.
I used to remember when things would happen at 9, 10, or 11, that would send parents off the deep end. They learned as their kids got older that most things could be defended against (runner on 3b stealing home when the catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher.; runner on 2b running to 3b if the C throw down to 2b.;etc) |
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whits23
596 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 22:20:07
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| its really bad when a good team does it..remember the team at NIT in Tennesee last year from i think alabama? whooping and hollering every time a pitcher threw the ball, probably got eliminated in the first round |
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ingasven
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Posted - 02/04/2010 : 08:54:10
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Originally posted by Alter-Ego
whit,
I also hate the coach and player taunting as well. They are the same people that will complain if a pitcher nails a batter in the ribs as payment for all of their taunting.
The other thing I hate is when parents sit in the stands and yell against the other team's players "Hey, that pitcher is just scared to pitch to you Jimmy.", "He can't hit your pitching Jimmy.", etc. They try to play like they are yelling for their kid, because they are talking directly to him, but it is directed at the other teams player or batters.
It is funny how a lot of that stuff works itself out at the older ages.
I used to remember when things would happen at 9, 10, or 11, that would send parents off the deep end. They learned as their kids got older that most things could be defended against (runner on 3b stealing home when the catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher.; runner on 2b running to 3b if the C throw down to 2b.;etc)
It's my opinion that all the taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct we witness at the youth level is a direct result of the "ESPN age of in-your-face reporting." Every highlight seems to be of one player "dissing" another or celebrating that they just accomplished what they are getting paid millions of dollars to execute. I mean how many times have we seen a team down by 28 points in a football game and watched some stupid sack dance performed by a player from the losing team? It's all about ME, look what I've done, watch ME.
Alter, you hit the nail on the head...A 45 year old man yelling to his son "He's scared of you", is not being directed at his son. These schmucks probably never played a single minute of a competitive sporting event.
The best response I think I heard during one of these stupid diatribes involved a coach walking to the other coach and quietly telling him that he may want to get that guy to cease as it was the opposing players' ribs that would take the payback for his taunting.
The taunting ended rather quickly.
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