Wrapping it up:
Since my stay ends while the team travels to Florida for the
Bright House tournament, I want to take a few moments to sum up what I am taking
home from a coach’s perspective:
The setup at the D1-level is fantastic. The facilities
(playig field, cages, grounds crew, clubhouse etc.) offer top level conditions
for player development. Drills can be adjusted to a more european situation with fewer
players, but does require the players
helping out since there are rarely enough coches to supervise all groups
working at the same time.
The game here is played really fast and coaches need to be up to
speed and think ahead. In game coaching and managing is very demanding. I takes
great knowledge of one´s players and game situations to make the right move.
And then sometimes, you make the right move and it still does not work out.
Just as in European Baseball leagues winning games and
teaching the players fundamental techniques need to be handled simultanously, as a coach deals with seniors and freshman at the same time, and still needs to win. The talent level is good yet the differences in readyness to
play differ from player to player, especially considering newcomers (freshmen)
to the program and older, more seasoned veterans (seniors) in a way comparable
to a european team trying to incorporate junior players at the Bundesliga
level. In some situations the two players are really similar and in the end it
only comes down to which of the two is playing better defense or swinging the
bat better.
Also I wanted to take the time to thank GSU, Coach Frady,
all the coaches and players for allowing me to join their program while the
season was already under way. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to
make this trip. I had a blast as everybody could not have been more friendly.
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