Dugout Confessions
Hi friend! We're the Johnson's. For the past 15 years we've lived life on a diamond.
From college ball to pro ball. To opening an academy and working with teams in travel ball. To getting involved in our local rec park - coaching our kids and leading the league as commissioner. To finding ourselves back in college as a D2 pitching coach. We've seen it all. We've done it all. And now we're talking about it!
Our hope is to create a community that can relate to the different situations that are shared from others who follow. Maybe it helps you see your situation isn't as bad as it could be or find comfort in knowing others are struggling in the same areas you are.
We started the social media platforms with our story and our confessions.
& now we're sharing yours, too!
Join us on the journey to find sanity in the chaos of youth sports.
Dugout Confessions
Development
Development. A word you’ll hear often around the ballpark. But what does it mean? What does it look like?
Every player and coach is different so it should look different for everyone. But at the center, the core of the game of baseball should be being taught. Just like curriculum in school, at the end of the process all “students” (insert players) should have the same basic knowledge as the rest. Some will excel in certain subjects and others won’t. That’s ok!
Development takes time.
It’s a process of mastering the basics so that when players get on the bigger fields they’re prepared and ready for what’s to come.
They can make their own adjustments. They can play the game with confidence. They can be their own coach.
If we aren’t doing this, we are failing them as coaches.
