Pat Kyle

High Level Thinking Patterns “Quoting Vault”

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

The best leaders I've coached have been like mirrors and sponges.

When I ask them who their favorite player is they take a selfie.

When i throw a bunch of useless info at them they forget it like they’re squeezing the water out of a sponge.

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

Coaches: Empathy for your athletes doesn’t mean agreeing with them.

Its more than likely they are better at baseball than you ever were.

Empathy means asking them how to help the rest of the team.

The best coaches use their assets.

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

If you don’t love your team culture, If you don’t love your role or playing time…

Don't complain to others because they won’t get it. They’re use to being average and can’t understand someone who has goals. Instead do what’s best for you...transfer to another school.

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

Mindset is everything.

Corona gonna get me vs. I’m gonna get Corona.

You get to choose who gets who.

Stop waiting for things to get you when you can go out and get them.

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

The best coaches I’ve been around excel at:

- Retelling everyone how good they were
- Making sure we were good at bunting
- Teaching us cross country running
- Giving advice every pitch
- Making us use wristband playbooks for signs
- Trying to get the next better job

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

Things I wish I would have known as a player: My playing time isn’t based on me being a good teammate. It’s not based on me showing up early or leaving late. It’s not the coach playing favorites, it’s the coach playing the best players. If I’m not playing it’s because of me.

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

Things a coach should have known about that player: How much time, frustration, and sacrifice has gotten them to this point. How they are worried about not being good enough. How they just want support & someone to believe in them.

This is about more than just a game.

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

Champions don't just trust the process. They CREATE the process. 

Creating the process means everyone follows their lead. Teammates rely on the champion to carry the team, even if their back gets sore. The champion is the only person that can save their miserable season.

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

I don’t always love softball, but when I do I’ll be sure to tell you about it.

On this day, congrats to me on loving softball again.

It’s great to go home, especially when it’s the only place still willing to give me a home.

#EBT4Life

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

My goal for every athlete I've ever coached is that they get paid! Hopefully when they get older they’ll realize that those of us who demanded their best never made it ourselves and are hoping to live our dreams through them (and take credit for it).

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

I’m the guy that invents this stuff, so sit back and take notes. Someone has to be the thinker.

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

Great coaches know when to just sit back and watch. To let the athlete be an athlete. It's about knowing that RELATIONSHIP.

If an athlete knows that you trust them and you are willing to let them be fail without always critiquing them, they will perform without hesitation.

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

Do you want to know what your teammates think about you?Watch their reaction when you hit dingers in every single at bat.
#JealousyIsAnUglyColor

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

Losers: Assemble in large groups because they are the majority and they rally against winners.

Winners: Assemble in small groups and have very few other winners to rely on for support.

Which one are you?

@CoachLisle

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

So you see, they’ll try to trick you w/things you know very little about just to keep you coming back ( like they’re the only ones that have the answers). Well now you’re armed w/their verbiage & can keep them in check...until they make up new words to keep you guessing.

(7/7)

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

#HittingTwitter Soap Box Rant

There are a lot of Hitting “guru’s” out there, Let me guide you with some insight.

There are a lot of words, theories, tests, styles, tools, etc. that are being used. Each one can be tricky to navigate on your own. (1/7)

[Pat Kyle @QuotingVault]

Tools:
Tee - used in golf to hold the ball up.

Weighted bat - a winged creature that eats a lot.

PVC - a nasty disease.

Swing rail - the pipes that make the frame of a swing set.

(6/7)