| Have you faced these baseball concerns as a | | | | this is your son, don't mean you should treat |
| coaching dad? | | | | him like a guinea pig. Maybe some of the |
| | | | other players want to fill that empty |
| Has your son become the player he is because | | | | position. Yes , experience helps out. If |
| he wants to be , or because you forced him | | | | you're steadily picking your son to fill the |
| into the sport? Dad, if this sport has become | | | | empty position , none of the other players |
| more about your feelings and not your son's , | | | | are getting more experience in the empty |
| then you need to step back and rethink what | | | | positions. Treat the players fairly. |
| you could be doing to your son. | | | | |
| | | | Nothing is more exciting than coaching your |
| Do you put more pressure on your son , than | | | | son. Making decisions to fill empty positions |
| the rest of the team? If so, you are turning | | | | with other players isn't easy either. Did |
| your son against you. Eliminate embarrassing | | | | anyone tell you the game was going to be |
| your son in front of his team players. Talk | | | | easy? Remember your son looks at you as his |
| to the team as a team , don't pick on your | | | | father and coach. You should look at your son |
| son or any other child in front of their team | | | | as a team player and your great son. |
| players. | | | | |
| | | | By the age fourteen, your son will develop a |
| Do you decide what position your son should | | | | natural position. What about the other |
| play? Have you checked to see what abilities | | | | players on the team? Without experience , |
| the other team players have before you stuck | | | | they will never hold a natural position. |
| your son in it. No one is perfect. There are | | | | |
| some positions that you will never find or be | | | | With experience , the team can develop trust |
| satisfied with the player. | | | | among themselves and learn that they can |
| | | | depend on each other. This will allow the |
| Athletes under thirteen tend to have a hard | | | | team to see the game in a different and |
| time settling down to one specific position. | | | | definitely a better way. Experience may force |
| You will always have a weak link in the team. | | | | your son out of his natural position before |
| | | | his baseball career has started to another |
| When a team player is out sick , do you drag | | | | challenging position in baseball. Never tend |
| your son up to fill that position? Is he | | | | to say never , because it will come back on |
| satisfied with you doing this ? Just because | | | | you. |