How to Deescalate a Conflict
If you’re a little older like me, you may remember Major League Baseball confrontations between an old-school manager (think Billy Martin, Earl Weaver, or Tommy Lasorda) and an umpire. Both men’s faces…
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When a Coach Crosses the Line
In most cases, a disagreement with a coach will end with the coach walking away and moving on to the next play. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. What do we…
Responding to a Coach
In the last Ready for Play article, we discussed how coaches want good listeners. We need to discipline ourselves to completely listen to the coach’s concern without immediately jumping in with an…
Effective Listening
Big 12 Coordinator of Officials Greg Burks stated coaches want good listeners. He says most coach interaction is complaining and we just need to listen. Many times a coach is not expecting…