WYC 157 – Youth Baseball – Peter Caliendo – Developing the Habit of Hustle

Pete Caliendo has lead clinics for Major League Baseball International, USA Baseball and many other baseball organizations in various Latin American and European countries, and throughout the United States. Pete has lectured on baseball all over the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America, has written articles for various publications and an international coaches book. Has a set of 5 baseball instructional DVD’s developed specifically for the volunteer coach to help them organize, teach and have fun throughout their practice and games. Websites: caliendosportsinternational.com; baseballmadeeasy.net, baseballoutsidethebox.com, isgbaseball.com Twitter: @BetterBaseball Facebook: /peter.caliendo.779 Listen Now: Listen on iTunes: iTunes link Listen on Stitcher: Stitcher link Listen on Google Play Music: Google Play link- - New Sponsor! Want to save time running your sports team without paying a penny? Overwhelmed by constant texts, calls and emails?  Check out the Heja app, which helps coaches all over the world more easily manage youth sports teams - 100% free of charge! Click the link to download the app and get your team better organized for free now! app.goheja.com/pod Show Notes - WYC 157 – Peter Caliendo Cringe Moments Trying to repeat a process over and over again - each individual is unique and sometimes you're best to just work with what works for each individual. Keep an open mind when working with athletes. Teaching skills Don't just practice 'normal' situations - practice reacting after a mistake is made (a groundball is dropped, then react to how recover) Achieving Peak performance mentally Kids need to fail, earlier better than later. Ask them 'what did you learn?' Let the kids make decisions, let them learn, don't use them as robots. Team Culture It starts with respect for the game. Respect your equipment, your opponents, the umpires. Clean your dugouts. Character - are you happy when your teammates do well? How do you treat your teammates, the coaches, ets. Captains/Leaders They are servants and need to model behaviors Discipline It's all about communication - if a player isn't hustling, ask them 'are you tired?' If they say no, tell them it looks like they're tired because they're not running hard. Maybe tell them you're going to sit them out of the next few plays because they look tired, and they need to come tell you when they are ready to run hard again. Practice hustle. It's a habit, not inborn. For warm-ups in practice, have them run to their position on the field. Then blow a whistle and have them run back to you. (hidden conditioning) Connecting with and impacting kids It's cool when players you coach start implementing things you taught them The one that got away Tell kids what to do, not what not to do. Best borrowed/stolen idea Don't just copycat other coaches' ideas. Learn, but make it your own. Favorite books: Ken Ravizza - Heads-Up Baseball 2.0: 5 Skills for Competing One Pitch at a Time The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg Podcast - Krush Performance by Jeff Krushell Podcast - ABCA Parting Advice Create the most fun you can in practice. Make it unique and not too repetitive/boring. Make it competitive. Come with enthusiasm. Talk to each kid during each practice. Talk less, ask more questions. -- Reviews are the lifeblood of the podcast!- If you like the podcast- please take 2 minutes to write a review! Click here - Ready to be an Awesome Youth Coach? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter: SaveSave