A Perfect Season: A Coach's Journey to Learning, Competing, and Having Fun in Youth Baseball
A member of the National Speakers Association, Dan Clemens delights audiences with his message of fun, learn, compete and Respond vs. React in keynote presentations and workshops to youth organizations and corporations across the country.He's coached youth baseball for nine years, starting with five-year-old tee-ballers up through 13-year-olds. He s also coached youth basketball, football, and soccer.Less concerned with wins and losses, Dan's philosophy is that all youth sports should embody three things:1. Kids should learn about the game, teamwork, and themselves;2. Kids should be competitive (play at the appropriate level both as individuals and a team); and3. Kids should, above all, have fun.If youth coaches accomplish those three things, he says, we produce healthy, happy kids, ready to enter high school with experiences and fond memories to last a lifetime.By day, Dan works with Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized businesses, and non-profit organizations to develop leaders and help them communicate more effectively both as individuals and organizations. A core theme in his work is helping leaders understand the key differences between Responding and Reacting he believes a leader Responds wisely to the opportunities in a situation, rather than simply Reacting to his/her narrow experience of it.Dan was an all-state baseball player his junior and senior years of high school and was on scholarship at a Division I University before a shoulder injury ended his baseball career. He's been a softball umpire for 10 years and a basketball referee for five years. He plays competitive baseball in an adult league, has run four marathons, and climbed 50 of the 54 mountain peaks in Colorado that rise above 14,000 feet.