11 Wes Brooks ”The Foundation of a program”

Wes Brooks

Bio

• Current HC at Oxford High School in Oxford, Alabama for 16 years
• 21st year coaching baseball
• Started coaching at alma mater Wellborn. 2002 became head coach in 2nd year
• Jacksonville state college
• USA Baseball Coach 
• Brian Cain Mental Performance Master 
• ABSOLUTE STUD!!

Contact info

• Twitter - @OldGoldSports
• wbrooksOH@gmail.com

 

Notes

• Do things the right way the wins will be there
• Individuals zooms with each player to evaluate each player
• Indy score and team rank
• Each coach has a comment about a kid and join in with the evaluation
• STUD Day - non mandatory days
• Faith, Family, Fun - 3 Pillars of the program
• Culture has a heartbeat
• The Oxford Way
• Same mission for 4 years to give consistency for HS
• Telescope and microscope goals
• 2 days of speed work in the weightroom - do everything as fast as we can do it
• 2 days of max effort day
• Different percentages of swings to feel the differences
• Increase max speed to increase average speed
• Stimulate the nervous system
• Good relationships with the summer coaches, and vice versa (if its about the kids)
• 70% strike zone command
• +1 -1 for swing decision.
• Specific days for their principles “Accountability Day”
• Break it down - team on 3, tell someone you love em on the way out
• When the kids can teach it, we are in a good environment (Know it, do it, and own it)
• Your best players are the hardest workers
• Define what it means to “play the game the right way”
• Find out what works for each kid to become leaders of themselves
• Old School, New School, Hyrbrid - old school still wins, but showing guys why 
• Winning the day starts the day before when we prepare for the next day
• “Opportunity Clock” not an alarm clock
• Older guys need to know the program inside and out to know what to expect and been taught
• Go back to the first step! Fundamentals and paying attention to details
• His last guy is better than your last guy
• Helping create a players toolbox so when he is in the game he goes and make it whatever way he can
• Bernstein principle - the body will organize it based on the goal
• Friday 5-0 - every friday a copy comes in to talk to the team
• Wednesday - FCA
• Community day where a speaker comes in to talk to the team that is successful 
• Person over the athlete and the person has a little more buyin 
• The game of life, of baseball, and God will reward you when you are ready to be rewarded
• Get it and make it your own
• Alpha at bats - big time at bats
• Met with people all over the program to go over the processes