Back in the late 70's an old college professor of mine was fond of saying, "Don't confuse activity with accomplishment." Jump forward about eight years and imagine me observing a coach running practice for his Little League team. At the start of practice most of the...

Some coaches have a difficult time handling the youth sports atmosphere, and some may underestimate their importance to their players. The No. 1 reason why kids come back is positive coaching. Coaches must grasp the idea that their role is important. When I talked to...

What it takes to be a good coach... 1. You Have to Like Young PeopleThis has to be number one: you have to like being with kids. Your primary reason for coaching should be to watch young people grow, mature and develop. Sure, everybody likes to win, but if winning is...

Know this here and now . . . any one can be a good, competent and, consequently, a winning youth baseball coach. But this is the last comment about winning that you will read in this article . . . simply because winning is a result of being a good, competent coach. If...

No one ever says "Gee, Margo, little Bubba is old enough, let's get him on a baseball team, make complete jerks of ourselves and drive some coach crazy!".but it happens. The wise coach understands that he is not just teaching boys to play baseball, but is shepherding...

Coaching Youth Sports has received numerous e-mail notes from parents asking how to approach their child's coach or otherwise deal with a problem involving the coach. Sometimes the problem is just with the one child and the coach, other times it involves several...