Head coach Kimberly (WI) Girls Basketball — 2025 WIAA D1 State Champions & FVA Conference Champions. 2025 WI Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year
Our #HLWSOC Defensive Player of the Year is Emily Urban of @MKE_WSoccer!
Urban also collected Freshman of the Year honors!
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Freddie Freeman says his 69 year old dad still throws him batting practice everyday because he believes not everything has to be about getting better, and says the hour they spend together is worth more than any amount of reps with a real pitcher or coach
“When people ask me, ‘What advice do you have for my 10-year-old?’ I say, ‘It’s not for the 10-year-old. It’s for you, the parent.’ My dad loved practicing and throwing batting practice and doing those kinds of things with me every single day. When you have a parent that loves it just as much as I loved it, it’s kind of a match made in heaven.”
“My dad was the one that led me to baseball, and then obviously I just loved it. He was fueling that fire. He still throws me batting practice to this day. In the offseason, I’ll take about two months off baseball activities. Then in January I’ll go to my high school in Orange County, and we’ll spend an hour together. I work out with him and he throws me batting practice.”
“He’s 69 years old and he still throws. The last two years he goes, ‘Freddie, I’m not very good anymore.’ And I said, ‘Dad, that’s not the thing. It’s not about that. It’s about the hour we spend together.’”
“I’ll figure it out in spring training. I hit every day there. I just want to hit with you. This is our thing. He thinks he’s not very good, but I think he’s great.”
Most of your players aren’t going to college. Even fewer are going pro. So what is the experience actually like for the ones in front of you right now?
I get it—you’re probably tired of hearing this. Believe me, I’m sometimes tired of saying it too. But the change isn’t hard, and it can make a real difference in how much you enjoy coaching… and, more importantly, how much your players enjoy the game.
Why are so many practices still filled with scripted, uncontested drills that look productive but don’t fully prepare players for the game?
Those drills aren’t necessarily bad.
But we know more now about how players actually learn and how skills transfer to real games. So why wouldn’t we use that knowledge?
What if we had:
•More playing
•More decisions
•More problem-solving
•More opportunities to learn in game-like situations
This isn’t about judging coaches or declaring one method right and another wrong. It’s simply about questioning what we’ve always done and exploring better ways.
Yes, inclusive coaching is the answer https://t.co/DrMVW9XK7w
But so is being open minded to better ways.
Isn’t the real goal to give players the best possible opportunity to improve?
So… is there a better way?
Keep learning. Keep evolving.
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