Introduction
| This
program
is
designed
to
give
you,
the
softball
coach,
some
idea
about
the
responsibility
that
has
been
given
you.
That
responsibility
entails
more
than
just
knowing
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
softball.
It
includes
knowing
how
to
deal
with
parents,
how
to
care
for
injuries,
understanding
risk
management,
your
legal
duties
as
a
coach,
how
to
organize
a
practice,
and
much
more.
You
will
receive
a
ACE
Coaching
Certification
Manual.
Carefully
read
your
manual
before
each
season
begins.
Take
it
out
on
the
field
with
you.
Think
of
this
manual
as
a
tool.
Just
as
a
batting
tee
used
to
help
improve
hitting,
this
manual
is
a
tool
for
you
to
use
to
improve
your
skills
as
a
coach. The manual is a practical guide to coaching. We know you do not have four assistant coaches, professional facilities, a huge budget, great equipment, and terrific players. Therefore, we attempt to address your situation in a realistic manner taking into account things like: |
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| * | This is probably your first coaching experience. |
| * | You probably became qualified to coach not because you said "yes," but because you did not say "No." |
| * | You might not know what kind of equipment you need, much less what condition it is in. |
| * | Your own kids are more than you can handle, and now you are responsible for the entire team. |
| * | What your team does during games does not look close to any softball games you have ever seen. |
| * | You
considered
yourself
a
patient
person
until
you
held
your
first
softball
practice. |
| If any of these statements echo how you feel about coaching youth softball, then you are in luck | |
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The Impact of Coaches |
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I have come to a frightening conclusion. |
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| I am the decisive element on the field. | |
| It is my personal approach that creates the climate. | |
| it is my daily mood that makes the weather. | |
| As a coach, I posses tremendous power to make an athletics life miserable or joyous. | |
| I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. | |
| In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and an athlete humanized or de-humanized. | |
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The
ACE
(Achieve,
Certify,
Educate)
Coaching
Certification
Program,
developed
and
designed
to
provide
softball
coaches
of
all
levels
-
from
beginning
coaches
to
experienced
veterans
-
an
opportunity
to
certify
as
a
coach
with
a
national
softball
organization. |
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| Please
feel
free
to
contact
the
Michigan
Amateur
Softball
Association
if
you
are
interested
in
hosting
or
attending
one
of
these
ASA
Coaching
Certification
Clinics. |
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| MASA 3316 Isabella Street Midland, Mi 48640 989-835-5821 jerryhanson@masasoftball.org |
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