"My child needs to be pushed. They only have fun playing with better players." This is the most common request we get from parents after the first day in our programs. After a recent request, it got me thinking... Why are so many parents so eager to “push their kids”? This constant urge to “play up” is everywhere—in Little ...
It was on my to do list for years... I called them "at-home challenges". Homework sounded like "work". Once a week after practice I would delivery a speech and hand out a sheet of paper with a "Legends Life Task". It could be a meditation, home workout, new hobby to try, assigned reading... My goal was simple... to teach my players the game of life THROUGH baseball.
Does your child get discouraged? Has your child had tough moments this season? Of course they have, they are kids! And they’re playing the most self-esteem destroying sport in the world! Baseball, as in life, is often unfair. A player can execute a perfect swing, clobber the ball, but still get out! Baseball is a very challenging sport, which is ...
Coping with baseball's ups and downs is essential to developing a better player and a better person. We hear it all the time because it’s true, baseball is a game of failure. Even the best hitters in the world fail seven out of ten times (a .300 average is VERY good)! The failure aspect of baseball makes things ...
