- 17th year as a teacher and coach.
Football State Championship in 2005 Euless Trinity year- work for legendary Coach Steve Lineweaver
Assistant at Irving High School for 2 years- coach Trevor Story (Colorado Rockies)
First HC job at a Texas 3A school called Carrollton Ranchview- Ranchview we broke the single season stolen base record
9 years at 6A Irving MacArthur.- Irving averaged 3 wins a year for the previous 10
Averaged 14 a year during his 9 year tenureFirst Baseball team in school history to make back to back playoff appearances 4 straight playoff years.Also the first team to win 20 + games in school history.600 kidsAlmost all juniors, sophomores and freshman. Every sport but football is competing on the Varsity level.68 collegiate players and 7 MLB draft picksLearner, family man, cares about kids
First had a meeting with players and parentsYou don’t take money with you, you take peopleRelationships and disciplineGolden glove - fielder of the weekSilver slugger - Cy young - Baserunning tshirt - Tryout point systemNo more than 20 pitches at a time in a bullpen1 first and third play1 bunt coverageDon’t be a slave to the clockMental trainingLadder series with glove and ballBaserunning- 3 bases, 4 bases, baserunning carousel
Position specificTeam D/OOffense theme days- Monday - my pitch Monday - only hit your pitch or your out!
Tuesday - 2 strike tuesday21 outsSituational game - pull out card to do situation 4 base drill - call out where to throw the base in sequenceChart during offense BP using managersHR philosophy, if its your pitch, hammer it, if not swing lateIntersquad - if you are thrown out you get to go back, second time your outFathers night out - go out to local restaurant and spend night with dadMothers night out - dress up in shirt and tie and go Team outing once a month - open to entire familiesHand written Christmas cards to every player Professional baseball gameTeam dinners - team outings on Wednesday nights on shortened practice day (recovery day)We are only going to be as good as parents allow us to beOutside the fence needs to be pulling hard as inside the fenceSteve Mackey - “2 Words”- Video clip with follow up questions
Brian Cain material during mental skills at the beginning of practiceStop and take good deep breath as we transition to hitting/different areas of practice“Always Grind” hitter and pitcher notebooks - guided notebook that breaks down each at bat/each pitch“Opportunity for improvement” - consequence for not doing what you are supposed to doRecruiting talks to figure out what they really want at the next levelIt is our job as a coach to help players in whatever they want to do“Virtual combine” - streamline all data to one site“Testing day” will put it in one site and track each year Baseline testingSpotlight the highest achieversDistance throws60, steal startEV and Blast for Bat speedPull downs Command game with 9 pocket netGrade reports on Sunday!Have a standard of a GPA (3.0 or higher)Business card to give out kids, and kids stats on the back that the coach needsBaserunning - green, yellow, red system and just have it in the dugout to see and let them knowStop - station to stationIcicle - cold, no risksDugout participation chart - points for specific talk and engagement in the dugoutDaily, weekly, and monthly sheet- Gold, silver, and bronze medal winner shirts
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