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Coach Ed and Coach Bill Discuss Player positioning issues
The 7 Rules of Winning
1) A winner always does their best.
Things don't always go your way, but a winner knows
that if they continue to do their best, everything will
work out in their favor eventually. Only one team can
win a particular game, when both are doing their best.
Regardless of the outcome of this particular game, if
you did your best, you won!
2) You're a winner if your team wins.
Baseball is a team sport. If your team won, you won.
Don't make things more complicated than that. Winners
help those around them win, and they recognize that
they couldn't have done it alone.
3) Nobody wins all the time.
Winning is the object of baseball, but nobody wins
every game. In fact, losing occasionally makes winning
all the more sweet. Winning wouldn't mean anything if
you never lost. So, just because you may lose on
occasions doesn't mean you're not a winner.
4) A winner always supports their teammates.
Everyone occasionally will make an honest mistake (even
you!). A winner doesn't let it affect them in a
negative way. In fact, it's those very challenges that
often separate winners from losers. Winners always
rise to the challenge, while losers let the challenges
dictate their fate.
5) Winners practice like they play.
If you practice like you play, your best will become
better. The purpose of practice is to turn good
muscular performance into an unconscious natural
reflex, to make doing it right a muscular memory. If
you practice at half-speed, you'll play at half-speed.
Practice perfectly, then play perfectly.
6) Winners don't let their own mistakes get in their way.
A wise man once said you're allowed one primal scream
after making a mistake. Then you try to understand how
to avoid making the same mistake again and you put it
behind you. Learn from your mistakes (even those that
you sometimes repeat) and move on quickly. Even better,
learn from the mistakes of others. That way you'll
avoid the frustration of making the mistake yourself.
7) The scoreboard does NOT decide if you're a winner.
Your value to humankind is not determined by the
numbers on the scoreboard, win or lose. All the
scoreboard does is indicate who was better for a
particular game on a particular day. Win with dignity,
lose with dignity.
Did You Know?.......
That the 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates were the first team to wear double-knit
polyester uniforms. Up until then players wore wool uniforms which tended to
be hot and itchy during summer games.
Off the Top of Coach Ed's Head (Not
too much as there is not a lot there).
YOU CAN'T MAKE A GREAT PLAY UNLESS YOU'VE
DONE IT IN PRACTICE FIRST.
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