GUIDELINES FOR ALL PLAYERS TO FOLLOW:
GUIDELINES FOR ALL PLAYERS TO FOLLOW:
- Persistence is more important than talent.
- There is a reason that the word STUDENT comes first in student/athletes.
- Respect the game as much as you want to be respected.
- Tuck in your shirt.
- Don't wear your hat backwards.
- Practice hard because you play the way you practice.
- It doesn't take any talent to work hard!
- Be a student in baseball. Learn the game.
- Study the history of basebll.
- Help your team win whether you play or not!
- Keep a daily journal of what you do at practice and keep notes of your observations. This will help you see the progress you have made.
- Never argue with a coach.
- Agree to let your coaches train you.
- Maintain the grades and imporve them one day at a time.
- Set high standards along iwth knowing the steps to attain them.
- Don't tell people how good you are, prove it to them.
- Your parents love you, but they don't know more than your coach about baseball(in most cases).
- Don't let anyone make an excuse for you.
- Maintain eye contact with all adults when they talk to you. Practice on your friends.
- It is your coach's opinion of you that counts. He makes out the lineup. Fail to understand this point and you will soon be out of the game.
- Life is not fair. Regardless of what some people want you to think!
- Be passionate about your teammates.
- YOU have to Love the game, baseball is not a partial commitment!
- The only thing that coaches owe you is HONESTY.
- Body language screams. It never whispers.
- Balance makes champions. If you focus on hitting and ignore the defensive part of your game you will never be a complete player.
- Be as diligent on defense as you are on offense.
- Games are lost not won. Mistakes lead to losses.
- Mistakes will happen.....but how will you respond?!
- Work on your game every day of the year.
- You don't have to be a great athlete to be a good baseball player.
- When you jog to warm up, finish first
- When you stretch, do it best.
- When you play catch, throw to a target and hit it every time.
- When you play catch, catch the ball or block the bad throw and keep it in front of you every time.
- When you are doing a drill, do it perfect, every time.
- Go hard all the time.
- Never walk on a baseball field.
- As a batter/runner, run to first as though it matters that you are safe.
- Know the situation on defense and do the right thing.
- Baseball reveals character, it doesn't build it.
- Character means doing the right thing when nobody's watching.
Lastly, represent yourselves and the Dukes Baseball Program at the highest level!