As a new baseball season begins, I thought I’d share my thoughts on one of the oldest debates in youth sports: playing time. If you’re a volunteer coach—especially a coach with your own kids on the team—it’s easy to feel like you’ve earned a little privilege. After...
I’m on a coaches’ forum where people ask questions and coaches give answers in a very amicable way, but I just had to share more about a question I saw recently. It was something like, “I have a 7-year-old and I wonder if my son needs a special hitting coach.” I’m...
Here’s a question I just saw on a parents forum — a friend of mine sent it and I think the answer is worthy of a blog post. The question: It’s only the second game in on this team, with 8, 9, and 10 year old boys. One boy has expressed his disgust...
