tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800395274918718811.post9200824486585569039..comments2009-09-08T18:39:18.851-07:00Mike Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02146101224081919093noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800395274918718811.post-4561263273548154002009-09-08T18:39:18.851-07:002009-09-08T18:39:18.851-07:00Good question about youth sports.... my answer to your question is in a blog article I wrote a couple of weeks ago after my 9/10 year old baseball team won the championship. Check it out here<br />http://crawdaddycove.com/2009/08/13/winnings-the-goal-but-it-isnt-the-point/<br />-- Rob Crawford, Vice President of Red Sox Nation and youth baseball coachRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334405129491400493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800395274918718811.post-48656045955703362222009-07-04T04:15:09.278-07:002009-07-04T04:15:09.278-07:00Jim,<br /><br />I like where what you are doing with your site.<br /><br />Yes, let&#39;s connect. Shoot (pun intended) me an email at mikewilliams.vt (at sign) gmail (dot) com. I&#39;d love to connect.<br /><br />Need to do that to avoid spammers.<br /><br />MikeMike Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02146101224081919093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800395274918718811.post-43822633084793923182009-07-03T18:42:49.260-07:002009-07-03T18:42:49.260-07:00Mike - Love your site! Am going to spend some more time checking it out. One of my projects this summer is to continue to build out a video wiki I started last season for the middle school basketball program I run. You can check it out here:<br /><br />http://slshoops.wikispaces.com/<br /><br />Maybe there&#39;s a way we can collaborate make both our sites better!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11035943923687150770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800395274918718811.post-13543186033448316482009-07-03T06:33:41.961-07:002009-07-03T06:33:41.961-07:00Jim,<br /><br />I couldn&#39;t agree more. You are a kindred spirit. I have a work in progress site (very home grown site) that works on what you are talking about. You can check it out here. http://www.wecoachrecbasketball.com/<br /><br />I hope to get back to this site soon. I lost my momentum when the season ended last year.<br /><br />MikeMike Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02146101224081919093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800395274918718811.post-34239582478127033032009-07-03T04:10:58.290-07:002009-07-03T04:10:58.290-07:00Yes, in fact my AD has brought the PCA into our school the last few years to run coaching workshops, which were pretty good. I first heard about them from a coach who was a friend and competitor, a hardcore &quot;disciplinarian&quot; type, who found that they pretty much changed his entire approach to life (after 20+ yrs as a coach)!<br /><br />I&#39;m also of the opinion that coaches need to consider strategies &amp; tactics for how to accomplish those goals I mentioned above. For example, if you don&#39;t plan your practices well, keep kids moving and motivated instead of just standing around waiting for something to happen, then they&#39;re not going to have as much fun or learn as much!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11035943923687150770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800395274918718811.post-68975555239460973932009-07-03T02:16:52.480-07:002009-07-03T02:16:52.480-07:00Jim,<br /><br />Thank you for your feedback.<br /><br />Excellent points. Have you read the book The Double Goal Coach? I think you would like it. It is put out by the Positive Coaching Alliance. It is based on research done at Stanford.Mike Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02146101224081919093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800395274918718811.post-35923753148477121482009-07-02T18:36:12.665-07:002009-07-02T18:36:12.665-07:00I&#39;m glad you&#39;re asking these questions, they&#39;re hugely important. Here&#39;s my feelings as a parent (18yo, 6yo, 3yo) a former college and varsity hs coach, and a current tee-ball and middle-school basketball coach.<br /><br />A successful season as a parent is one in which my child enjoyed going to practices &amp; games, built relationships with his teammates and coaches, developed his skills further/learned new ones, learned and practiced good sportsmanship, received equitable opportunity to compete in games/matches/etc, and was made to feel good about himself and his development from practice to practice, game to game, and over the course of the whole season.<br /><br />As a coach, a successful season is one in which all of the above happened for every player, and his/her parent(s).Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11035943923687150770noreply@blogger.com