23 - Trent Mongero - "Know your WHY!"

Bio

 

• Head Baseball Coach of Glynn Academy in Brunswick, GA
• National Elite Infield Camp partnered with Trosky Baseball
• Creator of Mongero Monday’s 
• Creator the Dirt Brothers - Elite infielders
• 26 years as a high school head coach 
• 2017 he guided North Hall to the first ever state championship in school history
• 3 time Region coach of Year
• 2 Time Georgia coach of the year
• 2017 National Coach HS Coach of the year
• Author of “Winning Baseball” a book and video series of baseball fundamentals
• Incredible teacher of the game!

 

Show Notes

• Kids haven’t changed!!
• We set the tone and expectations for kids and kids will respond
• If you are organized and they know you care you can build the culture
• The big change has been the parents and travel/showcase baseball with a lot more selfishness
• Teaching the kids what I want them to know!
• What are we trying to get out of this from a personal perspective, 
• Constantly trying to reinforce what I want them to understand
• You can’t assume! You need to teach
• Personal goals come behind the team goals
• Have a resume with me so I can share with college coaches
• Brick by brick - how we build our championship season
• Feeling good is overrated!! 
• If your behaviors are not matching up with your goals, then you need to change your goals!!
• Commitment, self motivation, and completely driven
• Same consistency on and off the field
• I am not intimidated by people that are smarter than me, I encourage it!
• The big 5 (routines of core drill work)
• Short hops, ozzie drill (knees), 3 step, 5 step, choose your hop
• Check out his YouTube channel! 
• Once you build routines then players can execute without coaches being around
• Train them up so they can build their routines
• Throwing routines are huge! 
• Each position has a specific routine to help them get better!
• Understand the WHY!! Not just that you saw it on Twitter
• The mental game is hugely underrated
• We define the 6th tool to train the tough mind
• Allow your kids freedom and permission to fail to be free some being tight
• Have a blend of giving freedom and your expectations
• Facebook “Winning Baseball” - Mongero Monday’s; everything involved with coaching
• “Trosky Tueday”
• @CoachMongero on Twitter
• www.CoachMongero.com 
• Dirt Brother Baseball 
• YouTube channel
• Sirius XM radio show - complete player development
• The dull pencil is better than a sharp mind!