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Feb 28 2020
Essential hacks to lead your baseball and softball team with TeamSnap.
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Oct 30 2019
Every season comes with new and exciting challenges – yet sometimes they can leave you feeling anxious or uneasy. Will you get enough players and coaches to sign up? Are…
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Oct 09 2017
I was livid. My son, the back-up second baseman, had been told by the coach that, if the team had a sizable lead, he would come into the game in…
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Apr 19 2017
Take a look around. It’s not hard to find examples of parents gone wild at youth sporting events. Arguing with officials, arguing with coaches and berating young kids has become so…
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Apr 22 2016
Baseball is a complex game, but many of us understand it well enough to play. Surely from the first time aunt Helen or uncle Bill threw that first ball to…
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Apr 11 2016
If you’re a coach starting a new season, your schedule is probably packed. You’ve got practices to coordinate, new names to learn and games to prepare for. That’s why we’ve…
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Mar 03 2016
Many parents have told me that their child does well in the batting cage, but when playing in a game, it looks like they’ve never swung a bat before. Pressure…
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Feb 19 2014
You are at your 8-year-old daughter’s recreational soccer game and you are livid. Why? Because your daughter isn’t getting the playing time you think she deserves. You seethe and stomp…
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Jan 14 2014
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about coaches who play favorites, giving some kids more playing time than others for various valid – and not so valid –…
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Mar 05 2013
Part III of III Read Part I and Part II Parents and coaches, keep your cool. Manage your expectations of your athlete, or they won’t find it enjoyable on a deeper…
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Sep 26 2012
I, along with several million other football fans, watched in disbelief on Monday night as the Seattle Seahawks were awarded a game-winning, last-second touchdown after Golden Tate clearly pushed the…
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Apr 03 2012
Since I started blogging on this site about a year ago, I’ve written extensively about parents who behave badly at tryouts, practices and games. Those yellers, screamers, and tantrum-throwers who…
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Mar 12 2012
Every year at tryouts, no matter for which sport the tryout is held, hyper-competitive parents can be heard boasting to their friends that their child is going to ‘play up’…
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Oct 03 2011
Cape Cod League baseball provides an unrivaled environment for baseball fans – young and old – to meet and mingle with top college ballplayers, many of whom go on to…
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