
Way of Champions Podcast #101 "How to Create a Season to Remember" with former MLB player Jack Perconte
Feb 10, 2019
57:36
John Patrick "Jack" Perconte (born August 31, 1954) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1980 to 1986. In addition to his Major League baseball career, Perconte has authored three books:
- "Creating a Season to Remember: The New Youth Sports Coaching Leadership Handbook
- "The Making of a Hitter- A Proven and Practical Step-by-Step Baseball Guide"
- "Raising an Athlete- How to Instill Confidence, Build Skills and Inspire a Love of Sport"
- 4 mins: Jack's journey to becoming a major league player with no confidence
- 6 mins: Learning how to be through observing the work ethic of his father and coaches
- 10 mins: Transitioning from a player to a coach #empathy
- 15 mins: Changing the focus of practice from the needs of the coach (teacher-centric) to the needs of the athletes (learner-centric)
- 20 mins: Writing "Creating a Season to Remember"
- 23 mins: Building relationships with your athletes
- 25 mins: How to coach young kids (first, know more than the parents!)
- 26 mins: Learning from Joe Madden "Earn the trust of your players"
- 29 mins: Tony Dungy and the difference between being demanding vs demeaning33:22 He can do it in practice but can't do it at the game
- 34 mins: How do you kill fun as a coach?
- 38 mins: When parents think coaches aren't being hard enough on their kids
- 42 mins:The late, great Pat Summit
- 45 mins: Phil Jackson, former head coach of the Chicago Bulls
- 48 mins: Dave Belisle, Little League Coach
- 53 mins: Jack Perconte Final thoughts
- Creating a season to remember, John Peconte
- The Inner Game of Tennis W. Timothy Gallwey
- Website: baseballcoachingtips.net
- Twitter: @jackperconte
- Facebook: Link
- Youtube: Link
