Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with Matt Jones Shippensburg Univ
- HC at Shippensburg University (Since 2008 17 years)
Overall, Jones has coached in 54 conference tournament games,- 21 NCAA regional tournament games
5 College World Series appearances- IF you don’t like where you are at you get a new hat
Most of the things kids dealing with are not full reality Not posting the 0-3, but will post the HRYou still need to decide how much to of the truth to tell a kidRespect their feelings and understand where they are and how much info you give themFortunate to have bosses that appreciate how we do businessNumber #1 rule - “Don’t be a jerk!”Its not all about winning the last game of the yearI want the 90 minutes of the day at practice to be the best part of the dayBe someone that someone wants to be aroundI am an educator, I recruit kids to a university, and guide them to what they are going to do the rest of their livesUltimate responsibility of the university is to guide people in to being productive adultsCoaches should Ask more questions than give directives to playersCommunicating and getting guys to understand what your saying and understanding it is their careerWe are going to have different relationships with all of youI will be here as much as you need me here! Dad? I’ll be dadYou have to be ok to admit when you need helpI don’t have to do it, I get to do it!I work with the travel ball tournament parents to get them to realize that it does not matter in those tournamentsBalance time with team time and individual timeRecord practice and spend some individual timeFigure out how they learn and what they respond to 
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