Michael Port, author of the best-selling book Steal The Show, discusses how youth baseball coaches can communicate better and command the huddle with their players.
In this 32-minute episode, you'll learn:
- why learning and understanding communication skills in youth baseball is important
- whether being happy as a coach is important
- why coaches should know the players' personalities
- how to deal with ambivalent players (including what NOT to do)
- one way to deal with misbehaving players
- whether consequences are a good idea
- whether your voice should be firm or gentle
- one useful technique for communicating to your team
- how to communicate without yelling
- what emotional intelligence is
- how to have more presence
- Heroic Public Speaking, training to improve public speaking
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