Bio
Current HC of Madison Central HS (Kentucky)
Coach Roof just finished his 21st year as the head coach of Indians' baseball team.
During his career at Central, his teams have a record of 526-224-1,
won the Kentucky 11th region title in 2015 and 2018,
and was the Kentucky 11th region runner-up in 2021, 2014 and 2005.
The Indians' have also won 18 district championships.
Roof was named 11th Region Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2014.
Coach Roof has been the head coach of the East/West All-stars six times.
Works with USA ...
Bio
- Current HC of Madison Central HS (Kentucky)
- Coach Roof just finished his 21st year as the head coach of Indians' baseball team.
- During his career at Central, his teams have a record of 526-224-1,
- won the Kentucky 11th region title in 2015 and 2018,
- and was the Kentucky 11th region runner-up in 2021, 2014 and 2005.
- The Indians' have also won 18 district championships.
- Roof was named 11th Region Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2014.
- Coach Roof has been the head coach of the East/West All-stars six times.
- Works with USA Baseball
- Prior to Madison Central, Coach Roof was an assistant at Eastern Kentucky University for four seasons under Hall of Fame Coach Jim Ward
- From 1998-2000, Roof served as the Recruiting Coordinator, and the Colonels won the OVC in 2000.
- He was also the head coach of the Durham Braves in the Coastal Plains Collegiate League.
- Great guy, constant learner, huge work ethic!
Notes
- 16 Day Baserunning install - its not just running the bases, its putting the pressure on the pitcher and as a results we get more fastball
- Day 1 - 1st base
- Day 2 - sliding (you can’t be a baserunning team without getting dirty)
- Pull guys
- Story time - criss cross applesauce
- Day 3 - leads at 1B
- Day 4 - leads at 2B
- Day 5 - leads at 3B
- Day 6 - dirt ball reads
- I want you to ask why, I want you to know why we do it, and it creates more buy in!
- You read the catcher on the dirt balls - read the knees
- Measured leads, what is your time 1st to 2nd
- Teaching from game 1 to the end of the year, and always teaching and adding to the journal
- If you can play catch at a high level you can execute a run down
- We stop doing everything and all situations, and focused on what happened most frequently
- Why didn’t my player understand? It is on us coaches! We need to find something and stop complaining!
- Find a way to compete and find a way to win
- Look at everything you have and hold true to what is working.
- Know your guys
- Know what you are trying to do
- Focus on yourself
- Finding the right fit for each person and individualizing to fit the players needs
- When players take charge of their own development that is a win for our program
- Run producer or run scorer - speed guy or heavy hitter
- 1st third - find our roles, find who can play, may lose games due to development
- 2nd third - learn from our mistakes
- 3rd part of season - here is who we are
- Made a google classroom for the team
- Book study in the fall
- Players texting me about a book that was personal to them
- Memorize a quote for the beginning of practice
- Classroom sessions
- Trying to develop men! Can we get them to maturity?
- The individuals get better collectively and WE get better
- 4 things that can happen once the pitch is throw, so control what you can!
- Hit it hard and get out
- Hit it hard and get a hit
- Hit is soft and get out
- Hit is soft and get hit
- Be the best you can
- Family, hard work, and toughness
- Family - accept your role, roles can change, play for each other
- Hard work - doesn’t matter get better, if you aren’t where you want to be, then you find a way to get better
- Toughness - when the game is on the line are you going to perform?
- Serve each other, get better, toughness to handle the pressure
- How? Get 1% better each day
- Batting practice
- Charting defense
- Expand your range - layout in practice, and sellout in practice
- Dirtbag chart
- What does a dirtbag look like?
- Give him a shirt at the end of the game
- 2 strike adjustment
- Team AB
- Sacrifice myself for the team
- Put it in play
- Measuring it makes it more significant
- Wear a pitch get a chicken sandwich
- What can we do to promote the things that no one seems to care about? The little things
- Make it competitive and reward the winners -
- Have a group of guys you can trust that can help you in situations. “The grass is brown everywhere!”
- Developing the person, and loving your team - tell them you love them!
- Have a common goal and develop the man!
- Email steve.roof@madison.kyschools.us
- 859-661-2414
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