Use A Kid-Friendly Coaching Language
Parents and coaches, the sports language you use with kids is very important. Beginner athletes are not little adults. How you speak to them about baseball, or any sport for that matter, does make a difference on their sports experience and yours. At Jelly Bean Sports, we've created an introductory language for kids that has two great benefits 1) it ignites kids potential and 2) it makes coaching easier and more fun.
In the end, our approach is about the kids. They should be doing all the work in practice if they are to be learning in the ways that are the most productive. As a coach, consider yourself a facilitator. You explain t-ball, kids play t-ball. How you explain t-ball as a coach is what dictates how much work you will have to do and how much fun you will have. I am here to say, many coaches work way to hard and don't have enough fun. Embrace the idea of making coaching easier and more fun. You can begin making coaching easier and more fun by just considering the language you use with kids.
A kid-friendly language
1. helps unlock children's focus.
2. allows them to remember more because learning is made fun.
As for coaches, a kid-friendly language:
1. will help you build a stronger synergy with young players.
2. improve player response and development. This will gain you greater respect amongst parents and peer coaches.
3. will leave you walking away from every practice feeling more in control and enjoying the coaching process because you will have taken the time to consider kid-thinking inside of your coaching approach.
When you learn to connect with players and breakdown learning into a process t-ball becomes a win-win for everyone. Players, parents and you share a richer youth sports experience.
Try a few of our techniques. They work. If used consistently, you can expect to see children understanding to such a high level that they actually begin to own the process. You will teach more in less time.
Teaching more in less time is what every tot-coach yearns to do but few know how to.
Check out one example of how we teach more in less time, at Jelly Bean Sports, teach throwing to beginner athletes.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Coachs-Clipboard--How-to-Teach-Young-Kids-to-Throw-a-Baseball
Let me know how it goes.
See you in class!
www.jellybeansports.com
In the end, our approach is about the kids. They should be doing all the work in practice if they are to be learning in the ways that are the most productive. As a coach, consider yourself a facilitator. You explain t-ball, kids play t-ball. How you explain t-ball as a coach is what dictates how much work you will have to do and how much fun you will have. I am here to say, many coaches work way to hard and don't have enough fun. Embrace the idea of making coaching easier and more fun. You can begin making coaching easier and more fun by just considering the language you use with kids.
A kid-friendly language
1. helps unlock children's focus.
2. allows them to remember more because learning is made fun.
As for coaches, a kid-friendly language:
1. will help you build a stronger synergy with young players.
2. improve player response and development. This will gain you greater respect amongst parents and peer coaches.
3. will leave you walking away from every practice feeling more in control and enjoying the coaching process because you will have taken the time to consider kid-thinking inside of your coaching approach.
When you learn to connect with players and breakdown learning into a process t-ball becomes a win-win for everyone. Players, parents and you share a richer youth sports experience.
Try a few of our techniques. They work. If used consistently, you can expect to see children understanding to such a high level that they actually begin to own the process. You will teach more in less time.
Teaching more in less time is what every tot-coach yearns to do but few know how to.
Check out one example of how we teach more in less time, at Jelly Bean Sports, teach throwing to beginner athletes.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Coachs-Clipboard--How-to-Teach-Young-Kids-to-Throw-a-Baseball
Let me know how it goes.
See you in class!
www.jellybeansports.com
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