Better Men, Better Ballplayers

123 Jad Prachniak - North Alabama


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Bio

  • 1st Season HC at North Alabama
  • 9 seasons as HC of West Chester University
    • was first and only NCAA school to win a championship
  • 2 NCAA Championships in 2012 and 2017
  • Former Associate HC and RC at University of Delaware
  • Former PC and RC at William and Mary university
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    Notes

    • Not going to settle
  • Getting to know our current roster
  • Do the right thing - attach to anything and everything
  • Giving guys the comfort to be themselves
  • Giving guys opportunities and in pursuit to become the best version of themselves
  • 100% focus
  • 100% effort
  • Don’t flinch - body language will not be affected by circumstances
  • Can people see it when watch us play
  • Challenge players after a win - tighten up
  • Clips of what we want, and review what we want - we want to get it right
  • Classroom sessions as needed
  • Team meetings - attach videos
  • The name on the front of the jersey is important, but I don’t want to diminish the name on the back!
  • If you have the chase to help and willingness to help someone through something you can get in 
  • I’m not going to the field looking to cross guys off
  • Can you lead yourself?
  • Can you help someone else?
  • Scheduled conversations - end of semester, end of year, and as needed
  • Players stay true to what’s best for them (more stable)
  • Get in the right hype level
  • I never want hype level to get in the way of what’s right
  • Stack different game situations
  • Make sure we are repping what it going to impact the game the most
  • Baseball BP - stacked machine (FB/CB), coach mix, coach mix scouting report, 
  • During live balls as much as we can during BP
  • Attach decision making to the types of frequent lanes with a certain type of runner
  • Pitching with runners on no matter how clean you may have been in an intersquad
  • The guys that can handle the moment, they are the ones you want to give the ball to
  • “Sequencer” can help you project lineups
  • Being aware of stacking guys up between each other
  • Breaking up the pockets
  • Switch hitter/LHH in 2 hole
  • Continuity of the lineup to start anticipating options
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