Better Men, Better Ballplayers

46 - Dave Webb; Corona Del Sol HS (AZ) & USA Baseball


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BIO

  • Current Head Coach at Corona Del Sol (AZ) 6A (16 seasons, 23 overall)
  • 5A state champion in 2009 (biggest at the time)
  • Final four 6 times
  • State finalists two other times!
  • Head coach of USA Baseball 14U and 12U National teams
  • Program mission “to help teach young men to always be great human beings.”
  • A chess player in the game of baseball
  • Master of the West coast offense
  • Energy giver!


  • Notes

    • Grades first
  • Character first program
  • Aztec 101 - first parent meeting to discuss expectations
  • Over communicating is huge. 
  • Offensive communicator!
  • Beat them to the punch with communication.
  • See how many 1 run games you win and lose. Then have your practice/principles around them
  • 4 base bunting - different bunt at each base
  • Suicide squeeze set up for future
  • “Be the wedge” - set your angle to bunt to first
  • Tape at the end of the bat to bunt/feel the ball at the end of the plate
  • Set the angle early, top of the zone, find the ball (make sure it is a strike)
  • 33 feet at 55 mph = 88-90 mph
  • Baserunners with Live BP
  • 3B makes an error, next pitch gets dragged
  • Coach it, say why
  • Coach it, tell them how it happens in a game
  • Explain how it applies to the game
  • Look at other peoples deficiencies and exploit them, find it and pick it like a scab
  • Late secondary - make sure the pitcher let the ball go
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