Who Does It Better? Men or Women?
What do you think?Who does the softball coaching job better?
Men or women?
Women, I think, have an advantage as far as being able to relate to the players and understand them. However, men can sometimes get a response out of players that most women can't/don't get.
Then again, others will say that gender doesn't matter, it's the individual themselves that does.
BUT, "in general" - what's your opinion?
Are men better at coaching women's softball or do women do a better job coaching female softball players?
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comment here and let me know what you think. I'm interested to see what you have to say.
Who does it better?
Labels: coaching softball, fastpitch
posted by Stacie | 10:07 PM
1 Comments:
I'm a male coach of a 12 and under team. I think a case could be made for both sides really. When I seek out a coach to provide one-on-one help in a particular area with my daughter (drag bunting mechanics for example), I always seek out a female. I've found that in her case (as well as many others) that she tends to respond better to a woman when it comes to specific parts of the game and/or areas that she struggles in. Fundamentally though, I think anyone (male or female) who knows the game who is coaching a group of girls who genuinely want to learn and become better players, can be successful.
Age has a lot to do with it too I think. Younger girls tend to really look up to older girls which results in better focus on what's being taught. I think when they get into high school, college, etc. they're beyond trying to imitate those with more experience as they're likely already good players in their own right.
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