Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with Billy Emerson of Paul VI HS
- Coaching in the summer is a way for me to learn and get better from the college guys
Classroom session in the off season- Pitchers and catchers, hitters, mental toughness training
When a guy walks out of our program and he is blessed to play college baseball and he is prepared to step on campus that is an awesome thingAnother huge win is when a guy comes back and says I know what you were saying We have objectives everydayExplain to the guys why and how this is gooing ot effect you now and down the roadThe game mirrors life because you have to sit there during moments of inactivity but be readyThe value of paying attention to details There is a karma around the game and if you don’t pay attention it will bite you!Keep the baseball demons away from us!Every time we take batting practice we implement baserunning systemDefensively we take balls live - making people make throughs at game speedChallenging the pitchers and hitters at practice with game situationsPitchers that have not gotten innings will be throwing more in practice of game situationsIts about collecting outs. We need to get 21 of them as fast as we canThis is an audition! For the regulars and for the guys who have not had an ABKeep stats in practice and it makes the process from objectiveQPA average - quality plate appearance - 60% or better150 or lower strikeout %Pop up or routine flyball = airball (set goal for no airballs)Strike % and first pitch strike %Force bad contact as early as possibleDefensively 1 error or lessTurn as many DP as games playedAlways looking to take 2 until you can’tReading dirt balls good secondary, read the trajectory, and take offPreparation, attention to detail, effort, focus, selfless, and toughnessAggressive in hitting situations - looking for FB 2 strike approach - the strikeout does nothing for usExecute when called uponBaserunning excellence - eyes up and hustlePitch to spots, execute pitches > selection, make adjustments, rise to the challenge and post a zeroDefense cherish outs - love outs as much as HRNo play no throw - calculated risksThe kids are our customers***What did we do to prepare them for the majority of their life?
