This is What Happens When You Don't Start Early

Recently a few members in my private coaching group asked me to share a schedule with them. We were discussing the great book Heads Up Baseball. I told them that I has printed out a schedule for players to follow as far as what they should read and what exercises they should do.

When I found the schedule to share with them, I realized that I had bunched all 10 chapters of the book into 4 weeks. Why? Because we didn't start on it until after our season started. In theory it was a great idea to have the players go through this book. Everyone is always asking about tips for the mental game, and this book can really help with that. However, since we didn't start early, we were basically on a race to finish the book and go through it before the season ended. This, of course, was less than ideal. Did the players still get something out of it? Sure. Was it the experience as effective as it could have been? Definitely not.

Now had I taken some time to plan before the season started, I could have made it a much more useful and effective experience for my players. After all, I had known about the book for some time. Visitors and members here at AAF were always telling me about how great the book was for their team. For some reason, I just didn't prepare like I should have. The result, a less effective impact on players, but you can bet I won't be making that same mistake twice. That's why I'm starting to plan for 2009 now. There are so many things to think about and consider and lay out a plan for. Go through the planning process with me in this year's Fastpitch Insider Bootcamp: Plan for More Success and Less Stress in 2009.