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To accurately evaluate your performance in a game, it's essential to use a structured approach. You should fill out an evaluation form before and after each game. Facing the truth might sting initially, but it's the only way to identify areas for improvement
If you’ve gone through one of our programs at Practice Pro, you know there is a lot to remember. I’ve broken down 10 of the most helpful tips to remember from your pitching lessons.
Learn first, then do “fixing” later. Many coaches won’t do a video analysis on a pitcher in her first year or two of learning. While we look at video, we don’t try to “fix” a young player's problems when she doesn’t know the principles in the first place. If you start “fixing” too soon, players get discouraged, especially with detailed video analysis. Those tend to point out only problems.
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One way I like to explain it is through Martin M. Broadwell’s work. He was a management trainer in the 60’s. He wrote a famous article called Teaching for Learning in which he described the four stages of competence. I thought it would be fun to apply this not only to a pitcher’s experience, but also to a parent’s experience of getting his or her kid involved in pitching.
We want to reach “unconscious competence” in pitching and parenting. It’s when a skill can be performed easily without thinking about it. Here are the four phases, the first three leading up to our goal of “unconscious competence.”