Better Men, Better Ballplayers

Better Men, Better Ballplayers

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  • 113 Greg ”Mams” Mamula: University of Delaware

    Mamula “Mams” Notes

     

    Mam - you - la 

     

    Bio

    • HC at University of Delaware
  • First year as HC
  • Former recruiting coordinator and associate head coach at Florida Atlantic University
    • 3 NCAA Regional appearances and won 2 Conference USA regular season titles
  • 2019 Conference USA Assistant Coach of the Year 
  • Former assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati 
  • Former head coach at West Chester University for three years
    • PSAC East Coach of the Year and Atlantic Region Coach of the Year in 2009
  • Reached the World Series and placed 7th
  • Former assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Delaware from 2002-06 



    • Notes

    • Change the expectations
  • Everything worthwhile is uphill!
  • We will resort to what we know
  • Its the guys that genuinely care about each other are the teams that win in April and May
  • Getting to know each other the last 10 minutes of practice
    • Hero, highlight, hardship
  • NO CAPTAINS
  • Leadership training - 21 laws of leadership - each guy teaches 1 law of leadership and how to apply it to the program
  • Last 10 minutes of weight room break it down and call out players who did it well that day!
  • We are all leaders! Household, job, 
  • Only as effective as the guys handle it and deal with it
  • Not having captains because we are all leaders and can lead in different ways
  • It is important to the staff that the players feel it is their team!!
  • Naming guys captains put undo pressure on them
  • I’m going to take notes and discuss/evaluate the next day 
  • Nobody is going to hit more on the field as much
  • Rotations
    • Coach BP (3 days)
  • Machine BP (2 (days)
  • Everyday rounds they don’t know what is coming
  • Scripted and know the goal each round
  • Recycling the good rounds
  • Records are posted!!
  • Chart all Bp (hard hit or not)
  • Rank the hard hit % of hitters each day
  • If you are going to spaz out in BP we got no shot in the game
  • Defense is about getting pre pitch and first step down, we know you can catch the ball
  • I want them to practice to get to that swing if they are a power guy
  • Total rounds - 6 swings. Lose swings when don’t get bunt down
  • Get some bunts down to help not shift
  • Break the plate into thirds
  • We fall back to our training, if we trained appropriately then we just compete
  • Avoid talking about striking out!! We want to be fearless and not worrying about striking out
  • 2K approach
    • Every swing is aggressive
  • In the end we still want to hit doubles and hit the ball hard
  • At our level we don’t just put it in play
  • Fear not getting off aggressive swings!!
  • Personal 2k adjustments - in the box, hands, swing, etc
  • Leave them be and see what works for them
  • Early Work - Warm up with tee, flips, and most work with coach throwing over hand or off machine
  • BP is hard in our program
  • We will mix in feel good BP as needed
  • Major leaguers can practice at 50%, but the lower levels just cannot practice at that level. We need to do practice different
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    • 1 hr 8 min
  • 112 Sam Roberts VMI

    Bio

    • HC of Virginia Military Institute
  • Been pitching coach at VMI since 2017
    • As a pitching coach recruited and mentored
      • Josh Winder (7th round Twins)
  • Matt Eagle (Free agent with Dodgers)
  • Zak Kent (9th round Rangers)
  • VMI’s all time hit leader
  • Top 3 in 9 offensive categories
  • Drafted by the Oakland A’s as an infielder and transitioned to a pitcher his last 2 seasons in pro ball
  • https://vmikeydets.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/sam-roberts/1206
  • VMI had 3 current big leaguers in the big leagues this year!!

    • Notes

    • What works in college baseball?
  • I got to get a hold of this guy!! (Learner)
  • Think about more of the stuff we DO have, and not what we DON’T have
  • We are trying to get our kids to be their own best coach
  • Track
    • Swing and miss in the zone
  • Strike %
  • Avg miss
  • Swing and miss
  • Don’t want kids to lock up due to too much information
  • Kid to kid - coach needs to have an idea 
  • Buy in from the information that puts kids in best position
  • Information holds coaches accountable
  • Coaches have an idea of what the kid can handle
  • Overall goal of pitcher is to get outs efficiently
  • Videos in locker rooms of guys having success
  • Before any knowledge you can give them they need to know you care
  • Communicating with kids is most important to build relationship
    • How was your day
  • Are you having a good day
  • Being there for them
  • Talk to them outside the baseball field
  • Ultimately you create more buy in based upon being there for the guys
  • Be sure the information we are giving guys is allowing them to still play loose and fast.
  • Do not get caught up in the negative results
  • Consistently preach your message, so they don’t fear the mistake
  • Get our guys in a position to understand themselves
  • Practice
    • Ton of baserunning - 20/30 minutes
      • Bullpen pitcher right to the field to take reps off pitcher. Multiple lines to maximize reps.
  • Live fungo 
  • Individualized as much as we can
  • Break down each guys movements and plan how to attack it
  • Be comfortable in an uncomfortable situation
  • Relief guys don’t throw on a fresh mound!
  • Start with starters!!
  • The things that you value the teams are better at
  • Create a situation that we can help multiple guys
  • “Competitive moments”
    • Last thing we do everyday
  • Little bit uncomfortable
  • Whole team
  • Create different situations to compete and outside comfort zone
  • VMI had 3 guys in the major leagues this year!!
  • Your best learner is failure
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    • 1 hr 28 min
  • Episode 111: Mike ”Kaz” Kazlausky - Air Force Academy

    Bio

    • Enters his 13th year as Air Force baseball head coach in 2023
  • Coach Kaz retired from active duty (20 years), effective June 1, 2011, and his interim tag was lifted to official head coach status.
  • A former player and Academy graduate, Kazlausky epitomizes what it means to don the Falcon baseball Blue and White.
  • In first year he lead the program to the most wins since 2002 and second-most in school history against Division I
  • Over 200 wins as Air Force's head man
  • In 2016 The Falcons posted a 30-27 record, the second most wins for anyone at Air Force
  • Six MLB Draft Picks
  • Five All-Americans
  • Three Freshman All-Americans 
  • All while leading young men to help better our country first and foremost. 
  • Inspiring leadership for “America’s Team”



    • Notes

    • You have to know your people
  • How are you going to be an effective leader if you don’t know your people?
  • What are my priorities in life?
  • How can I be an effective leader if I can’t be a good dad?
  • I want them to see me outside of a coach
  • How do you define winning?
  • How do you define success
  • Get off the scoreboard
    • They trust you more
  • Better relationship
  • Far outweighs the white lines
  • If i can’t be that person then i need to get out
  • We are making them war fighters! The mission is a little different here
  • We are here to serve and fight
  • Mission is fly fight and win!
  • We hold kids and coaches accountable
  • Tell them and show them how much I love and care about them
  • Take what i learned as a dad, husband, military background and teach it to everyone 
  • Mission has nothing to do with baseball
  • Set standards for your program
  • Its what our nation needs!
  • 1 rule - DO IT RIGHT!
  • Buy into our school, our military, and our program
  • Hold them to high expectations hold accountable to the standards
  • You learn so much from sports because you learn so much about yourself
  • You have an “opportunity” to come play baseball
  • Hold people accountable to the commitment or de-commitment
  • We don't play any home games, because we don’t fight any wars on our home turf!
  • I’m there dad
  • Its not war, its a game, we shake our hands after the game and go home
  • I don’t believe in switching the light switch, we want you always on! ATTACK!
  • Its a lifestyle
  • Lead by examples
  • You know your people
  • You take care of your people
  • You need to set goals for every kid in that program
  • Accountability and expectations are huge!
  • Don’t want people that settle. We want people to be excellent
  • We give our team leadership council (team of leaders for the team)
  • I want kids to make decisions
  • We put no limits, no boundaries on our kids
  • We love for our kids to fail. How are you going to be a better leader if you don’t know how to fail?
  • If we trained for it, prepped for it, had a routine then we will live with the result
  • MAD - Make a difference. As adults is to make a difference
  • Young people is about living your life with no regrets
  • Be the person you can be today!!!
  • Standards never sleep, and you are always on parade!!!
  • Winning is important, but how do you define it?
  • Follow our program on social media, come visit, email me!
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    • 1 hr 3 min
  • 110: Brendan Monaghan - RC Rutgers University

    Monaghan Notes

     

    Bio

    • Pitching coach/Recruiting coordinator Rutgers University
  • 732-445-7746
  • Recruited to help set a program record of 44 wins in 2022.
  • Rutgers pitchers set program records for strikeouts with 534, shattering previous mark of 398. 
  • 2021 helped Scarlet Knights finished with highest conference winning percentage since joining the Big10. 
  • Previously coached at Bryant where they won the conference, had the POT, and finished either 1st or 2nd in the league in strikeouts.
  • Help recruit and develop the only pitcher in Bryant history to win multiple POY honors.
  • Prior to Bryant he served on the staff at George Washington and UMASS Lowell
  • He began his coaching career as a volunteer at his alma mater, St Johns 

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    Notes

    • Identifying what teams are going to do to win
  • Identifying how we are going to win with the team we have
    • Within the system, within the non-negotiables
  • Toughness, commitment and development (pillars/non-negotiables)
    • Talk about every day
  • Brought it from Bryant
  • Part of staff of who we are and what we want to be about
  • Relationship building with family and coaches to help identify the type of players that fit in the system
  • 7 day cycle for a pitcher
    • 7th day is the start
  • Day 1 = recovery, pick up the ball or option to throw, heavy lift day, soft tissue and mobility work
  • Day 2 and 3 = more volume throwing, building it back up. More lifting and conditioning.
  • Day 4 = bullpen day, day 2 and 3 get ready for bullpen
    • Based on previous outting, need, time of year
  • Build and critique the system each day
  • Day 5 and 6 = recover from bullpen and get geared up for day 7. Recover similarly from day 1.
  • Routine vs superstition (Adam Wainwright)
  • Relief pitching depends on the volume
    • On the mound no more than 3 days in between
  • Communication between my relief pitcher and me.  
  • Being open to the adjustment needed in throwing to get right
  • Get more out of my guys with communication
    • What they need 
  • What gets them feeling right
  • What get them most prepared 
  • Doing it not just to check a box, but for their benefit, doing the “right” work
  • Get them understanding the purpose and how they are going about their work
  • We need to figure out why these dots are not lining up.  
  • How can we adjust your routine?
  • Track each guy and individual rows and columns for each guy
  • Proactive with communication - we are not figuring out who is throwing a bullpen at the start of practice
  • If you don’t have 3 elite pitches you can’t get through a line up 3 times 
  • If he can give us 6 innings in a week it may work to get it multiple times
  • Kept guys out of their own way!
  • Manage things the right way as you understand your personnel
  • Try to put guys in the best position to succeed.
  • Play the game! Play the game the right way and with your team
  • Winning is important to us and we want winner
  • Do it for the joy of being with your teammates and to win
  • 732-445-7746
  • @MonnyBall15

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    51 min
  • 109: Alex Guerra - HC Radford University

    Alex Guerra Notes

     

    Bio

    • Head Coach at Radford University
  • Former player at Radford
  • Former assistant coach at Radford University (2014-2015)
  • For the past 7 years he has been the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at James Madison University (2016-2022)
  • Started in college baseball at Central Florida as their director of baseball operations as well as their volunteer assistant coach (2012-13)
  • Passionate!
  • Aggressive player and coach!
  • Serious about coaching!

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    Notes

    • Got into coaching because you want to impact people
  • Who did I want to surround myself with as a staff?
  • Have the right people around you on a daily basis
  • Have a guy that knew the area
  • Developing great relationships with players, well versed in coaching, constantly learning, passionate about recruiting
  • I want guys that want to be at Radford
  • You need to define that you want in those positions when hiring a staff
  • With my personality I need someone….
  • Stick to your guns, and you have to be ok with making decisions that someone won’t like it
  • How you explain the decisions is important
  • Have something done before expected
  • Challenging yourself to get better
  • The people I work with are family to me
  • This is how we are going to build it, and players will have to total ownership of it
  • You either will be about it, or you just won’t be around it
  • The head coach needs to set a direction for the entire program
  • “We are going to be a Blue Collar Family”
    • Everyday there will some type of lesson, example that you will bring back to define our culture
  • Being vulnerable is going to be a part of our culture, and The coach needs to be one who starts that.
  • Consistency is the best thing a coach can do. Whatever we do just stay consistent that helps cultivate our culture daily
  • If you have the good players and can develop them with a strong culture you have a chance to win championships
  • Consistently communicate to our guy what exactly their role is 
  • The process, the culture comes from one voice
  • Be myself, treat people with respect, hold them accountable
  • Twitter - @AGBaseball9

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    1 hr 19 min
  • 108 - Cliff Godwin: East Carolina University (ECU)

    Bio

    • Current HC at East Carolina University
  • 13 NCAA Regionals 
  • 2 College World Series appearances 
  • four-time American Athletic Conference Coach-of-the-Year
  • 6 NCAA Regional berths (2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 Greenville Regional host)
  • 4 Super Regional appearances (2022 Greenville Super Regional)
  • 3 American Athletic Conference Regular season championships
  • 3 AAC Tournament crowns
  • 304-151-1 (.668) overall record
  • 20 players have earned All-America status, while 23 were NCAA All-Regional selections, 33 were named all-conference (26 first teamers) and 14 were drafted by Major League Baseball teams.
  • 64 players who have gone on to the professional ranks during his time as a coach at the Division I level
  • 2 time USA Baseball National Team Staff member
  • Strong man of faith
  • One of the top respected people in college baseball

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    Notes

    • Those rings represent relationships
  • I believe I am at ECU for these moments not the championships
  • I am more of coach to help people in tough times
  • There is no textbook handed to your coach when dealing with a death or tragic incident
  • SPORTWORKS company to do devotionals 2x week
  • Each kid stands up and recites the mission, vision and pirate code before we play
  • You will fall back on your preparation. 
  • Culture is more important than any mechanic
  • I don’t need to go to Omaha for my ego. I want it for the other people more than me
  • The more you give, the more you recieve.
  • PIRATES has stayed consistent
  • Vision has stayed pretty consistent
  • There has to be a unbelievable amount of trust between coaches and players and it has to be 2 way street
  • You have to be there everyday in terms of taking advice from pitching/hitting coach
  • Unlimited trust on both sides
  • Motto - triangle
    • Trust
  • Selfless
  • Communication
  • Goals
  • We don’t talk about them everyday, we focus on getting 1% everyday
  • Those things are more important to me when we can get people ready for life
  • Its not just me on a podcast, people know exactly what they need to do here
  • Look in the mirror and ask myself what I can do better??!!
  • I try to speak to all of the players everyday
  • Schedule meetings with individual players during the week
  • When body language is off you schedule a meeting and talk
  • The cell phone does not go out with me to practice 
  • I didn’t want to bring anyone external to our program because the foundation as already been set
  • Hiring the right people!!
  • If you hire young people who are hardworking and loyal, it will work out!!
  • I need your loyalty!
  • Write gratitude letters before thanksgiving 
  • None of us would be where we are without the help of someone else
  • Best players have in common
    • Comfortable in your own skin, be who you are
  • Ultra competitive, hated losing
  • Players advice
    • Where you invest your time that is where you will get your best results
  • You become the average of the 5 people you hang out with. Its all about who you hang out with
  • Don’t play the comparison game
  • Be the best version of yourself
  • If you are going to do it, do it your best
  • Do things that you don’t like to do 
  • Coach advice
    • Keep blinders on and not worry about what someone else is doing
  • Don’t spread yourself too thin
  • You can get the players to do anything but you can’t get them to do everything
  • Work hard, work your tail off, be loyal to who you work for
  • Just keep showing up! It just won’t happen tomorrow.



    • 1 hr 8 min
  • 107 - Liam Bowen; University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)

    Bio

    • 5th head coach in UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) history
  • 8 years as an Assistant coach before being named HC
  • AC during America East Championship run in 2017 while he was pitching coach
    • surrendered just three runs per game
  • schools first America East Championship 
  • third NCAA Tournament appearance
  • Bowen recruited the 2017 America East Rookie of the Year, Christian Torres.
  • lowering the team ERA from 9.01 in 2012 to 3.30 in 2015, the best improvement in the country over that span. 
  • Bowen has recruited and coached four freshman All-Americans, 33 All-Conference selections and 15 All-Rookie team selections
  • Well respected coach and person

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    Notes

    • Fit a need on our roster
  • Academic fit, high level enough student that can succeed in our school
  • People we can trust in our program
  • Find the player that excites you on the field first to be sure they can play in our conference
  • There is way more to baseball a D1 player than just playing baseball
  • Being a d1 player, there is a lot going into it
  • Keep the schedule consistent
  • Master the routine
  • Give the assistant their time
  • Hire the right guys
  • Make umbc the best place for assistant coaches
  • How do I get our coaches in the best position to impact the players?
  • How do I make that strength relevant for my assistants?
  • This is what I am good at, how can I make an impact on my guys?
  • Division of labor - everyone gets to do some work and people get to do what fires them up
  • Common character traits
    • Selfless - we win and lose together
  • If you get the right characters you can get everyone working together
  • Selfless and reliable people
    • Define them 
  • Reliable - delivery their skillset on the field consistently. “What do you look like on your bad day?”
  • Selfless - genuine joy of serving others. Can you find joy in your team and teammates' success?
  • A team with true chemistry is guys who have a high regard for the team.
  • If your not good when you are on, you better stop pitching.
  • You got to clock your outs
  • Each moment is important and how it affects your future, innings, result, season, next year, etc
  • You don’t want the guys to feel like you are taking english 101 for 4 years. You use what the team needs.
  • The most important scouting is your own practice time
  • One practice a week, during the spring, we run practice like individuals and small groups
  • You got to make time to use all the tools
  • Respond to your own ball flight
    • Everytime I throw the ball it needs to have the same shape
  • Play a high level game of catch
  • Hitter find the ball flight that will make you the most successful
  • 10/80/10 - 
    • 10 percent will scrap
  • 10 percent will be very good
  • 80 percent who knows themselves the best
    • How do I take my strengths into winning baseball and helping the team
  • Know your identity and find a way to delivery it everyday through their reliability
  • Let yourself be ok with not being the top 10%
    • It is so impactful for our team and for their future
  • We have a unique opportunity in our sport to teach these values because our game is so hard.
  • Find a time to pick your spots where the player will be ready to listen
  • If you are pushing yourself everyday you deserve honesty from the coaching staff
  • Players give effort, coaches give the truth - if anyone falls on that scale things fall
  • We will use every avenue available to help our team get better
  • Portal is a compressed process
  • Roster is smaller to be sure we can make an impact on all our players. 
  • What are the players going to remember about you?
  • How do you learn and grow your own process
  • How are we going to respond to this new environment?
  • I know we are going to be selfless and reliable. It is our north star
  • Twitter and come see us play! @UMBCbaseball 
  • League plays Fri-Sun
  • Come in for free and enjoy!
    • 1 hr 7 min
  • 106 - Bill Mosiello - Ohio State

    Bio

     

    • Current Head Coach at Ohio State University
  • One of the most accomplished assistant coaches in the country with stops at seven different Power 5 programs.
  • associate head coach at TCU for nine seasons (2014-22)
  • nearly 30 years of collegiate coaching experience and seven more years of experience as a minor league manager.
  • 2017 he was tabbed a coach on the USA Baseball 18U National Team 
  • 2018 16U NTDP head coach
  • coached over 90 major league players, 28 All-Stars, two batting title winners, two AL MVPs, one AL Rookie of the Year and 2012 Cy Young award winner R.A. Dickey.
  • tutored MLB phenom Mike Trout for nearly two full seasons when he was part of the Arkansas Travelers AA club of the Angels
  • Worked in the Yankees organization as well as with coaching icon Auggie Gorrido at Cal State Fullerton
  • Offensive mastermind at each step of the way working with the top 5% of the game
  • ABCA clinician speaker
  • Incredible baseball mind
  • Hell of a baseball GUY!!


    • Notes

      • Adapt or die and you have to make some adjustments.  
  •  I Have a certain set of core beliefs
  • Have to be able to relate to the players
  • How do players learn?
  • Wear  the pants the right way
  • No bat flips - play the game with enthusiasm
  • Going to keep joy in our own team
  • Want them to have a blast but you have to respect your teammates and your team
    • Keeper of the game!!!
    • Teach guys to play the game the right way. Respect your opponents and respecting the team
  • Baserunning is something we can bring to the park everyday
  • Runner at 1b never knows when the guy at 2b  will steal
  • Baserunning worked on daily - some type of theme
  • You can work on instincts
  • You need to make a big deal about it everyday
  • Don’t mistake activity for achievement. If you are not detail oriented you are just oding activity
  • A great player learns from other players mistakes
  • Good players learns from their own mistakes
  • I have to do a better job articulating
  • You cannot assume anything
  • We can steal runs throughout the season from our daily baserunning work
  • The FREEBIE WAR is huge for us! Just like the football coach is trying to win the turnover battle
  • Different between reckless and fearless
  • My guys are going to run because they can make it
  • Enable your players that they can do things. 
  • Never underestimate your players
  • Trust your players the sky limit
  • Culture is how you operate
    • Define it and then demand it
  • Its just like a swing, you teach it daily
  • O - ownership
  • H - hard working
  • I - integrity
  • 0 - one pitch at a time
  • Define them and what do they mean
  • If you are doing it right they can tell you and you need you need to teach it daily
  • Thoughts become things!
  • I need them to see it, and make it important to them
  • There are great kids all over the country
  • Lets keep it simple
  • Meet everyday and discuss everyday and keep it simple - 5 minutes a day
  • Compound effect - doing a little a lot
  • Video of what the play looks like
  • Take notes, watch video, demonstrate, and then rep it out
  • Brian Cain talking about dugout participation
    • be a great teammate, be engaged, and be sure they are doing it
  • Team organizational meetings
    • Special guest speaker
  • What do you know now that you wish you knew then
  • All these things you have to teach and worked on daily
  • You can only take out what you put in (bank account)
  • Great players 
    • Super coachable
  • Invested in teammates
  • Quick learners
  • Comfortable being uncomfortable - when you make changes that is where you grow
  • Success leaves clues!
  • Growth is what we are all trying to get 
  • Learners mindset
  • Its what you know after you know it all that counts the most
  • If i am going to ask my players to grow why wouldn’t I, the coach, be growing
  • Great coaches
    • ask questions
  • We all need help
  • Learners
  • Humble in the way they acted
  • Be who you are
  • Continue to make adjustments
  • I like to stay in the dugout so they don’t even know I am there
  • Ohio State website - https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/coach/bill-mosiello/
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    • 59 min
  • 105 - Robbie Britt: University of Charleston (WV)

    Robbie Britt

    HC University of Charleston (WV)

     

    Bio

    • Finished 3rd year a HC of Golden Eagles
  • 16-game win streak, the longest in program history
  • 11th in the country, its highest national ranking in program history.
  • third straight regular season conference championship with a 24-4 conference record,
  • hosted the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional for the first time in the program’s 118-year history.
  • 4th straight semester with a team gpa above a 3.0 and served over 1000 hours of community service
  • 5 top-25 victories, including a victory over #6 ranked Ashland, and a win over #15 ranked Wingate, a first in the history of the program. 
  • Former assistant and interim head baseball coach at Middle Tennessee State University from 2015-2018.

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    2022 Notes

    40-18 Record (2nd most in program history)

    Mountain East Regular Season & Tournament Champions

    NCAA Atlantic Regional Finalist

    4th straight conference championship and NCAA Tournament Appearance

    6th straight semester with a 3.0+ team gpa

    1000 Hours of Community Service in the Charleston community

     

    Robbie Britt Notes

    82-36 Career Record (.694 Win %)

    53-12 Conference Record (.815 Win %)

     

    Married to Courtney, Father to Ellie (3) and Camp (2).

    Speaker at ABCA Barnstormer, TBCA, WVBCA, OHSBCA Conventions

    Owner/CEO Culture House LLC., Empower Leaders, Inspire Excellence

     

    Other Notes

    Coaching Staff Features a Unique Model - Young Coaches, Bold Opportunities

    Three Program Pillars: Graduate Leaders, Create Champions, Develop Stewards

    UCWV Features 3 professional players (Logan Campbell, RHP Minnesota Twins; Austin Henrich, RHP Frontier League; Colt Webb, High Point Rockers, Atlantic League)

     

    Show Notes

      • Staffing provides the experience for the students athletes
  • Oldest coach at 29
  • If you hire great people, and unlock them to do great work, you can provide an awesome experience
  • Creative content position
  • 7 coaches who have coached with Britt now who are now in full time coaching positions
  • Hire people who
    • Self starters, internally motivated
  • Growth minded - want to learn
  • Collaborative and spirited
  • Replicating the model
    • Get a high school student involve
  • Clearly define expectations and what it looks like
  • Empower them to get it done
  • Identify what you want it to look like (create the vision with width and depth)
  • Width = a lot of people
  • Depth = its not just about winning (something greater, the “transcendent” student experience
  • Who are the people?
  • What are the things I need in my organization?
  • What am I good at?  What am I not good at?
  • Define a clearly defined program for the individual (staff and player)
  • Player and personal side of player development (hire a player development)
  • Cast, clip, quote
  • Look at your resources
    • Either worry about your resources or worry about your resourcefulness!
    • Are their people on campus that want to help your baseball players?
  • Is there a math teacher that would break down metrics? Create a meaningful title
  • Do it If there is value to your program and you have a willingness to be told NO!
  • Recruited a director of analytics just like a student athlete!!
  • Life skills and platform you are teaching through the content
  • If you are teaching so you can coach, you are out of wack!!!
  • Made us be really focused on the type of recruit that is a fit for us!
  • Run it like a business/board meeting - we meet everyday
  • Individual staff meetings
  • The “unseen” hours - where you make life work
  • What are the metrics that we feel leads to winning? (clarify the metrics that are important)
    • Core principles
  • Primary strategies
  • performance indicators
    • EV with LA on BIP
  • Physicality wins!
  • Ever evolving (finding clarity)
  • Clarity is always the goal, but evolution towards clarity is what you are trying to achieve (excellence)
  • Its what the game provides!!
  • @CoachRB6, @UCWV_baseball
  • www.ucgoldeneagles.com
  • Go to baseball page and then “mountain state of mind blog”
  • Google - “mountain state of mind blog”
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  • 104: Jack Leggett - HOF Clemson & USA Baseball

    Jack Leggett

     

    Bio

    • Former HC of USA Baseball 18U National Team
  • Author of the ABC’s of Coaching
  • 2014 ABCA Hall of Fame member
  • Former head coach of the Clemson Tigers from 1994 to 2015
    • 21 NCAA appearances, 9 Super Regional appearances, and 6 trips to the College World Series
  • compiled a 955-480 record at Clemson
  • coached over 140 professional baseball signees, 9 first rounders, and 25 players who have played in the Major Leagues.
  • His 1,332 wins as a HC ranks 9th all time for Division 1
  • ACC COY 1994, 1995 and 2006
  • Watch Jack Leggett “The Man” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnosgDOBjY4&t=4s
  • See more on his website - https://jackleggett.com/

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    Notes

    • Delegated a lot to the players with small coaching staff
  • Limited staff you had to know how to handle all aspects
  • Conflict, change, committed, championships
  • Make them believe we were all playing for 1 team (USA)
    • First starts in the recruiting process - it will take you to be unselfish
  • Emphasize at practice the unselfish plays
  • Emphasize those elements in the game
    • Every player on the bench needs to recognize
  • Fundamentals are a big deal
  • We are committed to fundamentals
  • Throwing competition into your practice
    • Engine runs at a higher level
  • If there is no competition or consequence then they think it is ok to not execute
  • If you practice like a harley davidson, then you will play like a harley davidson*
  • Intense, repetition, and accountability*
  • Talented play with fundamentals is much better than a talented player, and if they talented and fundamental and competitive they are special
  • Throwing drills, base running drills, kept it simple (plays that you only really need to use, and just get an out), relationships with players, seeing the wide lense of the game, handled umpires better, more poise
  • Helped being athletic, enthusiastic, and been around good coaching
  • The players knew I cared about them more than just being a baseball player*
  • You learn something all the time. Everytime you go to the field you find something to learn
  • The minute you stop coaching and teaching that are not slidable, then you need to stop coaching
  • watch, pay attention, listen, learn all the time, pick peoples brains, learn the fundamentals
  • Show them the right way, and then show them the wrong way
  • If you can show a kid something, break it down step by step, and then rep it
  • Roll the ball, roll it further away, short fungo, longer fungo, live ground ball
  • Accountability, feedback, and breakdown of fundamentals
  • Have a plan, keep it simple, rep it out
  • Willing to change, understand why he needs to change, attack the change
  • Be willing to trust you
  • Be willing to tell players WHY
  • You are passionate, you care, you are with them in the trenches is the most important quality that you care about them more than just a baseball player
  • Be able to talk to them when you lose and when you win
  • MTA - make the adjustment
  • Get to know your players so you make fewer mistakes
  • If you want your players to be in shape you should be in shape
  • If you can’t communicate what you know then it doesn’t matter how much you know
  • Body language during tough moments in a game
  • The most valuable lesson is the game is never over to till the last out, the last pitch - its never over
  • Changing pitchers are the toughest decisions
  • Make better decisions with better depth
  • Get a good feel for what is happening in the game that day
  • You can’t be right all the time
  • Knowing what your team is all about and having them prepared
  • Play consistently and be ready to play everyday together
  • Email on the website https://jackleggett.com/
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