BIG EASY TRAVEL BASEBALL ACADEMY: MISSION STATEMENT
The Big Easy Travel Baseball Mission Statement:
- to Develop each child as a Whole Person and Fair Competitor within a Team Environment
- to understand that baseball is a vehicle that does not teaches character, but rather reveals character through adversity, humility, sacrifice, and teamwork
- to be at our very best and take pure joy when focusing on the Process rather than focusing on the Outcome
- to create a "No Fail" Environmentwhich allows for the Processes to take priority over Winning/Losing
- to demand an Ownership Attitude that encourages the players to account for their own development rather than blame others or make excuses
- to foster an Open Climate where players have the confidence and are encouraged to communicate anything at any time to any one
- to be Mentors before we are ever Coaches.
The Big Easy Travel Baseball Mission Statement directly impacts a truly evolved philosophy moving in to 2021-2022 It means we must take more responsibility and accountability of our players and our families as an organization. We need more direct influence, more time and energy spent on each team, more shared perspectives, and more oversight with all teams that call themselves Big Easy Teams. This effort creates consistency throughout every player that wears a Big Easy Jersey at each level. It will require more effort on behalf of our coaches and staffs to help with the Big Easy teams besides their own. This means each Coach, Instructor, and Mentor will have more touches on each player on each team. We are also dedicating more educational events to assist players and parents with their dynamic personal growth. This establishes a common language to promote true communication amongst all teams and each level. The ultimate endpoint is that we all share in the responsibility of player development on every player at every level.
Current State of Youth Baseball
Travel Baseball or any other playing venue should never be considered the whole or even the core of a player's development. These are just the games. It's the games that give us a chance to coach and teach at gamespeed. Sadly, the current state of Youth Baseball has lost its compass. Rings, Trophies, too much parental interaction, overzealous coaches, and For Profit playing platforms often encourage a poor Character Developmental environment. Responsibility, Accountability, Character, Commitment, Sacrifice, and Sense of Team are forgotten aspects, let alone true playing fundamentals. That's why Big Easy Travel Baseball exists within a bubble of development. We ask all that become involved to leave current perceptions of Travel Baseball at the door. If you are interested in development and character driven mentoring, you'll fit in just fine.
We take pure joy in The Process, rather than focus on the Outcome. This creates a "NO FAIL" Environment, where every moment becomes a teachable moment, regardless of wins or losses. Progressing players from year to year is the only measurement of success. Impacting young lives and progressing them to adulthood is the only endpoint.
We take pure joy in The Process, rather than focus on the Outcome. This creates a "NO FAIL" Environment, where every moment becomes a teachable moment, regardless of wins or losses. Progressing players from year to year is the only measurement of success. Impacting young lives and progressing them to adulthood is the only endpoint.