Baseball Batting Coaching Conceptions: How to Connect with Your Players
There is a major disconnect in today's baseball world between coaches and players. Players are becoming increasingly more independent, and coaches have become increasingly more knowledgeable with all the information available at the click of a mouse. As a result, it has become increasingly more difficult to establish yourself as a well-qualified batting coach because you must be able to fully explain the madness behind you batting training methods. The old of age of do this and do that has flown out the window as players are looking for a deeper understanding of exactly what is trying to be accomplished. This is precisely why I want to share 7 overlooked coaching techniques that will make you a more knowledgeable coach, and a better communicator.
Batting Training Communication Technique #1: Ask a lot of questions. Over the course of my coaching career, I have learned so much more about my players by asking them questions. What do you feel you need to work on? What is one thing that you would feel you would like to improve? What felt differently about that swing versus the previous one? If left unchecked, players will go swing to swing without ever paying attention to the details. This is a fatal mistake and is the root of mediocrity. By getting your players to think out load you find the root of their baseball batting problems and you help them intuitively understand their swing at a higher level.
Batting Training Communication Technique #2: Be the calmest person in the batting cage. Your players face enough pressure and are going to be harder on their performance than you will ever be. If you get frustrated, you loose your ability to explain and thus your ability to coach. You are there to be a guide and mentor, not a disciplinarian or authority. Besides, your frustration is a product of your lack of ability to help your player get the results he is looking for. Before you start blaming the player for not responding, take a step back and ask yourself if you are doing everything you need to do first. Different players learn using different phrases which leads perfectly into tip number three.
Batting Training Communication Technique #3: If at first you don't succeed, it's time to change what you say. All baseball players are not created equal. Every player learns in a slightly different fashion and it is up to you to bridge the learning gap. It is great to have a few key sayings, but if they don't sink in by the fifth swing, it's back to the drawing bored. Baseball batting instructors have to be creative in their approach. It's your job to figure out what makes you player tick. Find his trigger sayings and you unlock the keys to his success. Every player deserves the opportunity to be successful regardless of his talent level. Help them understand what is need to get better.
#4: Follow the Thomas Edison approach. For those of you out there who aren't familiar with Sir Thomas, he invented the light bulb and also delivered one of the best quotes I have ever heard in my life "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that will not work". Failure is a part of hitting a baseball. In fact, the best only hit a little over .300. Every swing brings a new learning experience and one step closer to getting it right. Have three or four big takeaways from every swing to learn from. What do you need to correct? What did you do right so you can repeat it? Hitting is not complicated, but players are. Make it simple and learn to watch your hitters flourish.
#5: You are in a suburb, not a city. Communication is a two way street, not a one-way road. Communication is not talking at your player and getting him to agree with you. Communication is allowing your player to freely form his own opinions and share them with you! I am sure he has feedback on how you could become a better coach! What's the matter, don't like what he has to say? Baseball Coaches are always at the front of the line in arrogance. If you want to be a better baseball batting instructor, ask your player what you could be doing better to connect with him. If he says nothing or that you are doing a great job, he is lying. Find out what he doesn't like about how things are going and you will establish much stronger bond of trust.
Batting Training Communication Technique #6: Be lavish in your praise, and short to criticize. This is an old sales technique. People like to know that they are making progress and are doing a good job. On the flip side, players hate to be criticized and will resent you for it. It has nothing do with you, it's just the way of the world. If you want to get your players to work harder, be lavish in your praise. Reward your players for the smallest accomplishments in your baseball batting training sessions and they will work twice as hard to get better.
Batting Training Communication Technique #7: Baseball is fun, make a joke or two. A lot of comedic things happen the baseball field. Let your players know that it is okay to laugh when something is funny. I have played for too many coaches who take the game to serious. Players play their best baseball when they are relaxed and enjoy the game. If you find things are getting a bit too tense, add some humor to the situation. After all, the reason you start playing the game is because it is fun.
The best baseball coaches are teachers of the game and learn just as much from their players, as their players learn from them. By using the techniques you have learned here today, you will not only become a better communicator, but will have a more rewarding coaching experience. Bridging the gap of communication will allow you build a much stronger bond with the players around you. If you want to take your players talent to the next level, take your communication to the next level.
Batting Training Communication Technique #1: Ask a lot of questions. Over the course of my coaching career, I have learned so much more about my players by asking them questions. What do you feel you need to work on? What is one thing that you would feel you would like to improve? What felt differently about that swing versus the previous one? If left unchecked, players will go swing to swing without ever paying attention to the details. This is a fatal mistake and is the root of mediocrity. By getting your players to think out load you find the root of their baseball batting problems and you help them intuitively understand their swing at a higher level.
Batting Training Communication Technique #2: Be the calmest person in the batting cage. Your players face enough pressure and are going to be harder on their performance than you will ever be. If you get frustrated, you loose your ability to explain and thus your ability to coach. You are there to be a guide and mentor, not a disciplinarian or authority. Besides, your frustration is a product of your lack of ability to help your player get the results he is looking for. Before you start blaming the player for not responding, take a step back and ask yourself if you are doing everything you need to do first. Different players learn using different phrases which leads perfectly into tip number three.
Batting Training Communication Technique #3: If at first you don't succeed, it's time to change what you say. All baseball players are not created equal. Every player learns in a slightly different fashion and it is up to you to bridge the learning gap. It is great to have a few key sayings, but if they don't sink in by the fifth swing, it's back to the drawing bored. Baseball batting instructors have to be creative in their approach. It's your job to figure out what makes you player tick. Find his trigger sayings and you unlock the keys to his success. Every player deserves the opportunity to be successful regardless of his talent level. Help them understand what is need to get better.
#4: Follow the Thomas Edison approach. For those of you out there who aren't familiar with Sir Thomas, he invented the light bulb and also delivered one of the best quotes I have ever heard in my life "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that will not work". Failure is a part of hitting a baseball. In fact, the best only hit a little over .300. Every swing brings a new learning experience and one step closer to getting it right. Have three or four big takeaways from every swing to learn from. What do you need to correct? What did you do right so you can repeat it? Hitting is not complicated, but players are. Make it simple and learn to watch your hitters flourish.
#5: You are in a suburb, not a city. Communication is a two way street, not a one-way road. Communication is not talking at your player and getting him to agree with you. Communication is allowing your player to freely form his own opinions and share them with you! I am sure he has feedback on how you could become a better coach! What's the matter, don't like what he has to say? Baseball Coaches are always at the front of the line in arrogance. If you want to be a better baseball batting instructor, ask your player what you could be doing better to connect with him. If he says nothing or that you are doing a great job, he is lying. Find out what he doesn't like about how things are going and you will establish much stronger bond of trust.
Batting Training Communication Technique #6: Be lavish in your praise, and short to criticize. This is an old sales technique. People like to know that they are making progress and are doing a good job. On the flip side, players hate to be criticized and will resent you for it. It has nothing do with you, it's just the way of the world. If you want to get your players to work harder, be lavish in your praise. Reward your players for the smallest accomplishments in your baseball batting training sessions and they will work twice as hard to get better.
Batting Training Communication Technique #7: Baseball is fun, make a joke or two. A lot of comedic things happen the baseball field. Let your players know that it is okay to laugh when something is funny. I have played for too many coaches who take the game to serious. Players play their best baseball when they are relaxed and enjoy the game. If you find things are getting a bit too tense, add some humor to the situation. After all, the reason you start playing the game is because it is fun.
The best baseball coaches are teachers of the game and learn just as much from their players, as their players learn from them. By using the techniques you have learned here today, you will not only become a better communicator, but will have a more rewarding coaching experience. Bridging the gap of communication will allow you build a much stronger bond with the players around you. If you want to take your players talent to the next level, take your communication to the next level.
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