It is spring - my season of full on coaching, lots of time spent with high school girls, updating stats, and just being outside on the diamond. Overall, we are having a pretty great season we are currently at 5-7 and I am pretty sure we have a few more wins in us. We have been hitting the ball really well this season which is a huge bonus from last year. We had a few games where we had some errors on defense and left a few people on base instead of scoring them - which kept us from winning those games.
Also this semester I have been going through a book called InSideOut Coaching with my Coaches Bible Study on Wednesday mornings. It has been a great addition to my coaching principles and ideas. It encourages coaches to go inside their own lives to find out why we are coaching so that we can make sports a life changing experience. I have known for awhile that as a coach I have the potential to influence the lives of many, many children so I try to do it in a positive and uplifting way. This book and the Bible study have helped me enhance that ability to be uplifting coach and person to children. One of the things that the author of this book challenges us to do is to write a mission statement. It is still a work in progress and I am sure it might change over the years as I learn more.
I know that this might not happen with everyone I coach but it is at least my goal for them.
