- Current Head Coach at Salem University
- The showcase is also a lie detector
The most time I spend on my job is retention. - Keeping guys is the most important job
Player 1 or player 50 you need to give them the same amount of opportunityPlayer 50 could be pitching for you in a big game4 different lineups (evaluate constantly)4 pitching rotations (evaluate constantly)We don't split JV and varsity - we try to get guys as many reps as possible and give coaching staff time to manage a gameListed out roles for each person on your staff and told them to dominate their roleWhen first get on campus meet with each kids, at the end of fall meet with guys to let them know their role based on stats, video, and plan from the coachesDevelop through the fall and then see where we are, attack it over break, and then compete in the spring If you earned it in the fall, you have earned the right to fail in the springCome to class earlyBinder doneJuice box after practice - reinforcing the last core value of a our culture- Give out 1 or out 10 - kids come up, jug the juice/give a speech!
Made a curriculum for our culture AccountabilityCommunicationEnergyAccountability groups- Coach in charge of each group
Competitions within each groupLifting groupsHitting groupsGRIT - dominating the mundane tasksCommon struggles is what brings team togetherYour common enemy should be being an average teamI can adapt a plan but I cannot execute a plan I do not haveAt the end of practice do a competition, and not just baseballI can recreate pressure, not necessarily the same game situationThe binder is the commitment to the team - bring it everywhere- Hitter, pitcher, mental notes
Reinforces our cultureCharacter, process, resultRepresentation of the binderGoogle Drive is an electronic versionMeet in the morning and scaffold itPGM - Personal Growth Monday’sHave a curriculum but if we need to review part of the process we circle back and go over what we need.Why, how, what!1% of your day is roughly 15 minutesBest recruiting tool is your players, and the people are what get you thereGreen light momentRed light momentHitting routine written out - pre game, adapted pre game routine, Journal each pitch, or each at bat, or during BP (match pre game routine)Black and white bullpen report Video embeddedCoaches subjective reportPlayer report and gives report of their performanceMechanicsBetween pitches that make them successful Defensive reps is more accountable for the amount of reps we need to help evaluate all the players and be sure they have the same amount of repsRed, yellow, and green runners for defensive baserunnersHitters - wall busters, gap to gap, grinder- Grinder - bunt guy, slap guy, beat a infield play
Gap to gap - guys can swing it and bust stretch to doubleWall Busters - you have to hit it by the outfielder to get to 2ndGreen runners - you have green light Yellow runners - you get chance to runRed runners - you are not allowed to runScouting reports on the wrist for runners Twitter DM @hennan_hacks
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