June 2nd, 2008
Allowing Failure In Youth Baseball Drills
I’m sure you have heard the words, “practice makes perfect”. Or, “perfect practice makes perfect”. And while I enjoy the utopian view that someday I’ll get to coach the perfect team, or the perfect player, it’s just not going to happen. Especially not in a sport where failure is a common and frequent occurrence. It is vital that our athletes understand failure and be taught how to employ a strategy to use failure as a positive and not as a negative. It takes some rewiring in the minds of athletes, but it’s well worth the time spent.