Better Men, Better Ballplayers

49 - Joel Sato: Bingham High School (UT)

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Bio

  • Head Coach Bingham High School (South Jordan, UT)
  • Took over 1993 after serving as an assistant coach for 17 years
  • As a HC he has been apart of 14 regional titles and 5 state championships
  • Overall he has been a part of 14 state championships in his time at Bingham (3 as a player-2 basketball/1 baseball;  4 asst. Baseball; 2 asst basketball;   5 as head coach)
  • 2014 Coach Sato was inducted into the the National HS Baseball coaches Association Hall of Fame
  • Served USA baseball selection task force
  • Clinician at the National HS Baseball coaches association
  • Served as president for the Utah HS baseball coaches association
  • Chairman of the Rocky Mountain district liaison to the National HS Baseball Coaches association
  • First class person
  • Always learning. He is a first row audience member!
  • Is a teacher!



    • Notes

    • Challenge now is having all this information and seeing what we can implement and take into our program
  • You measure what to implement by the success you have over the course of time
  • Challenge BP instead of feel good BP
  • At least one to two sets of BP that players will be challenged
  • Define what mentally tough is
    • Being at your best when you need it
      • Slow it down
  • Have a routine - breath, clear mind, focal point, one positive process thought
  • calm everything down
  • Process oriented - see the ball, be on time, execute this pitch
  • Release routine - a way to get rid of what bad happened, calm down, step back, and then move on
    • Take it into life, so you know how to handle it in the future
  • All players in our program practice together 
  • Classroom session at least once a week to discuss lessons, both intentional and at a teachable moment
  • Part of the gym hitting, part of the gym defense
    • Split into infield/outfield or pitchers/catchers and position players
  • Finish with team competition - two teams go against each other
    • Bunt scrimmage
  • First and third situation
  • Run downs
  • “Fire drill”
  • Tryouts 4-5 days
  • Write out the first week 
  • Couple bunt defenses, 1st and 3rd situations, just basics to get the year started, and as we get into the next phase of the season we will add more
  • Practice planning based on what we don’t do well in game once the season starts, and adding things we could not get to
  • Early in the year planned out, games start make adjustable
  • All players in the program go to every varsity game
  • Given staff ownership of their roles and let them work
  •  Build the culture, building young men to better young men and the baseball got better
  • Build young men first, not chasing wins
  • Treat the guys the right way to do things on and off the field
  • Groups take a core value and present on it and what it means to us
  • Come up with one word that would describe what people would say about us when they see us play
  • [email protected]
  • 801-842-6150
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