Coach speak that makes you cringe

[Onebigwhitevan]

Thought I would open up a thread where others could vent about things they hear other parents and coaches telling kids that make you cringe and want to run over and explain why that is SO wrong. So list one at a time and explain what makes it wrong to you.

I'll start: faster swing, you will never hit it hard unless you swing faster.
I hate this because it is not true at any level to me. Coaches praise this speed swing and then tell the kids to keep their eye on the ball. If they would just try to swing the bat as hard as THEY could they would understand how hard it is to keep the head still. Then of course the kid looks good in cage and then the coaches wonder why the kid can't hit in a game. Must be lack of intensity. UGH!!!

[PhilliesPhan22]

"Good eye" (on a pitch to the backstop)

[Jake Patterson]

"Bobby - get baseball ready!"

[The Uncoach]

My team went 17-0 in teeball.

[Chris O'Leary]

Just throw strikes.

[coops]

"Don't swing at that!"

[kimbercarry]

Swing level

[The Uncoach]

Just throw strikes.

That one absolutely drives me crazy when I hear a coach say that to his pitcher. Like the kid is purposely trying to walk people or something.

[johnlanza]

A similar thread last year...

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?103922-Great-One-Line-Tips&highlight=

Definitely some classic lines we have all used at some point...

[tradosaurus]

I want a batter not a broken ladder. :cap:

[Cochise]

Swing level

This one has always irked me. My older son had one of those "Nice level swing, Bobby" assistant coaches one year. He would even stand in the third base coach's box and demonstrate - a movement that looked nothing like a high level or even good youth level swing.

[songtitle]

Now I don't have to prepare for our next practice. I'll just print this thread and yell out these phrases randomly.

John, my favorite line from last year's thread.

[kimbercarry]

This one has always irked me. My older son had one of those "Nice level swing, Bobby" assistant coaches one year. He would even stand in the third base coach's box and demonstrate - a movement that looked nothing like a high level or even good youth level swing.

I heard it at a 9-10 year old try out Tuesday night. From more than one coach.

[Kings over Queens]

That one absolutely drives me crazy when I hear a coach say that to his pitcher. Like the kid is purposely trying to walk people or something.

Only about a million times worse when a parent says it.

[The Uncoach]

Only about a million times worse when a parent says it.

Can we multiply that further when the parent IS the coach saying it?!