Posted by: Richard Schenck () on Fri May 31 10:42:18 2002

Richard- Well said !
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> I especially liked the "you have to have a passion for teaching skills...."
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> If you can't tell the kid HOW exactly to get better then how can you demand performance and justify the respect they have for you ?

Thanks for the kind words. My sons also play basketball and the lack of individual skill instruction in that sport is every bit as common as in baseball. Maybe more common. Mostly because it's easier to hide a players deficiencies in basketball than in baseball.