1. CCSA Coaching 101

2. Defining Responsibility

4. Coaching Philosophy If your team have fun, they’ll come Invest in people, not softball. However they did sign up for softball, so don’t undermine the sport itself Competition and wanting to do well on the field is not wrong Belonging before Believing

5. Coaching Characteristics 1.Believing – Players respond to you having faith in them – Help and guide – Encourage and cheer for – Understand and care for the individual needs for your team

6. Coaching Characteristics 2. Character – Humility – Self Controlled – Always see the positives – Always look for teaching moments

7. Coaching Characteristics 3. Knowledgeable – Good coach have an ability to break down the game – Fun & Fellowship is not an excuse for us not to be prepared – Make practices fun and challenging

8. Coaching Characteristics 4. Visionary – Set direction for team – Set and keep expectations

9. Coaching Characteristics 5. Good Communicator – Constantly look for opportunities to talk to your team – We are using the game of softball to develop these channels of communication, so we can begin to speak into our players’ lives

10. Coaching Pitfalls 1.We equate success with winning, failure with losing 2.We let our emotions get the best of us 3.We expect all our players to be able to master skills taught 4.We are often afraid to have difficult conversations

11. Coaching Pitfalls 5.You try to treat everyone the same 6.We always have to be right 7.We expect our governors to take care of all spiritual related matters 8.We feel we need to do everything