Jan 4, 2017 | Diamond Devotions
I want to be more than a baseball coach. I want to have more to say than just some critiques of current performance and instruction for greater future performance. I want to be remembered for far more than games won or lost. When I played, I wanted more than just a...
Jan 25, 2016 | Coach's Counselor
What is the essence of leadership? What does it mean to lead players? To lead teammates? To be a team captain? To be a great coach? Here are a few types of leaders you might find on your coaching staff or team. The dictator. He is all business, all the time, whipping...
Jan 8, 2015 | Diamond Devotions
Young coaches are interesting to watch. Eager to assert themselves and establish some means of authority and identity among their players, many young coaches do so by means of punishment, threats, and a generally disagreeable stance toward anything and anyone out of...
Oct 20, 2014 | Diamond Devotions
One day, you’ll have a few memories, a couple of scrapbooks, a few hundred pictures on Facebook, an old jersey hanging in the closet. That’s it. Or, maybe not. It doesn’t have to be it. Not if you do well in what matters. Not if you take the time to...
May 30, 2013 | Diamond Devotions
The person in charge matters. This goes without saying, but it’s amazing just how much difference the person in charge makes. The head coach sets the tone for the entire program. Attitude, work ethic, responsibility, everything in the program is a reflection (or...
