If you are a big baseball fan, you know about the tragic news involving young stud pitcher Jose Fernandez. Fernandez lost his life in a boating accident in Miami. The baseball world was stunned, but his teammates on the Miami Marlins were shattered. This was not only a teammate, …read more
A few months ago, a reader sent me an article called Bad Sports Aren’t Bad Kids. It’s a well-written, highly relatable piece by a mom who admits that her son can be a “spectacularly bad sport.” She requests that other moms and dads please not judge her parenting based on …read more
If you’re a kid playing youth baseball, it can be both the biggest thrill and worst nightmare all wrapped into one. Emotions are amplified. A roller coaster of excitement one moment and disappointment the other. The game changes with one pitch, one inning or one play. With it, there …read more
As a veteran baseball mom and blogger, I’m always trying to think of helpful things I’ve learned along the way to pass on to fledgling sports parents. This morning, as my 42-year-old eyes strained to read the constantly decreasing font size of the Sunday paper, another of these nuggets of …read more
We’ve been your biggest fan since you stepped on the tee-ball field. We remember the awkwardness of you holding the bat, and the tee spilling over as you tried to hit the baseball. We cheered hard for you and we understood all the pressures you felt. But the reality …read more
Many of us have shuttle our kids around to youth baseball for most of their young lives. It’s not like when we were kids. When we were kids, we got to the field by bike, our mitt hung from the handle bars and the coach had the helmets and bats …read more
Players that play scared will never succeed. Players that practice, think and execute knowing that they have the ability will never fail, even if there’s a mistake. That’s because that player isn’t afraid of failure… that player will grow from it. Players learn from making mistakes. I know it sounds …read more
A guest post from our friend and favorite baseball coach, Rob Monaco. Read more of his writing at The Heart of Youth Baseball FB page. In baseball, there are moments. And throughout your baseball career, you will come across many. Sometimes it’s a simple one. Maybe it’s you in your …read more
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