Better Men, Better Ballplayers

83 - Jonathan Wyman: Hebron Christian Academy (GA)

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Bio

  • Current Assistant Coach at Hebron Christian Academy (GA)
  • Former HC at Lanier HS (6 years) and Norcross HS (4 years)
  • Former AC North Gwinnett HS (5 years) and part of a 7A state championship
  • Servant leader
  • Teacher of people (multiple disciplines from Special Education to Physical Education, and multiple sports)
  • Strong man of faith
  • Exactly what this podcast is about, helping grow people using the platform of baseball!!!



    • Notes

    • Took a job to be part of a big time athletic school (a winner), but needed to serve and do anything he could do be part of it to get foot in the door
  • Baseball is the biggest game of adjustments and COVID showed how baseball can handle it
  • Passion is going to die out, love will never fade
  • Its all about relationships 
  • Used to be do what I told you because I am the adult (do as I say because I am authority), and now it is about explaining the why and our purpose
  • Be sure you know what you are doing, learning objective, desired outcome, and plan to get there (objective, measurables, and procedures)
  • Do not be reactive
  • Secret of the bamboo - you never know what is growing on the inside (what you can’t see)
  • I’m trying to sell tickets to my funeral everyday
  • I want to go to weddings
  • Win the human war!!
  • If you can get the hearts and minds to play together its special
  • How do I get a player to take a bullet for me?  If I can win that we will be successful
  • Core value during “longhorn for life” and make a curriculum about each core value
    • What, why, and what it looks like when its no present
  • Daily lesson plan (5-10 minutes) - pillar for the day, quote, challenge
  • Its real easy to judge when you don’t walk a mile in their shoes (catchers pitching to pitchers in catchers gear)
  • Its not so much about getting people on your bus, as much as it is getting people off!
  • “Working Geniuses” - try to get everyone on your staff with each gear of a genius
    • Why, idea on why, discernment, get it done, rally the troops
  • I am trying to coach every child like they are my own
  • Channel all of my stuff proactively through the person standpoint (making better people)
  • Mindfulness training - being able to disconnect
  • Show me your bank account and you show me what is important
  • EV fungo
  • Get you to hate your batting average - look at Slug an OBP
  • 3-8 hit chart - hard hit contact
  • Offensive chart - based on positive/negative of at bats and value as offensive player (Plus chart)
  • Coach bible - putting what we do in a slide show
  • @coachwyman11 on Twitter
  • @coach_wyman
  • [email protected]
  • [email protected]
  • 770-361-3628

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