in Practice by coach mike on 14 Mar 2008
Every kid is different. Specially the younger kids. I try not to treat everyone the same. Some need more attention than others. The older guys want to establish their place in the pecking order, let the new kids know “whose boss.” The problem with that is the younger kids sometimes are more timid, maybe a little scared, and you don’t want to chase them off. I understand the order of things, the seniors had to go through it, so they expect the new guys to put up with it. So we let it go some what. I would like the older guys to be leaders, show the way, show what it takes to get better and be good. Most of the time it takes a couple of years to learn great work habits. Some guys have it the day they are born, Matt Brummel for one, works hard all the time wants to get better. But most will do the bare minimum or less.