Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast with Billy Emerson of Paul VI HS Sponsored By:  Netting Professionals844-620-2707  info@nettingpros.com www.nettingpros.com   BIO HC of Paul VI HS Career record 336 - 191 (winning over 50% games in his career) PVI since 2003 season 3 Conference WCAC championships 4 VISAA championships 8 times nationally ranked Over 100 players in college or drafted Paul VI HOF class of 2022   NOTES Coaching in the summer is a way for me to learn and get better from the college guys Each year you are taking a big hunk of clay and hopefully by the end of the year you hope it becomes a masterpiece You win games you should of lost and you lose game you should of won If you want consistency you have to be consistent You have to stick to the plan Maintain a coaching staff that can stick around a long time Put together standards and values that you can stick to Focusing on development players Its also about developing human beings  Using the game to create things that they can use later in life If you focus on the right things the baseball things take care of themselves End of season meetings Using the battles to do use as fire and do more than this year You can do things to foster team chemistry (this is how we do things) You can’t force it, you need to foster it You can’t fool the players, it has to be real You can’t force someone to love you Expose our guys to different types of people Classroom session in the off seasonPitchers 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 thing Another huge win is when a guy comes back and says I know what you were saying  We have objectives everyday Explain to the guys why and how this is gooing ot effect you now and down the road The game mirrors life because you have to sit there during moments of inactivity but be ready The 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 system Defensively we take balls live - making people make throughs at game speed Challenging the pitchers and hitters at practice with game situations Pitchers that have not gotten innings will be throwing more in practice of game situations Its about collecting outs. We need to get 21 of them as fast as we can This is an audition! For the regulars and for the guys who have not had an AB Keep stats in practice and it makes the process from objective QPA average - quality plate appearance  - 60% or better 150 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 possible Defensively 1 error or less Turn as many DP as games played Always looking to take 2 until you can’t Reading dirt balls good secondary, read the trajectory, and take off Preparation, attention to detail, effort, focus, selfless, and toughness Aggressive in hitting situations - looking for FB  2 strike approach - the strikeout does nothing for us Execute when called upon Baserunning excellence - eyes up and hustle Pitch to spots, execute pitches > selection, make adjustments, rise to the challenge and post a zero Defense cherish outs - love outs as much as HR No play no throw - calculated risks The kids are our customers*** What did we do to prepare them for the majority of their life?