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Summary:

Guest: Jeff Sherman, Head Coach for baseball at Marcus High Schoo

Four years of being a financial planner prepped Jeff Sherman for baseball coaching

Sherman’s fall training plan improves movement, cognitive abilities, flexibility, and team mentality

People scout you. People know your deficiencies. People don’t like you.

Learn how to respond in a “jungle mentality” to evolve out of the safe, controlled “zoo mentality”

The pitcher/batter confrontation in baseball has a clear winner/loser dynamic to see who lets their team down

“The Pack” is family, unity, selflessness, and serving others

A young cancer patient watches the team place to gain strength and hope

Serving the community teaches the team that life is bigger than baseball

The culture of Marcus baseball is building strong relationships with others

If kids are struggling at something, make it harder for them

Coach Sherman handles the hitting and infield work for personal development training

Recreate the movement that will happen in a real game

Games are lost, not won, based on base running

Half hour movement and hitting training feature drag bunting, infield, outfield, and hitting the center of the baseball

Batting practice includes power ground balls, line drives up the middle, and batting cages

Lay out and getting dirty creates a strong live game mentality

Data helps track pitching and hitting

Be honest with players and don’t mislead them

Self-motivation declines when you aren’t playing

Parents are a huge part of what makes a coach successful with their players

All sports have about 5 million unpaid coaches, 2 million each year of which are new

“Development night” every Thursday sharpens up players and coaches

You live once, what will be your impact?

3 Key Points:

   Experiment, always be learning, and understand what failure is.

 “Jungle mentality” is understanding how to respond and survive compared to “zoo mentality” of a controlled environment.

 When you work hard and give all you've got, you are always a winner.

Tweetable Quotes:

“Failure is something that we want them to experience.” - Jeff Sherman (4:04)

“For my guys, its a win or a loss.” - Jeff Sherman (10:53)

“There is something very, very cool about watching a pitcher and a hitter. That’s like awesome watching that battle between the two, because, there is a winner and a loser.” - Jeff Sherman (14:59)

“I want them to be bold leaders and speak up when things aren’t right, and serve others.” - Jeff Sherman (18:35)

“It’s not about you, it’s about the relationships that you build with others.” - Jeff Sherman (20:53)

“I always thought a negative plus a negative equals a positive.” - Jeff Sherman (23:02)

Resources Mentioned:

Twitter: @JeffSherman26

Marcus High School Baseball

Email: [email protected]

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