- Current Head Coach at North Hall High School (GA)
- 2021 AAA Georgia State Champions!
- Keep a card and write down any learning point throughout the game
Extended column - these things that can help us or hurt us in the playoffs Hope to cross off items as we goIf I am going to ask a kid to get better I need to be specific- It's on me to be specific
Write MAY on their bullpen ballThe playoffs are like a high wire - regular season is low and then as you get longer in the season the wire gets higher and you have no net!Infield - can’t play infield without good feet200 ground balls a day - Only throws full speed or DON’T THROWGame speed feet if you can’t throw game speedYour expectations as a coach turn into players’ actions!Positions are rented!You better watch out for the teams that fight for positionsWhen you get to the point of vulnerability you don’t back down from confrontationMore time in the weightroom, long toss sessions, bullpens, any chance you get to get to know each kid because you can’t talk to each kid the sameYour kids need to know that you don’t have it all figured out- Not scared to tell the kids I made a mistake
- Let a pitcher in too long
Send a runner or didn’t send a runnerIt can’t be a one size fits allBig difference between knowing the game as a player and knowing the game as a coachThere is no substitute for experienceHow do I extend the 21 outs on my side and shorten them on their sideMost coaches don’t trust their players preparation, when it turn it is the coaches who prepared them, so it’s really the coaches failure in preparing. Would you rather win a game 10-2 or 10-6?- 10-2 you lost an opportunity for you to find something about a kid
10-6 you got an opportunity for you to find something about a kidKnow you players and their identity (move power hitter to leadoff spot based on his identity)Video breakdown and character talkWhen they leave the program I want them to know I love them and be better people and have more than an identity than baseball playersCharacter card - values of the people in our program will possess- This is your card about you as a man in this program
If I take it we talk about, and I give it back when I see they make the changesReached out to staff as characteristics of what our kids need the mostMade hard decisions based on the character of a kid - addition by subtraction Surface - element card- Surface - fence, grass, backstop, etc
Element - wind, temperature, sun, etcTeam meeting before practiceCharacter talk before practiceFeel the heart beat of your team and see what would be generic for the guys and figure out what works - Don’t be scared to fail and think the coach is “cool”
Twitter - @trevorflowEmail North Hallsocial media is a dialogue for myselfThe more I coach it's not competing against the other coach, it is coaching/playing against the game and ourselvesYou got to go out and play chess not checkers!!Advice from other coaches through the coaching community 
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