Rob Tong shares his top seven tips for 2024 that he learned from 2023.
Plus Rob answers the Question of the Week (18:30) about how to teach kids situational awareness.
In this 26-minute episode, you'll learn:
- tip #1: teach position-specific stuff (2:20)
- tip #2: teach life lessons (4:00)
- tip #3: emphasize the IQ component of baserunning (5:59)
- tip #4: focus on your team, not your kids' parents (7:33)
- tip #5: prioritize short hops over long hops (9:18)
- tip #6: intentionally work with fixed mindset kids (11:13)
- tip #7: handle teaching hitting differently depending on if you're coaching select or rec (15:49)
- bonus tip: don't be satisfied with just explaining things (17:27)
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