About Jack Perconte
Jack Perconte
After playing professional baseball for 12 years, Jack moved on. It was time to make a living, and fortunately, it involved remaining with something he loved —baseball. Even more fortunate, he discovered his life’s purpose and passion — helping ballplayers improve their skills and, even more so, teaching them life lessons. He has continued that goal by helping to educate parents and coaches to learn how to enhance their child’s sports-playing experience.
On September thirteen, 1980, Jack made his MLB debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jack had a seven-year major league career as a Dodger, Indian, Mariner, and White Sox. He is in the Murray State University Hall of Fame, the Joliet Area Sports Hall of Fame, the Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame, and the Joliet Catholic Hall of Champions.
He just completed his seventeenth marathon and is gearing up for his 18th as he turns 70.
Coaching Philosophy
Coaching sports performance involves much more than the X’s and O’s. It encapsulates the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of the athlete. Learning the individual athlete’s fears and triggers to help them reach potential is the key.
Parenting an Athlete
The key to empowering your athletes is allowing them to develop at the pace their talent level allows – it’s different for everyone. The secret to that is keeping the emphasis on effort and not results, knowing the latter of those will come in time. It’s always thrilling to see one of my less talented players play throughout their high school years because of their joy of putting in the work effort.
Running Philosophy
Training for marathons puts my above philosophies into play, as I’ve come to enjoy the toil of pushing myself to achieve the goals I set. As the saying goes, “No pain, no gain.”
Peak performance begins with encouraging adults
Sports Parenting
Empowering Athletes
You can teach hitting - baseball, softball
Coaching Tips
- Help every player on the team equally.
- Have sufficient knowledge of skill and game strategy to help players of that age level.
- Be aware of the safety issues involved and always put the players’ health first.
- Have a coaching philosophy and distribute it to team and parents, detailing how they handle playing time, positions played and all other areas of possible discontent.
- Play to win, but not at all cost, and teach kids how to deal with failure and losing.
- Teach the fundamentals and strategy of sport with understanding and patience, recognizing the difference between effort and results as well as the difference between physical and mental mistakes.
- Remain enthusiastic no matter how bad the team is playing.
- Understand that negativity, displayed in any form, is unacceptable coaching behavior.
- Demonstrate sportsmanship, fairness, and leadership at all times, while developing these qualities in players, also.
- Always keep the lines of communication open among players, other coaches, and parents.
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My second sports career has been running, and not just any running, it’s been running far. Marthons in fact. Although trying, it has really helped me understand sports performance and what it takes to get the most out of oneself. The result has been my two most recent books that speak to coaching sports performance and reaching potential.
Jack Perconte
Contact
Address
6197 Hinterlong Ct.
Lisle IL 60532