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He came back to the dugout muttering, “I can’t get a good pitch to hit.” His first two at bats he had swung at first pitch breaking balls in the dirt and grounded to shortstop. This young man was playing for my Showcase team. He had been told about the necessity of selectivity, count strategies, and having a plan many times before in his baseball career but evidently it hadn’t sunk in. I yelled from the other end of the dugout, “Dang, Will, I sure don’t want to see your girlfriend. If you aren’t any more selective with chicks than with pitches. She must be a hog!” The entire dugout erupted with laughter and raggin’ jibes. Will blushed and hung his head. The next time at the plate he worked the count and crushed a fat fastball into the trees. He came back to the dugout beaming and announced “I just hooked up with Jennifer Lopez”! Lecturing ballplayers often doesn’t get results. You have to use many different ways of getting across your point. Sometimes brutal sarcasm works very well. In this case it not only made the point to Will but to the whole team. They all started to be more selective and after that any time a player crushed a pitch he would come back to the dugout and crack that he was a chick magnet or rock star. It got pretty funny and we started crushing the opposition. Teams that are having the most fun generally enjoy the most success. The Coach ARCHIVES
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