Welcome to Midway Panther Baseball 2018 Work Wins
Midway Panther Baseball Fall Video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3jziu1s5k&feature=youtu.be
Midway High School Baseball Coaching Staff 2016-2017 Coach Cornblum eddie.cornblum@midwayisd.org Ben Basden ben.basden@midwayisd.org Chase Mann Chase.Mann@midwayisd.org Coach Cornblum- Head Baseball Coach/ Hitting Coach/ Inf. Coach Ben Basden- Assistatnt Varsity Coach / Pitching Coach Chase Mann- Assistant Varsity Coach/ Hitting/ outfielders/ 3 rd base coach Nick Wright Nick.wright@midwayisd.org Patrick Burkett Patrick.Burkett@midwayisd.org Baseball Office Number: 254-761-2818 Nick Wright- JV Blue Coach / Catchers Patrick Burkett- JV Red Coach Coach Yox Strength Coach
Our First Goal This Fall was to Enhance our Culture Work Wins May not be the next day, the next week. But, eventually it s going to happen Our Expectations cannot waver Discipline & Intensity have to be at its highest Toughness Physically, Mentally, competiveness, socially Excitement Coaches and players cannot be afraid to challenge each other, hype up the tone of workouts, set high expectations, upgrade facilities, build for tomorrow Mental Game Preparing our kids to be Mentally better than they ever have. Give more than what we can provide- Invest Time Be more about our team, development, and program.. Seniors lead from top down and coaches from the bottom up D1 Our numbers went up from 34 players to 49 players signed up Culture is changing Brand the M be everywhere- Let people know what our goals are and we re invested Fundraise Cannot be afraid to reach out and get the community involved
Fall 2017- Off Season Community Involvement Youth League FCA Mental Game Training D1 Athletic Training Facility Twice a week for 16 weeks Team Building
Off Season Agenda - Brian Cain the Mental Game- Weekly classroom settings dealing with failure, goal setting, process of success, positive attitude, culture, team, visualizing, buy in, toughness, flushing the bad. - The Weight Room core movements, becoming a better athlete, building arm strength, quickness, speed, toughness through the grind, bat speed, power - No one cares, work harder explaining to our players that excuses will not be tolerated. Just work harder. I guarantee our play-off opponents will never care about our excuses for why we lost a game. - The Extra better facilities has really helped changed the culture of hard work. They stay now because they enjoy the atmosphere of working out in a nice facility. You have to put in time. - Fundamental Defense / Pitching We are only as good as we are on the mound and in the field. Win the 2-1 ballgame. Fundamental defense and mechanics as much as we can during the fall Bounce Back screens / bull pens - Team Being Selfless. It all comes down to putting your teammates first and your teammates last. Teaching our kids to be selfless has been a great thing. What are you going to do for the guy next to you - Win Everyday Be at your best in the classroom, in the community, at home and on the field. Our expectations for our boys is at it s highest everyday. - Round Rock Challenge We divided our kids into 8 teams and had them compete against each other. Learned a lot about who s tough!
Brian Cain The Mental Game Enhanced in year 2 5 to Thrive 6 Week Video Mental Prep MVP Process Mission, Vision, Principle Accomplishing a little a lot, not a lot a little Work Wins Understanding how to deal with failure Energy Core Covenants A) Responsible B) Selfless C) Aggressive D) Committed E) Process F) Toughness
Facilities The Best Way to get Kids Excited about staying and putting extra work in, give them the best
Tryout Format 2018 For a lot of these kids we have been evaluating them since August through our off-season program. Areas that we have looked at and that we will constantly evaluate: 1) How are they in the classroom? Grades, behavior, work ethic, attendance 2) Commitment Are they here all the time and is our baseball program and their development important to them 3) The extra How much time do they spend on development and training when they are not asked to 4) Talent what does their athletic ability bring to the table for us to win ball games 5) Mental Make-up How do they handle adversity and what character values do they bring to our program 6) What kind of teammate are they? Are they selfless? Tryouts- We will evaluate the 60, arm strength, fundamental skills, hitting, pitch ability, baseball instincts, fielding. This will take place in a 3 day span for the new kids coming out and it s been happening for all off-season kids since August
2018 Baseball Schedule Important Dates: Jan. 26 th, 27 th, 29 th tryouts for 10 th -12 th graders from the class period 7pm..Saturday 1pm-4pm Jan. 26 th, 27 th, 29th, - Tryouts for 9 th graders- 4pm-7pm, Saturday 10am-12:30pm Tournament Schedule: 1 st Week February 22 rd 24 th Varsity Georgetown Tournament JV Blue Waxahachie Tournament Feb. 3 rd 100 inning game JV Red West Tournament Feb. 5 th /6 th 1 st Scrimmage vs. Lake Travis 2 nd Week March 1 st March 3 rd Feb. 22 nd - 24 th 1 st Tournament Varsity Collin County Tournament March 13 th 1 st District Varsity Game at Cove May 4 th 1 st Round of Play-offs May 11 th 2 nd Round of Play-offs May 18 th 3 rd Round of Play-Offs May 25 th - 4 th Round of Play-Offs JV Blue Rogers Tournament JV Red Georgetown Tournament 3 rd Week - March 8 th March 10 th Varsity Lubbock Tournament JV Blue Franklin Tournament JV Red Bryan Tournament
Parent Recommendations 1) Let us coach Our goal is development of your son and winning. We will do our best to achieve that goal everyday. You are welcome to every practice and every game. But we will not tolerate you coaching your son from the stands, near the dugout, or off to the side when we are in practice or in a game. 2) Support all our teams and all of our boys 3) Get involved If you are interested in helping in some capacity please contact Mellisa Landrum 4) Do not be a negative influence in the stands. I refer to this as being an ANCHOR.. Voicing negativity aloud will end up dragging others down with you 5) We will not meet on playing time, your opinion on strategy, or line-ups. There will also be no meetings with the Athletic Director on playing time, line-ups or your thoughts on strategy of the game. 6) If you have a concern about classroom issues, health, an emergency arises, or any other issues away from the game of baseball that you feel we need to meet, I would be happy to talk and help out. 7) Select Baseball has it s own place and I understand the value of those programs. But, we are not select baseball. Our boys will not be allowed to participate in select practices or games until our season is over 8) Please understand your sons role in our program. I will work tirelessly to make this a great place to play and develop. But, all kids are different, have different talents, have different work ethic, bring different value to our program. Take the good and the bad, and stay consistent with your son. Be supportive through it all. They love you!
Important Information - Kids are not to miss practice. Practice is the most important part of the development of our kids and our program - If one of our baseball players gets hurt, please see our Athletic Trainer first Chad McCune Chad.mccune@Midwayisd.org - If any issues come up as far as discipline, I will contact both parents and player the day of and visit. - Drug Testing Policy 30% of all athletes will be tested each month. Every student athlete has an equal chance of being selected 1 st Positive Result 10% suspension of scheduled events 2 nd Positive Result 40% suspension of scheduled events 3 rd Positive Result Removed from baseball for 1 calendar year - ISS (in school suspension) student/athlete will not be able to play in any games while serving the suspension. They must come to practice - OSS (Out of school suspension) Student/Athlete cannot practice or play in games while serving this suspension. Eligible to play on their first day back on campus - Discretionary DAEP 1 st offense 10% suspension of scheduled events 2 nd Offense 40% suspension of scheduled events 3 rd offense suspended 1 calendar year Mandatory DAEP or Expulsion 1 st Offense 40% suspension 2 nd Offense 1 calendar year 3 rd Offense Removed for Having Great Character and Communicating with Coaches is the key to eliminating a lot of issues Practice Information We will practice a lot and that will include Saturdays. Normal times for practice will be from 3:55-6:30pm. We will continue to lift weights through the season. Goal will be, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Community Involvement Our two areas that we will concentrate this year will be our youth league and Scott & White Children s Hospital Midway Little League Baseball We will help our youth league with development from our coaching staff, clinic time for the kids, be at the ball park for the young kids to see us and develop one big program. We want our kids coming up to be excited about Midway High School Baseball and want to be a Panther. That is on us. We need to be visible, invested, and make relationships with those kids coming. We have a unbelievable youth league, we have to be involved. Youth League Baseball Clinics were held in the fall every other Sunday for 10 weeks. I met some great kids and great families! Scott & White Children s Hospital Home Run for Health This is an opportunity for us to bring awareness to the kids of need. Our boys are very fortunate. They are healthy, strong, have great parental support. That is not the case for everyone. This is our opportunity to do something for some kids that need a light shined on them. Through the game of baseball we are able to help
LETS PLAY BALL!!!! I think they look better in a baseball uniform than they did in these Christmas sweaters