67 Adam Moseley: Hoover HS (AL) & USA Baseball

Moseley notes

 

Bio

• Current Head Coach Hoover HS (AL)
  • 2021 state finalist
  • 2017 7A Alabama state champion
  • 5 area championships in a row
  • 44 have gone to play college in 7 years - 16 D1
• Member of the USA baseball staff
  • Pitching coach 14U national development program
  • Pitching coordinator for 14U national development program
  • Assistant coach 15U trials
  • Pitching coach for the 2018 15U World Championship USA national team
  • 18U national pitching coach
• Former Head baseball coach at Virgil Grissom HS
  • 1st and 2nd round picks 
• Won over 400 wins as a head coach
• Incredible person
• Man of faith
• Learner and leader!

 

Notes

• • 5 zones 
    • 1 is off the plate left side
    • 2 is on the corner
    • 3 is down the middle
    • 4 is on the corner
    • 5 is off the plate right side
    • If its up in on the hands
    • Scripted pens - fb in the 1, 2 seam in 4
    • Script the first 10 pitches in the game
    • What gets him comfortable in the game - breaking ball glove side or two seam inside
    • These are the first 5 pitches and do you like him
    • You can train whatever you want on the strike zone, but if you don’t know what the umpire is calling it doesn’t matter
    • Release points (on nose, ear, and off face)
    • What are you getting ready for? Focal point
    • Flatground teaching points
      • Feel, release points, finger over the ball
    • In the summer - work with bullets, based on the last performance
    • Tunnel - keep it in line from me
    • Just like in basketball, shooters shot, and throwers throw
    • You need to throw with more on the line to give you feedback
    • The art is how much the guys needs in between starts
      • Dealing = needs more adversity in between to keep edge
      • Struggling = keep confidence high in between
    • Look at them as pillars not rocks and stones - long toss, lifts, 
    • Form to Rate these 3 things everyday with some notes - soreness, effort, and feel (whatever are the pillars)
    • Things that don’t work are easier 
    • Open your home to your team

• Coach for the events that matter the most!!

• • Look for moments to bring them aside and make a meaningful relationship
  • In big moments I am going to touch them (encouragement)
  • Try to talk to each player individually
  • Live out life as much as I can in front of the team
  • Character development
    • Everyday is doing character development, that doesn’t separate you, that is how you live your life
    • Fall - gets a day
    • Spring - pre practice and discuss how it relates to life
  • 24 hour principle - if it is important in 24 hours we will discuss it then
  • Culture
    • Be there consistently
    • Be in the front, when you need to be in the front, be in the back when you need to be in the back
    • They need to know you will take the bullets for you
  • Start with shading on the pitch
  • Have pinch hitters ready early
  • Start practice with a new situation - new situation each pitch and get rolling
    • Video the session to discuss next day
    • Pitchers throw live or throw flat ground to hitters
      • Hitters go in with 0-2 count
      • Work on your stuff
  • Email - amoseley@hoover.k12.al.us
  • Twitter - DM are open: @moseleyadam