Midwest Astros West 12U
Purdy Team

Philosophy / Goals

It takes patience, love, respect and confidence.

Coaching Goals:

· Our main priority is to keep the girls safe, help them continue in their growth of the game and have as much fun as possible

· Teach confidence, how to deal with adversity, have class, commitment, humbleness, and discipline

· Teach the difference of playing well and winning

· How to keep composure even when the game is not fair

Coaching Philosophy:

· Teach the girls to be a team first and to be a family- on and off the field- sit together, walk together, work together

· Teaching them the attitude of “together”

· Empower and encourage players to take responsibility for their play, practices, attitudes, and work ethics

· One homerun does not win the game and one dropped fly ball does not lose a game – we win as team - we lose as team with class

Coaching Strategy:

· Preventing mistakes, teach the girls to stay focused and in the game

· Challenge the girls to personally improve as the season moves forward

· Each player will have two positions and we will continue to grow to additional positions. We are trying to shape the girls to be full utility players which will help if they continue this path into high school and college ball

· Sitting a player - we will never sit a player for a physical mistake, but we will sit a player for mistreating a teammate, creating unnecessary drama, making a negative or rude comment to a teammate

Challenges:

· We are a first-year team with a mix of first year 12U and second year 12U girls in which we will be playing teams who have been playing together for years