inthedougout

Coaching baseball is, without a doubt, one of the hardest things to do. I have been lucky enough to coach a variety of sports - flag football, soccer, basketball, and baseball.  By far - the most difficult sport to coach is baseball. For starters, there are a few things about the sport working against you.  First, there's just more equipment.  With nearly every other sport, there isn't a bag full of equipment necessary to play the game.  In baseball, however, you're contending with gloves, bats, helmets, and so on.  As a coach, I have to bring catcher's equipment, hitting nets, tees, and so forth.  Judging by the weakened suspension in the rear axle of my car - it is a lot of equipment.  With other sports?  You usually only need the shoes on your feet and a desire to play the game - the balls are supplied.  The second thing working against you is idle time.  There is just more idle time with baseball.  In other sports, the players aren't as isolated from a play as t