DIS Dads The DIS Dad's Club X: Por favor mantengase alejado de las puertas

[stopher1]

Oops, duplicate post.

I want to go back... I always love visiting. Ready for the next visit...after the heat of summer.

 

[DisneyDadC]

http://http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2722775


I saw this thread and thought it would be a great thread for the DDc to chime in on.Lets have the Dis Dads voices heard,lets share our magic.

 

[DisneyDadC]

oh by the way hope everyone had a good Memorial day. Lets not just honor our men and woman in the services for a day,LETS HONOR THEM EVERYDAY

 

[IndyDisney]

Mornin' Gents -

It's going to reach the mid 90's here in western PA today. . . . I guess I'll just take this as practice for our July trip, though, unless in a sauna, one cannot recreate Florida's July humidity.

Cheers,
Indy

 

[RodBelding]

Morning all. Let's hope this shortened work week flies by...

oh by the way hope everyone had a good Memorial day. Lets not just honor our men and woman in the services for a day,LETS HONOR THEM EVERYDAY

<=== Big Thumbs

 

[afwdwfan]

DW received an e-mail about the bung knocker. Apparently, the DisMoms are infiltrating.

Hmmmm... let's really give them something to talk about then.

We were not fan of Pecos Bill

That's a shame. It is one of my favorite CS places. I love burgers though and that fixin's bar is fantastic.

Trip planning for Disneyland in December has begun in earnest. Stopher's DL thread is my friend.

Is this trip something that is almost definitely going to happen, or is it a plan and hope thing?

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

That's a shame. It is one of my favorite CS places. I love burgers though and that fixin's bar is fantastic.

There is the odd occaision that I can see DW's plate under the mounds of mushrooms she piles on from there. We do Pecos every trip, it is her favorite dining place in the World......

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Tell me about it. Pretty slow in here. What, is everyone off on vacation or something?

On a completely unrelated topic (and since there really isn't a topic right now anyway) My 4 year old son's first T-ball game is Saturday. There are about 12 or 15 kids on the team, most with little or no baseball experience. I'm trying to walk that fine line of "helping out, but not stepping on the coach's toes." Anyone else have experience with this kind of thing?

 

[AJRitz]

Tell me about it. Pretty slow in here. What, is everyone off on vacation or something?

On a completely unrelated topic (and since there really isn't a topic right now anyway) My 4 year old son's first T-ball game is Saturday. There are about 12 or 15 kids on the team, most with little or no baseball experience. I'm trying to walk that fine line of "helping out, but not stepping on the coach's toes." Anyone else have experience with this kind of thing?

I have a little bit of experience, mostly with The Bug and basketball. Basically, I work with The Bug at home, before and/or after practice and a bit before games. Once a practice starts, I leave the gym. I want her looking to the coach, rather than to me. Similarly, during games, if she looks to me for anything other than cheering/support, I point to her coach. That's where I want her attention to be. The way I do things is the way I need to do them for The Bug. She's easily distracted, so I can't be around providing her with an excuse to be distracted. I think how hands-on you can be is really a function of what works with your child.

I've coached before, but never younger than middle school aged kids. I don't think I have the patience to work with the younger kids. The real challenge for me is going to come a couple of years down the road, when The Bug is old enough for me to consider getting back into coaching.

 

[carlnix30]

There is the odd occaision that I can see DW's plate under the mounds of mushrooms she piles on from there. We do Pecos every trip, it is her favorite dining place in the World......

That's a shame. It is one of my favorite CS places. I love burgers though and that fixin's bar

shhhhh your going to let the tourist know!! pecos bill is only for residence of Disney world!

Mmm. The cheese sauce.. The fixins bar is awesome!! Could make a whole meal from just that!!

50 hours till I leave!!!​

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[Captain_Oblivious]

On a completely unrelated topic (and since there really isn't a topic right now anyway) My 4 year old son's first T-ball game is Saturday. There are about 12 or 15 kids on the team, most with little or no baseball experience. I'm trying to walk that fine line of "helping out, but not stepping on the coach's toes." Anyone else have experience with this kind of thing?

I have a little bit of experience, mostly with The Bug and basketball. Basically, I work with The Bug at home, before and/or after practice and a bit before games. Once a practice starts, I leave the gym. I want her looking to the coach, rather than to me. Similarly, during games, if she looks to me for anything other than cheering/support, I point to her coach. That's where I want her attention to be. The way I do things is the way I need to do them for The Bug. She's easily distracted, so I can't be around providing her with an excuse to be distracted. I think how hands-on you can be is really a function of what works with your child.

I think Aaron said it pretty well. I helped coach my son's T-ball team last year, and I think 95% of my instruction was, "Stand up, pay attention, turn around, stop playing in the dirt..." I'm sure the coach would appreciate it if you can help keep the kids focused on instruction and the game.

 

[trennr]

Tell me about it. Pretty slow in here. What, is everyone off on vacation or something?

On a completely unrelated topic (and since there really isn't a topic right now anyway) My 4 year old son's first T-ball game is Saturday. There are about 12 or 15 kids on the team, most with little or no baseball experience. I'm trying to walk that fine line of "helping out, but not stepping on the coach's toes." Anyone else have experience with this kind of thing?

Nope.

Cause I know no Baseball nor Basketball...both which my DS11 has played. DS16 cares not for any sport...though he tried Baseball for one year...and well lets say he strongly disliked it.

I helped Coach DS11 Pitching Machine team about 3 years ago. As each team needed 3 Coaches. Team finished 1st Runner-up in the league.

I ran the Machine...which was one of those spring action Pedal/Lever things...not the spinning wheel.

First game of the Season our Head Coach could not be there and was out of town...so I got to be Head Coach for Game 1...happy to report...I'm undefeated as a Head Coach.

 

[trennr]

AJ is at 1499 post count.

Cpt O is a 2499 post count.

 

[dvczerfs]

Tell me about it. Pretty slow in here. What, is everyone off on vacation or something?

On a completely unrelated topic (and since there really isn't a topic right now anyway) My 4 year old son's first T-ball game is Saturday. There are about 12 or 15 kids on the team, most with little or no baseball experience. I'm trying to walk that fine line of "helping out, but not stepping on the coach's toes." Anyone else have experience with this kind of thing?

id stay on the sidelines barry!!! when dd started dancing, lets just say i didnt look good in a tutu. but i wanted to be involved!!

 

[afwdwfan]

Tell me about it. Pretty slow in here. What, is everyone off on vacation or something?

On a completely unrelated topic (and since there really isn't a topic right now anyway) My 4 year old son's first T-ball game is Saturday. There are about 12 or 15 kids on the team, most with little or no baseball experience. I'm trying to walk that fine line of "helping out, but not stepping on the coach's toes." Anyone else have experience with this kind of thing?

I've coached young kids before and I have to say that the only thing that would annoy me would be if a parent is coaching from the stands when I'm working with the kids. I know I felt like just telling them if they wanted to coach, I'd be glad to let them take control of the team. Even through the varsity levels at high school, I see a lot more disrespect towards coaches than I even saw when I was in high school 11 years ago. I think it tends to come from parents being more hands on in coaching and even sitting behind the bench giving their kids instructions so that they're listening to their parents rather than the coach, but I digress. I think Aaron's advice is absolutely on the money.

With kids that age, you're really only "coaching" fundamentals anyway. There's no strategy to it, just hit, run, catch and throw. I think the coach would appreciate anything you could teach him along those lines when you're at home, because it will make the coach's job easier to not have to teach every detail of the game to him. You're almost guaranteed to have 1 or 2 kids on the team that will take a lot of the coach's effort because they have never so much as played catch in the backyard and have absolutely no understanding of what's going on. Just work with Evan at home so that he will not be one of those kids and make sure he knows that he is to listen to the coach during practice and games.

 

[dvczerfs]

I think Aaron said it pretty well. I helped coach my son's T-ball team last year, and I think 95% of my instruction was, "Stand up, pay attention, turn around, stop playing in the dirt..." I'm sure the coach would appreciate it if you can help keep the kids focused on instruction and the game.

my first year in little leauge, our center fielder would sit on the ground and eat grass hoppers. it was more fun watching him than playing the game. even the coach egged him on.

 

[dvczerfs]

I've coached young kids before and I have to say that the only thing that would annoy me would be if a parent is coaching from the stands when I'm working with the kids. I know I felt like just telling them if they wanted to coach, I'd be glad to let them take control of the team. Even through the varsity levels at high school, I see a lot more disrespect towards coaches than I even saw when I was in high school 11 years ago. I think it tends to come from parents being more hands on in coaching and even sitting behind the bench giving their kids instructions so that they're listening to their parents rather than the coach, but I digress. I think Aaron's advice is absolutely on the money.

With kids that age, you're really only "coaching" fundamentals anyway. There's no strategy to it, just hit, run, catch and throw. I think the coach would appreciate anything you could teach him along those lines when you're at home, because it will make the coach's job easier to not have to teach every detail of the game to him. You're almost guaranteed to have 1 or 2 kids on the team that will take a lot of the coach's effort because they have never so much as played catch in the backyard and have absolutely no understanding of what's going on. Just work with Evan at home so that he will not be one of those kids and make sure he knows that he is to listen to the coach during practice and games.

its not the kids, its the parents. my dw use to coach cheering about 10 years ago. did it one year that was it. those parents are nuts!

 

[cj9200]

Tell me about it. Pretty slow in here. What, is everyone off on vacation or something?

On a completely unrelated topic (and since there really isn't a topic right now anyway) My 4 year old son's first T-ball game is Saturday. There are about 12 or 15 kids on the team, most with little or no baseball experience. I'm trying to walk that fine line of "helping out, but not stepping on the coach's toes." Anyone else have experience with this kind of thing?

I didn’t have that problem since I was the parent and the coach. Good advice from everyone else. You may not believe it but one of the hardest things was to get them to run the right way when they hit the ball. That is when they were not staying frozen at the plate admiring their handiwork. Paying attention and focusing are also issues.

T-ball is all about fun and learning basic fundamentals. There is no pitcher and everyone plays so those problems do not exist. I did have a couple of parents complain that their child did not start at a certain position. Since I rotated everyone to try different positions, I explained that the kid would get his chance. I did have a couple of kids (or parent) say, “My dad taught me to do X this way.” If it was a good idea, I changed, if not, I told the parent that I was going to do it my way and they are free to teach their child any way they wanted at home.

The toughest part was getting some kids to play more active positions when they were afraid to play there. As long as you practice with Evan at home on the fundamentals (especially fielding) and make sure everyone has fun, everything should be OK. It was mostly a fun experience (unlike coaching soccer). Near the end of the first year, the third baseman caught a hard shot and threw a bullet to first base which was caught for the out. Parents and coaches jaws dropped seeing that. They were a lot better than when we started so I thought I did my job.

 

[RodBelding]

my first year in little leauge, our center fielder would sit on the ground and eat grass hoppers. it was more fun watching him than playing the game. even the coach egged him on.

Back then the kid who ate bugs was the best player you could have on your team! If we could re-draft our little league years I'd pick that kid first every time!