All Entries in the "Jack Perconte on Hitting" Category
Yeah, I’m talking about Practice
Most everyone agrees that sports should be fun and, for most, playing games is usually fun. Practice can be a different story and making practice fun should be the goal of sports parents and coaches. Parents, who have attained the proper perspective and patience, as previously discussed, will have a great head start with getting [...]
Developing Patience with Your Kids in Sports Begins with Understanding
Patience is a lot like perspective. People have it UNTIL there own child is involved. Most of us parents are guilty of it. We display patience with other people’s kids, but when our own child does not perform up to expectations, we get upset and display our displeasure with words or actions. Unfortunately, it [...]
Effective Communication Is Important For Coaches
Effective communication is important for coaches
to make baseball rewarding and fun for young players
Chicago – It was the chance I had waited for since I was a 16th round draft pick drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1976. As a second baseman, I had cups of coffee with the Dodgers in 1980 and [...]
Help Your Young Hitter Learn the Perfect Swing With These 5 Drills
I have a favorite saying. Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
Most coaches will tell you that hitters are not born; they are made. Hitters develop the proper swing from drills and habits they learn in practice. It is better to take 10 fundamentally correct swings than to take 100 swings the wrong [...]
