im havin a hard time deciding my future i know that im gaurnted a coachin job next year but it will cut until my playin time which im get a startin job this year i dont know which one to take so thanks anyways
2006-12-19 16:22:28 · 10 answers · asked by baseballbrave 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Looks like I'm the only one saying Coach. But only if you consider some things. How effective a player are you? How much knowledge do you have? If you believe you could coach, try putting together a regiment to teach. I would suggest aiming at these goals in such an endeavor. What Audience do you have? How long would it take to teach all that you know from the ground up? What tricks or trends have you noticed? Can you make a report showing the effects, positive or negative of the information?
Depending on how much you can write or how much information you can share it might show how much you can coach. Personally I am a control pitching coach. With specific knowledge on simplified training. A rule of thumb is for every hour of practice you spend, you should take 3 hours to plan. With three two hour practice sessions thats 18 hours of planning a week. Be sure that you're ready to dedicate that much time. This may seem like a lot of time but take into account that Audience question. A pitching session can have any where from 4 (little league) to 30 (Open Pitching Camps) a practice. All of them will know different pitches, have different talents, and strengths which means you have to adapt to teach everyone you can.
This may seem like over kill, but development of fielders is no less demanding.
2006-12-19 17:25:16 · answer #1 · answered by masked_marauder_0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You said you were "guaranteed" the coaching job so I'd take that. I'm 56 and played ball for a very long time. I still have dreams about making a comeback, but I know it's virtually impossible now since my body has taken a beating. I've also coached 5 different sports, including baseball. I would say go with the security. Your playing career can be washed up with one major injury at any given time. You can still play recreation ball in your spare time because that will kind of satisfy that competitive drive you will have inside you. Since I'm technically in the "washed up" stage, I just do other sports like bowling, golf, tennis & I still like to get out and throw the football around. And there's always co-ed softball! Great entertainment. Good luck.
2006-12-20 02:46:50 · answer #2 · answered by gone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'll gain experience playing to help your coaching in the future!
come on man you got to keep playing! Good Luck Sir!
2006-12-20 10:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the coaching job actually a job, as in a paid job?
2006-12-20 02:30:21 · answer #4 · answered by playmkr278 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep playing......the more you play, the more knowledgeable you'll become (believe me you don't stop learning in baseball). You can use that later to begin coaching.
2006-12-20 00:28:53 · answer #5 · answered by joelopr20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You gotta play,can always coach later
2006-12-20 10:00:51 · answer #6 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would take the playing time. You can coach when your too old to play.
2006-12-20 00:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by pat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would play while you can life is short you can coach when your are old
2006-12-20 00:51:48 · answer #8 · answered by dan the man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes me 2. do what pat says no brainer.
2006-12-20 00:28:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
play as much as you can
2006-12-20 00:43:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋