Observation Paper
Josh Dickey
Intro to kinesiology
April 18th, 2012
Observation Paper
Doing an observation of someone you kind of have this idea in the back of your head of what kind of job he has. I realized that the image you have in your mind really is just what the everyday person sees. While I observed Keith Lytle I figured I would just see the same normal stuff that I see all the time when on the baseball field. I was wrong in so many ways. Keith not only has to break down the swings of the hitters on the team and put them through drills so make sure their swing is where it needs to be; he also works with the position players as well on the fielding aspects on the game. Once he was done with the practice side of things, Keith went into his office and started making some phone calls to see if there were any kids who were on his list who were interested in attending the program for next season. After the phone calls had been made he went outside to what we on the team would call his second car. He started up the lawn mower and began mowing the field, which he does every single day. New things that I learned from Keith is that it takes a lot more then just baseball knowledge to be a coach especially at the University level as he is. He must have a tremendous amount of patience to be able to accomplish as much as he does every single day, day in and day out. I truly got to see the passion and love of the game that he demonstrated to us every single day that most of us just take for granted and don’t really pay attention to. At the beginning on this paper I wrote how Keith works with the players on their specific needs and problems, I really saw that he is so devoted to making this team as great as it can be. If any one member went up to him and said “ hey Keith can you toss me some flips, my swing feels a little off”, he would drop what he was doing and be right there in the cage throwing you flips all night if that’s what it takes to make you feel
Intro to kinesiology
April 18th, 2012
Observation Paper
Doing an observation of someone you kind of have this idea in the back of your head of what kind of job he has. I realized that the image you have in your mind really is just what the everyday person sees. While I observed Keith Lytle I figured I would just see the same normal stuff that I see all the time when on the baseball field. I was wrong in so many ways. Keith not only has to break down the swings of the hitters on the team and put them through drills so make sure their swing is where it needs to be; he also works with the position players as well on the fielding aspects on the game. Once he was done with the practice side of things, Keith went into his office and started making some phone calls to see if there were any kids who were on his list who were interested in attending the program for next season. After the phone calls had been made he went outside to what we on the team would call his second car. He started up the lawn mower and began mowing the field, which he does every single day. New things that I learned from Keith is that it takes a lot more then just baseball knowledge to be a coach especially at the University level as he is. He must have a tremendous amount of patience to be able to accomplish as much as he does every single day, day in and day out. I truly got to see the passion and love of the game that he demonstrated to us every single day that most of us just take for granted and don’t really pay attention to. At the beginning on this paper I wrote how Keith works with the players on their specific needs and problems, I really saw that he is so devoted to making this team as great as it can be. If any one member went up to him and said “ hey Keith can you toss me some flips, my swing feels a little off”, he would drop what he was doing and be right there in the cage throwing you flips all night if that’s what it takes to make you feel