Coaching Philosophy
The idea that coaching only occurs on the playing field or that it only pertains to athletics is outdated, especially at the junior college level. Athletes who begin their college athletic careers at the junior college level usually do so for a number of reasons. Most of these reasons are actually obstacles that force athletes to choose the junior college route and keep them from making the jump right away to the four year level and most of these obstacles occur off of the field.
A majority of the athletes that I come into contact with are extremely gifted and talented athletes who are at our school because of poor grades or off field issues. It is because of these issues that my main goal as a coach is to develop our players on and off of the field in order to help mold them into a well rounded student athlete. I believe that through athletics student athletes can learn a lot about life after sports. A motto that I constantly preach to our players is, "Let your baseball ability determine your next destination, not your grades". This statement parallels real life in that some of the most important aspects of life are not going to be fun, but also have the biggest impact.
Sports, for most athletes, will end before they are ready to be done. It is a hard and sad fact about athletics is that they will break your heart more times than they will fill it up with joy. That elusive, fulfilling feeling is something that most athletes strive to achieve their whole careers. A lot of athletes will end their career wanting more and feeling as though they had more to give. I remind my athletes everyday to play every pitch, at bat and play as if it were their last because for some it may be and that feeling of knowing that you had more to give when it was all said and done can eat away at an athlete for a long time. Most importantly, I remind my players to enjoy and cherish every moment that they get to be on the field and around their teammates because they will remember those experiences for the rest of their lives and they should be able to remember them and look on them fondly.
"When you were a kid I can bet you didn't pick up a ball and a bat because you were dying to go to work" - Tom Selleck in "Mr. Baseball"
A majority of the athletes that I come into contact with are extremely gifted and talented athletes who are at our school because of poor grades or off field issues. It is because of these issues that my main goal as a coach is to develop our players on and off of the field in order to help mold them into a well rounded student athlete. I believe that through athletics student athletes can learn a lot about life after sports. A motto that I constantly preach to our players is, "Let your baseball ability determine your next destination, not your grades". This statement parallels real life in that some of the most important aspects of life are not going to be fun, but also have the biggest impact.
Sports, for most athletes, will end before they are ready to be done. It is a hard and sad fact about athletics is that they will break your heart more times than they will fill it up with joy. That elusive, fulfilling feeling is something that most athletes strive to achieve their whole careers. A lot of athletes will end their career wanting more and feeling as though they had more to give. I remind my athletes everyday to play every pitch, at bat and play as if it were their last because for some it may be and that feeling of knowing that you had more to give when it was all said and done can eat away at an athlete for a long time. Most importantly, I remind my players to enjoy and cherish every moment that they get to be on the field and around their teammates because they will remember those experiences for the rest of their lives and they should be able to remember them and look on them fondly.
"When you were a kid I can bet you didn't pick up a ball and a bat because you were dying to go to work" - Tom Selleck in "Mr. Baseball"