Comments on: So You Want to Be GREAT http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/miscellaneous/being-great/ Your Education Destination for all things Softball Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:38:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scott Libby http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/miscellaneous/being-great/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Scott Libby Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:00:23 +0000 http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/?p=902#comment-274 Cindy, once again thanks for fantastic information. Oh yeah, discussed with two of my pitchers the article (which I forwarded to them) on increasing pitch movement. They too loved the article and the way the steps were broken down into managable pieces. Coach Libby Cindy, once again thanks for fantastic information. Oh yeah, discussed with two of my pitchers the article (which I forwarded to them) on increasing pitch movement. They too loved the article and the way the steps were broken down into managable pieces.

Coach Libby

]]> By: Why you DON’T want a team full of super stars « Softball Excellence http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/miscellaneous/being-great/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Why you DON’T want a team full of super stars « Softball Excellence Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:56:11 +0000 http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/?p=902#comment-273 [...] “A” Players – “A” players are just that – A grade. They’re independent, hard working, driven, and self-motivated. A’s are competitive and want to be the best at everything they do. A’s typically look out more for themselves since they’re so driven for their own performance. Your Challenge with “A” Players – you have to keep them challenged or else they get bored. A’s also get frustrated at other’s lack of performance so you will be challenged to keep them stretching their skills while helping them learn patience for their teammates. Bored A players get into trouble either on your team or else they start looking to play on another team. You cannot give them the same boring tasks day after day at practice since these don’t challenge them at all. You’ve got to work hard to keep them motivated because they need more challenges than your other players. Does this sound familiar? Doesn’t this sound like exactly what Dan Coyle talked about when he said players must “stretch” themselves in order to improve and A players will in fact stretch you in order to continually keep them challenged. (So You Want to Be GREAT). [...] [...] “A” Players – “A” players are just that – A grade. They’re independent, hard working, driven, and self-motivated. A’s are competitive and want to be the best at everything they do. A’s typically look out more for themselves since they’re so driven for their own performance. Your Challenge with “A” Players – you have to keep them challenged or else they get bored. A’s also get frustrated at other’s lack of performance so you will be challenged to keep them stretching their skills while helping them learn patience for their teammates. Bored A players get into trouble either on your team or else they start looking to play on another team. You cannot give them the same boring tasks day after day at practice since these don’t challenge them at all. You’ve got to work hard to keep them motivated because they need more challenges than your other players. Does this sound familiar? Doesn’t this sound like exactly what Dan Coyle talked about when he said players must “stretch” themselves in order to improve and A players will in fact stretch you in order to continually keep them challenged. (So You Want to Be GREAT). [...]

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