Coach B, and viewers,
I was assisting Herb Livsey, who at the time was coaching my middle school's basketball team. He told our players to "never try anything in a game that you have not yet mastered in practice". That was many, many years ago, but I find it still true today and across all sports.

I had a coach almost kill half of my high school football team (a great team, by the way,) with a grueling 4 hour practice on a hot day. He was trying to get some problem kids to quit and it worked, but we all paid the price. The next day, he told me personally that he was sorry it had gone so far, but he was thrilled at how far we mnaged to go as a group just because we had the will.

The lesson I learned then, is one that I repeat all the time to players now. "Until you've pushed yourself beyond what you believe is possible, you'll never know what you're really capable of."

I think the most important thing I've learned from my Coaches was to have fun no matter what. It's just a game, but that doesn't mean don't do your best, it just means go out there and have fun. And if the game doesn't go in our favor that's ok, there's always the next game to win. I love my Coaches, I'm glad God put me on there team.

As a coach I've learned there is never one solution to a problem that will fit all situations. Players are motivated by different means and finding that 'trigger' to get them to excel is sometimes difficult.

As a coach I always want to put the players in a position to succeed. For example, if a girl can't catch the ball, but wants to play First Base, she won't have success in that spot. I will have her work hard in practice and outside of practice to get better before I put her in that spot in a game. Hopefully, that will be motivation for her to work on getting better. That way she will be able to play the position she wants without hurting the team in a game.