Better Men, Better Ballplayers

42 - Phil Rhodes Frederick (MD) High School

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Bio

  • Current Head Coach Frederick (MD) HS
  • 2009 State Championship 
  • Great family tree of other coaches. 5 head coaches, and a long time assistant who could be a HC anywhere.
  • Beginning 30th year at FHS
  • Married to Beth Rhodes for 36 years.  
  • Son: Cory (Played at FHS & Coached at FHS), Kelly Rhodes (Daughter-in-law ),Jack (7), Parker (5) and Maddox (3)
  • Daughter:  PJ (manager at FHS), Will Kraus (Son-in-law) James (7), Avery (4)
  • 30 years of working with wonderful young people in the FHS baseball program
  • 30 years of working with the best Assistant Coaches, Trainers and Administration
  • 30 years of coaching in the best conferences and against the best coaches and teams.
  • 30 YEARS OF FUN!!

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    Notes

    • You can’t get complacent. 
  • Watch coaches and see how I can get better
  • Coaches willing to share and help
  • All throughout the off season we played and competed in different events (flag football, cricket, bowling, etc) to see how you compete
  • During practice we implement contests/challenge
  • Pays to be a winner. Prizes some days
  • Saturday morning breakfast before practice
    • 7:15 meet for breakfast
  • Open to everyone in the program
  • No cellphones
  • Few topics to go around the table and discuss
  • Never NOT answer (no pass)
  • Some type of challenge (the um game)
  • Special guest speakers
  • I need the kids to trust me
  • Program “champions of character” and one chapter dealt with parents
  • Parent meeting to discuss how to talk to your son after a game (questioning “why the coach did…”), and how to support them
  • After each home game the parents come out and rake the field. Teach the parents how to do it, because it allows buy in. 
  • Communicate with parents weekly. Complete schedule
  • When practice is over it is over
  • Summer camp to get to know kids and parents before they come into our school
  • Hope the things we do will be great memories for our kids when they become older men
  • I don’t ever assume anything.  Don’t ever assume what you think they know, so make sure you cover everything. 
  • “You’re the coach, what are you going to do about it?”
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