Top Secret Ingredients to Make a Complement Sandwich:
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My first incredible coaching lesson of brilliant advice to build confidence came as soon as I got my first professional managing job. After five mediocre seasons as a catcher in the minors at age 26 I began managing. My first season of experience was with the Winter Haven Red Sox in the Class A Florida State League. I will never forget, Bill Slack, a long time minor league coach with the Red Sox pulled me aside at spring training with some dynamic advice. Slackie said, Holty…If you are going to coach and manage you better have a lot of patience. And, as soon as you can you better learn to say something good about a player after you have had to get on to them.
Patience is Essential: Baseball
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There have been many folks that have offered me compelling hints and masterful tips. But, Slackie's way to build confidence really became indispensable.Having played baseball for a few years I already knew how incredibly hard of game baseball is to play well. And, fortunately I was naturally pretty patient. So, I never was a real overpowering Yell and Holler guy. Bob Uecker Former major league catcher and now famous legendary broadcaster
Bob Uecker comments
on the awesome difficulty of playing baseball in a recent interview. He says, I don’t ever make fun of players. I don’t care how bad a team is going, I don’t do that. I don’t make fun of other players because I know how hard it is to play…Baseball is really a tough game. It sure is hard. Therefore, players are going to make mistakes, even on routine plays. You better get ready for anything and everything. Stuff is going to happen. You are going to wonder what in the world the player was thinking or doing. How could he throw the ball to that base? What was he doing not tagging up? Believe me… I have not seen it all but I have seen plenty.
Patience is A Must if Coaching Baseball
It is stunningly sad to say, but I cannot tell you how many youth league coaches slam their hats down to the ground in total tantalizing anger after a bad play. And, shout down and explode on players across the field for God-Forbid making an error. Or wave their arms around showing stunningly negative body language. Some coaches are way overboard and riveting on harping all the negative stuff and rarely handing out powerful complements. (Note: Remember, amazingly major leaguers admit baseball is incredibly difficult to play).
How to Make a Recipe For a Complement Sandwich
Top 3 Unbeatable Ingredients
Coaches will have plenty to get on players about. There are going to be a lot of boo-boos in baseball. If you have to speak to a player about a mistake then make sure it comes with an essential complement wrapped around it. Where can I find the terrific ingredients? You just have to look for them and let them out frequently. Pull the player(s) aside out of the limelight and… 1. Find something superbly good to say. Hey, Sammy, boy you charged that groundball really well. 2. Correct the bob-boo: You just threw the ball to the wrong base. 3. End with something terrific or complement them as soon as they do something magnificent and good again. Now, we just have to shake it off and learn from it for next time…OK? Good.
Sandwich the critical negative stuff with vital good stuff before and after. This will build confidence in your energetic players.
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