Wes Brooks

Bio

Current HC at Oxford High School in Oxford, Alabama for 16 years

21st year coaching baseball

Started coaching at alma mater Wellborn. 2002 became head coach in 2nd year

Jacksonville state college

USA Baseball Coach 

Brian Cain Mental Performance Master 

ABSOLUTE STUD!!

Contact info

Twitter - @OldGoldSports

 

Notes

Do things the right way the wins will be there

Individuals zooms with each player to evaluate each player

Indy score and team rank

Each coach has a comment about a kid and join in with the evaluation

STUD Day - non mandatory days

Faith, Family, Fun - 3 Pillars of the program

Culture has a heartbeat

The Oxford Way

Same mission for 4 years to give consistency for HS

Telescope and microscope goals

2 days of speed work in the weightroom - do everything as fast as we can do it

2 days of max effort day

Different percentages of swings to feel the differences

Increase max speed to increase average speed

Stimulate the nervous system

Good relationships with the summer coaches, and vice versa (if its about the kids)

70% strike zone command

+1 -1 for swing decision.

Specific days for their principles “Accountability Day”

Break it down - team on 3, tell someone you love em on the way out

When the kids can teach it, we are in a good environment (Know it, do it, and own it)

Your best players are the hardest workers

Define what it means to “play the game the right way”

Find out what works for each kid to become leaders of themselves

Old School, New School, Hyrbrid - old school still wins, but showing guys why 

Winning the day starts the day before when we prepare for the next day

“Opportunity Clock” not an alarm clock

Older guys need to know the program inside and out to know what to expect and been taught

Go back to the first step! Fundamentals and paying attention to details

His last guy is better than your last guy

Helping create a players toolbox so when he is in the game he goes and make it whatever way he can

Bernstein principle - the body will organize it based on the goal

Friday 5-0 - every friday a copy comes in to talk to the team

Wednesday - FCA

Community day where a speaker comes in to talk to the team that is successful 

Person over the athlete and the person has a little more buyin 

The game of life, of baseball, and God will reward you when you are ready to be rewarded

Get it and make it your own

Alpha at bats - big time at bats

Met with people all over the program to go over the processes