"Forget What He Just Told You & Relax..."

Have you ever been building something up before, making it just the way you like it; or just finished organizing something so perfect it fits your mold perfectly? Well I have, and it's called my team and their hitting. The same dad I wrote about a couple weeks ago made another appearance at practice and insisted on changing things up. One of my players was struggling to do what was asked of him while hitting, and some tempers got a little flared because of lack of listening ability and execution. His hitting round was not very good to say the least. So when I called the next player in to hit, (I was throwing batting practice) I see that the dad called him over to chat. My player was over with him for at least 15 minutes. I could hear most of what was being said but I couldn't say anything because I was tending to the rest of the team. He was telling my player all this nonsense that is not at all right and there's no use for my players to know right now. He was saying stuff like, "Listen here, pitchers are way too good right now for you to go up to bat with just one approach," (WRONG). "You need to always look for a different pitch whenever you're up to bat, after every pitch," (WRONG). "Get in the pitchers head, stare him down, even point your bat at him," (SO WRONG I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN POLITELY). So after their little talk, I had the other coach pitch and I called my player over to the other corner of the gym. I told him, "Forget what he just told you and relax. Literally forget every single word he just told you. None of it was right and if you listen to him over me, you will not be playing."

I do like the parent though, I really do. He's a very nice guy. He just doesn't know what I know and he's stepping over his bounds as a parent when it comes to coaching. He can tell his own son stuff, but he shouldn't get in the way of other people.