123 Jad Prachniak - North Alabama

Bio

• 1st Season HC at North Alabama
• 9 seasons as HC of West Chester University
  • was first and only NCAA school to win a championship
  • 2 NCAA Championships in 2012 and 2017
• Former Associate HC and RC at University of Delaware
• Former PC and RC at William and Mary university

 

Notes

• Not going to settle
• Getting to know our current roster
• Do the right thing - attach to anything and everything
• Giving guys the comfort to be themselves
• Giving guys opportunities and in pursuit to become the best version of themselves
• 100% focus
• 100% effort
• Don’t flinch - body language will not be affected by circumstances
• Can people see it when watch us play
• Challenge players after a win - tighten up
• Clips of what we want, and review what we want - we want to get it right
• Classroom sessions as needed
• Team meetings - attach videos
• The name on the front of the jersey is important, but I don’t want to diminish the name on the back!
• If you have the chase to help and willingness to help someone through something you can get in 
• I’m not going to the field looking to cross guys off
• Can you lead yourself?
• Can you help someone else?
• Scheduled conversations - end of semester, end of year, and as needed
• Players stay true to what’s best for them (more stable)
• Get in the right hype level
• I never want hype level to get in the way of what’s right
• Stack different game situations
• Make sure we are repping what it going to impact the game the most
• Baseball BP - stacked machine (FB/CB), coach mix, coach mix scouting report, 
• During live balls as much as we can during BP
• Attach decision making to the types of frequent lanes with a certain type of runner
• Pitching with runners on no matter how clean you may have been in an intersquad
• The guys that can handle the moment, they are the ones you want to give the ball to
• “Sequencer” can help you project lineups
• Being aware of stacking guys up between each other
• Breaking up the pockets
• Switch hitter/LHH in 2 hole
• Continuity of the lineup to start anticipating options
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