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presents BEHIND

THE BENCH

An Interview with Don Lalonde

By Molly Kett Midget house league division.
“I have a great team with amazing
Local coach Don Lalonde has been young women. The leaders on our
coaching for 20 years. Originally, team helped the younger players
his love for coaching began when adapt to playing in this division,” says
he decided to coach his daughter’s Lalonde. “We are currently in first
baseball team. place as we enter the last two weeks of
“I wanted to be involved and thought the season.”
that this was the best way to do it,” Lalonde says that he owes his
says Lalonde. “I started in the Knights coaching success to the players.
of Columbus Mixed Softball League, “I can’t say enough about my team,” Photo Submitted
now it’s the Optimist Softball League, says Lalonde. “Everybody is helping
and then the Kinsmen Girls’ Softball.” each other out.”
While Lalonde doesn’t have much of Much of what Lalonde loves about
an athletic background, he learned the coaching is watching his players
best ways to coach through learning succeed. “At the beginning of every season, way I can.”
the game. He participated in a couple “Watching young players scared to I tell my team that I’m not a travelling Since Lalonde has been coaching
of seasons as an umpire but had no try something new for the first time, team coach. for so long, he of course has a handful
formal coaching experience. He was and then see them succeed at it,” says I’m not a strict coach. Every player of great memories.
simply a parent with a passion to help. Lalonde, “whether it’s the first hit, or will have the opportunity to play “Wow, there’s been so many,” says
“But, really,” says Lalonde. “How catching that first pop fly, or stealing any position that they want to,” says Lalonde. “Watching my three girls
hard can it be to coach a bunch of home for the first time. The smile on Lalonde. “It doesn’t matter if you grow up in this sport has been so
5-year olds, right?” their faces when they succeed at doing make a mistake. Learn from it so that special to me. But also watching all
Lalonde has been involved in this is by far the best part.” you know how to get it right the next of the other girls that I coached over
coaching ever since. Currently, his His philosophy when it comes to time. This is their team, not mine. I’m the years become really good ball
team is the Tigers in the Bantam coaching? Let the kids play and learn. just there to organize it and help any players.”
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