Doug Little

 

Bio

Beginning his 24th season at Potomac State College

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18th seasons of 30 or more wins

ABCA Regional Coach of the Year 10 times

4 time NJCAA East District Coach of the year with FOUR trips to the D1 JUCO World Series

2016 NJCAA Hall of Fame inductee

Has produced 5 Region XX pitchers of the year

Numerous players drafted and signed to professional baseball.  

Outstanding teacher of the game!

 

Show Notes

Different style of learning. You can rank 1-25 physically, but mentally the range is much larger

2-3 things a week to be sure we don’t information overload

If you have to motivate in a game your team is in trouble. You need to motivate a lot more in practice.

We need to practice more intensely and in a game like atmosphere to be prepared for the game

JUCO guys are hungry to go to the next level and creates buy in

Emphasize full speed to make game speed smooth

Kids are basically the same they have always been, but our approach has changed in terms of information overload.

Review the game on Tuesday from the weekend

Wednesday: team defense, bunt D, 1st to 3rd, PFP

Thursday: position defense and hitting, P&C pens and conditioning 

Friday: BP on the field

Skill meetings with hitters and pitchers and catchers

Telling guys what our philosophy is with 0 outs, 1 out, and 2 outs

Taking care of what goes into your body, and be educated on your nutrition and how to get in shape

Do a lot of background checks to see if the guy really likes to compete, work ethic, body size, good kid, and mental makeup

We pound away at the mental side We force them to grow up because we count on them so fast (as fresh/soph)

We put them in tough situations to get them mentally stronger

Mini sessions to discuss how people show mental toughness

Take all players and teach them how to be mentally tougher

We see something in you, don’t take it personally, we are just trying to make you better

We take situations in games to praise the mental toughness we want to help guys learn from the failure

We spend so much more time on the mental toughness than we do physical side***

The teams that can handle the adversity better will be in much better shape

We try to take the umpire out of the equation! Not reacting

Email - [email protected]

Cell - 304-813-8438 (text me)

If the players know they can come to you and you will be open then it lends itself a great opportunity for them to grow.