Taking on the challenge of coaching your own child, let alone other people's kids can be a daunting task, but it is also a labor of love. The problem with many youth sports is the lack of individuals that possess true coaching experience. These individuals are trying to teach our budding athletes the proper way to play their sport, and some of the coaches are clueless where to start.
This isn't necessarily the coach's fault. Many times the coach is a parent that has been thrown into the fire, because of a lack of volunteers. I know, because I have been placed in that position once before, in a sport which I knew nothing about! Luckily, I did know a couple of people who had either played the sport and excelled at it or had been a coach. One of the individuals was a former professional player, and the other was a former college player and coach. Picking their brains was the best thing that I could do for the kids on the team, and my own sanity. The information that I gathered and taught the kids that year, helped develop their skills more quickly than I could have ever done on my own accord. Actually, I probably would have screwed them up beyond all recognition if we would have done things my way. Anyway, we went on to finish in First Place that year, and it was a great experience for the kids. Thanks to the expertise I was able to gain from others.
That is what this blog is about. Sharing ideas and techniques that have worked in educating and training athletes of all ages, especially young athletes, and providing them with the best practices to make them better at their favorite sports. Our goal is to help provide you with tips and training techniques to help you become either a better athlete or a better coach. The information that we at Coaching You Up will supply is not generated from our own views of what should be taught, but rather we will be relaying the training strategies from the High School, College and even Professional Level of various sports.
Myself, nor any of my friends and old teammates ever became college or professional athletes, and some of us were very athletic in our own rights. However, what we were taught in the past was not adequate enough to build on our natural talents. So why would I ever expect my past training experiences, that were passed on from other uninformed parents, to be fruitful knowledge in creating a better athlete. If those philosophies did not work then, it is a safe bet that they will not work now. That is why the tips we present here will not be of our own concoction.
What we have done is extensive research and reached out to those who have been successful in their respective sport, either as a coach, player or both. We are excited to be bringing this collection of knowledge to the world and hope to improve the games of promising young athletes and the older weekend warriors alike. We also hope this blog is used as a tool by coaches of all levels to gather valuable information that will make them better at developing their players' skills.
Over the next few weeks we will be posting these techniques. Along the way, we encourage your feedback and also your submissions for any tips and practice techniques that have worked to improve your own game, or your child's skill set. Soon you will see posts for sports like Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, and possibly more!
The main objective of sports is to have fun, provide a competitive outlet for exercise, and to teach teamwork and good sportsmanship to our youth. The games become much more fun to play, coach and watch from the sidelines, when the participants are fundamentally sound. That is our objective in a nutshell.
