Bracky's Best of the Best 14U Tournament Schedule

[Shamus O'malley]

Crackers Blanco looked pretty good as well.

people still play for that guy? i guess the power of the craker koolaid overrides his reputation. i guess the new parents are easy pickings

they pulled a fast one on these suckers, its the old javier team from last year (no better of a coach) so they were assumed by bankroll, I wonder if he has everybody on the 100$ a month special? [/quote]


I forgot, this is 100% bombsquad, nothing fc about it

[Shamus O'malley]

Dude, if you are going to jump in at least learn to use the quote button correctly. It ain't that tough.

okie dokie

[RICHARD SKINNER]

That is totally an unfair aspertion on that team. We know most of the those kids and not only are they great ball players but outstanding individuals. It sucks that I am noticing a lot more coaches out there using this beat down theory of coaching that never seems to work. Coaches do yourself a favor and spend some time watching the really good college coaches. They dont beat down their kids constantly to get results. Remember these girls are not intentionally making mistakes. Positive reinforcement and constant training is how I coached when I almost won CIF back in the 80's. It works everytime!

[Shamus O'malley]

It sucks that I am noticing a lot more coaches out there using this beat down theory of coaching that never seems to work. Coaches do yourself a favor and spend some time watching the really good college coaches. They dont beat down their kids constantly to get results. Remember these girls are not intentionally making mistakes. Positive reinforcement and constant training is how I coached when I almost won CIF back in the 80's. It works everytime!

such a huge difference in coaching between Blanco and Sota even though they are both FC teams, Sota runs things more like Rico, positive, calm, no screaming and yelling, no foul language, girls smiling, having fun, coaches and players laughing, joking with each other, having a good time, etc, I can go on, just a good vibe and their success and results show. Blanco and Javier like the screaming, put the fear in the players, punish players, tear players down, argue with the blues, cursing, walk around with angry faces, etc., all of that negative shows as well, like Skinner said, these girls are not intentionally making mistakes, they are giving 100%, its a game of failure, no player will get on base every time, no player will never make an error, no pitcher will never walk or hit a batter, positive reinforcement, encouragement, pumping a player up with confidence is the way to coach, help the player, not hurt the player by punishing or degrading, it upsets me when I see a coach ripping into a player, they must feel real powerful yelling at a young girl, I always wonder to myself, where is this girls parents?

[scout team]

Great comments and observations by both Mr. Skinner and Shamus O'Malley. It pains me to hear the verbal abiuse that many of these coaches inflict on their players. I remember attending a coaching clinic many years ago and recall the presenter, a fomer D-1 player, stating that boys need to play good to feel good, but girls need to feel good to play good. It is surprising that so many coaches, including those of great organizations, never miss an opportunity to take the low road and belittlie the players for every phase of their game. If they are indeed as bad as the loud rants suggest, then why are these players still on the team? All players, at all levels, need not just excellent training and repetition, but positive encouragement and role models. Please give it a break coaches and take a few deep breaths before you tear into the next player. Provide some constructive criticism in private; don't humiliate the player for the world to see, simply to make yourself feel smarter or more superior. On behalf of positive coaches and supportive parents everywhere, keep it up girls, you're doing a great job and we enjoy watching you play the game you love and have fun!