A Message for Non-Starters
Are you ready?
Here it is...
There is SO MUCH you can do to help your team!!!!!!!!!!!! (Whew, glad I got that out)
One thing you can do is PUSH HARD in practice. Why?
Well there are a number of great reasons:
1. Because you will improve your skills faster
2. Because you will increase your chance at earning some playing time
3. Because pushing hard in practice helps you get GAME READY just in case the starter in front of you gets sick, gets injured, has some kind of outside obligation to attend instead of coming to the game, or simply has a bad day
4. Because coaches love players that go hard in practice and HOW you practice leaves 1 of 3 impressions in your coaches mind:
a) you do things half heartedly because you're not a starter and the coaches are left with a negative impression of how you practice
b) you don't slack but you don't push either and in the words of Simon Cowell your practice efforts are "forgettable" (*note: "forgettable" usually doesn't make the coach want to put your name in that starting line-up)
c) you work hard and push yourself daily and a very positive impression is branded in your coaches mind about HOW you practice
5. Because the more you push yourself the more the starter in front of you pushes and gets better. If they don't, you get their position. If they do and they are on top of their game and they make great plays on the field - YOU just helped your team get better by pushing and challenging that starter in front of you. You just made a HUGE contribution to your team's overall performance...all because you chose to practice hard every day and push yourself and those around you.
...and that's just ONE way to help your team as a non-starter. There are many more that I'll probably share from time to time, but for now, make it a point to push and challenge yourself and those around you. You'll get better and you'll make a very positive contribution to your team's overall performance and success.
Here it is...
There is SO MUCH you can do to help your team!!!!!!!!!!!! (Whew, glad I got that out)
One thing you can do is PUSH HARD in practice. Why?
Well there are a number of great reasons:
1. Because you will improve your skills faster
2. Because you will increase your chance at earning some playing time
3. Because pushing hard in practice helps you get GAME READY just in case the starter in front of you gets sick, gets injured, has some kind of outside obligation to attend instead of coming to the game, or simply has a bad day
4. Because coaches love players that go hard in practice and HOW you practice leaves 1 of 3 impressions in your coaches mind:
a) you do things half heartedly because you're not a starter and the coaches are left with a negative impression of how you practice
b) you don't slack but you don't push either and in the words of Simon Cowell your practice efforts are "forgettable" (*note: "forgettable" usually doesn't make the coach want to put your name in that starting line-up)
c) you work hard and push yourself daily and a very positive impression is branded in your coaches mind about HOW you practice
5. Because the more you push yourself the more the starter in front of you pushes and gets better. If they don't, you get their position. If they do and they are on top of their game and they make great plays on the field - YOU just helped your team get better by pushing and challenging that starter in front of you. You just made a HUGE contribution to your team's overall performance...all because you chose to practice hard every day and push yourself and those around you.
...and that's just ONE way to help your team as a non-starter. There are many more that I'll probably share from time to time, but for now, make it a point to push and challenge yourself and those around you. You'll get better and you'll make a very positive contribution to your team's overall performance and success.
Labels: coaching softball, softball performance
posted by Stacie | 6:39 AM
1 Comments:
I agree that you must push hard at practice, but what do you say to a kid that pushes hard, cheers on the team, does everything the coach asks and never plays??? And when she finally gets the chance because the senior in front of her graduated and the coach tells her she will get an opportunity, that she has great plans for her, that her great attitude has not gone unnoticed...and then the coach puts a freshman in, who was recruited as a pitcher but can't hit her spots, who is slow
and is hitting 150!!!??? What do you say to that player then?
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