Sometimes coaches forget that we're teachers -- first and foremost -- even at the pro level. I was reminded of this earlier today while reading
an article about SF Giants manager Bruce Bochy:
[Bochy] had some adjusting to do, too. He realized that he needed to do a lot more teaching and clarifying, helping the youngsters turn the game's nuances and strategies into instincts.
In one game, he remembers a younger player coming to the plate with a three-run deficit in the eighth and believing that he had done his job when he simply moved a runner over.
Under other circumstances, it would have been nice, fundamental, selfless team baseball. But not in that moment, not down by three runs.
Bochy made a mental note.
"You can't take for granted that they understand these things," Bochy said, "that you play according to the scoreboard, so I have to be really clear about what I want."
Sometimes coaches forget that we're teachers -- first and foremost -- even at the pro level. I was reminded of this earlier today while reading an article about SF Giants manager Bruce Bochy:
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