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Make
sure you are coaching for the right reasons.
Are you coaching to
help your child and others become better? To spend
quality time with your kid? Or are you coaching
because you think you can help your child make it to the Majors?
Talk
to your son/daughter.
LISTEN FIRST. Why
are they playing? What do they think of the idea about
you coaching? Tell them why you would like to coach.
Establish
rules. Let
your kid know that you will be treating them like
every other player on the team. And you will be fair
but firm when correcting or disciplining them.
Have
a meeting with the team and parents before the season.
Outline your goals
and expectations.
Enlist
the help of your assistant coach.
Ask him/her to make
sure you don’t show any favoritism towards your son
or daughter but just as important, that you don’t go
too far the other way.
Be
good at what you are coaching.
No kid wants their
father or mother to be the butt of any critism.
Take
off your coaches’ hat at home.
No
need to rehash every play at the dinner table. Be a
great mom or dad. Spend some extra time away from the
court or field just having fun as a parent.
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