by Jack Perconte | Feb 6, 2019 | Parenting Tips, Raising an Athlete
“The Look” does not have to lead to tension I am pretty sure the author of the popular statement, “If looks could kill,” came up with it while watching an athlete responding to parental advice about how to play sports. Does that deadly look mean parents or kids are...
by Jack Perconte | Jan 25, 2019 | Coaching the mental game, Raising an Athlete
Youth Sports Need Life Coaches Unfortunately, many people hear the terms positive coaching and positive parenting and roll their eyes and think here we go again with all that goody-goody stuff. It is a shame some people look negatively on those terms because the...
by Jack Perconte | Aug 19, 2018 | Parenting Tips, Raising an Athlete
Best Psychology of Coaching Tips The psychology of coaching is different at the youth levels of sports than at the higher levels. However, many of the tactics are similar when it comes to keeping players’ focus. Some of the best coaches I had confused our team....
by Jack Perconte | Aug 12, 2018 | Coaching the mental game, Raising an Athlete
The Negative Side of Baseball Statistics At the youth baseball levels, I do not like to see youth baseball coaches publish individual player baseball statistics. Often, statistics set kids up as failures and parents and coaches should not allow that to happen....
by Jack Perconte | Jun 12, 2018 | Parenting Tips, Strategies
Sports Safety Tips to Show You Know What You Are Doing Accidents and injuries happen in sports. But that fact does not excuse coaches from possible negligence. Lawsuits were once rare occurrences, but are much more common in today’s world. Many injuries are avoidable...
by Jack Perconte | Jun 8, 2018 | Coaching the mental game, Jack's Corner
Baseball Triple Crown Difficulty When people mention the Baseball Triple Crown, baseball people automatically think about batting average, home runs, and RBI (runs batted in). In 2012, future Hall of Fame and Detroit Tigers star, Miguel Cabrera, achieved the baseball...
