Book Private Baseball Lessons with Coach William
Baseball is a frustrating sport. It is the ultimate team sport, and it is also the ultimate failure sport. The best players in the world still fail 7 out of every ten times they come to the plate. For youth athletes, constant failure can be frustrating and defeating. As a coach, I focus on teaching my athletes the importance of learning from failure and understanding that failure is the most outstanding teacher. Through personalized drills, individualized feedback that they can hear, and a constant positive attitude, I aim to help athletes not only grow as baseball players but also as leaders on the diamond.
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Get to know Coach William
About Me:
I played baseball throughout my life, from T-ball all the way up until high school baseball, where I ceased participation after COVID-19 and transitioned into coaching during my free time. I primarily played outfield during travel ball and high school ball, but I have a deep knowledge of the catcher position and am equipped to instruct your child at every position and every level.
How I can help you improve your game:
As your coach, I will help you improve your game by tackling the mental side during practice so that you can read and react during the game. I often find that kids are overthinking during games, trying to fix 100 things in their swing during their at-bat when they need to focus on hitting the pitch. We will go through many different in-game scenarios and get the athlete to the point where anything in the game will have been discussed during our sessions.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
During our first training session, I would like to do a primary evaluation to see a child's skills in hitting and fielding the ball. That will give me a sense of what they can improve on and where their baseline skill set is. Afterward, a session would be like a dynamic stretching routine followed by catch and then drills. These drills could include front toss, tee work, full-length batting practice, fungo drills, working on short and long hops, and other exercises. Each session will be curated to fit the athlete's needs.
Career summary and accomplishments:
I have always helped my dad coach my brother's little league team, but I did not become an official coach till the Fall of 2020 when I was the assistant coach for a 12U travel team as a part of the Future Star Baseball Program. From the fall of 2020 till the fall of 2021, I worked with Future Star Baseball as an assistant coach for the 12U and 13U teams. In the spring of 2022, my final semester of high school, I was the head coach for a Juniors Little League team (14U) for the entire season, alongside my two high school classmates and friends. During the summers of 2022 and 2023, I coached 11U and then 12U Oakland Little League All-Stars as an assistant coach, although I filled in as the head coach for a large bulk of the 2022 all-star season. In addition, I have worked four full summers at a baseball camp with a wide variety of age ranges from as young as 5 to as old as 15. I also have experience working with high school athletes as well.
Best coach I ever had:
Steve Paltiel was the best coach I ever had because we failed and persevered as a team. Running during practice always happened as a team, clean up after practice was a team event, you were never to clean up your items before the team gear was away into his car. Steve cared deeply about each player. Steve also emphasized the importance of not getting frustrated with youth athletes for physical mistakes. Every kid is going to boot the ball or make a bad throw. The only time Steve would get upset would be for mental mistakes. Errors that could have been prevented with pre-planning or more focus. Steve's ability to connect with each kid personally was exceptional and something I try to emulate in my coaching style.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
Parents and atheltes should know that I have a deep passion for coaching. It is not a job that I have to make a little money as a college student, but a job and a skill that I have learned and grown from over time. I have had the unique privilege of being around many skilled coaches and am genuinely invested in seeing my players improve. I keep in touch with my players and their families years after I have coached them and consider many of them extensions of my family.
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