15U USA Baseball National Team ManagerMost recent 2022 USA Baseball Developmental Coach of the YearCentre College record for wins in a season Center college record for season winning percentageFormer AC with Birmingham Southern 4 straight regional appearancesHas worked with USA baseball task force, AC on 15U national team in 2016 before getting promoted to manager in 2021
- Some of the best coaches are HC coaches based on the experience at the task force (ground level)
Trickle down from director to veteran coach to new coaches to set the standard- Same formula in business and team
Doesn’t happen without a clear visionFirst meeting go over the 10 standards of CenterIndividual decisions we make each day that build the vision or deviate from the vision.Motivating young people to make decision for the greater goodVision called “1 mission” - USA Baseball - “quick bake”College/School level - vision bigger and crossover into academic and personal realmWe have to establish a relationship to see what makes them tick Talk about things other than baseball Understand their thought process to help steer them in the right direction What are you most comfortableGrab them during down times or transitionsCollaborative communication - ask a lot of questions about themselves and different situationsTalk to kids and they earn that trustHave ownership and intentionality with their own gameThey work their game and work who they areNumber 1 job as parentsCoach pitch scrimmageLive at bats for guys who did not play so much over the weekendMachine pitch league - 3 teams and played twice a week and simulate veloClassroom before drilling itIntangibles are definitely something that has to be evaluatedChecking in with kids about the lineup and how the game is goingTop 2 hitters will hit top 3 to get most at batsLow strikeout guy in the 5 hole (12%)Play to strengths of the lineup Feed them (my staff) information to help them during the gameAllow assistant coaches to be assistant coachesAC Be ready to show up and get to work!AC realize the power you have being the conduit between HC and playersHC set clear vision of what we are going to do. Here is what is going to happen and how it will happenThe foundation and what the team is about starts and ends right with me (HC)We have to set the hook and then make the choice to show up and workThe game will continue…We allow the wins and losses to effect our relationships with our playersMake sure the relationships are solid, and be sure
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