26 - Anthony Williams ;Frostburg State University "Qualities of a good program"

BIO

• Current Head Coach at Frostburg State University
• Prior to FSU he was the HC at Clarion University
• Prior to Clarion he was the HC at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (winningest coach in program history)
• Was a manager in the Coastal Plain League for the Fayetteville Swampdogs
• Worked for the Pittsburgh Pirates analyzing video for the Advanced Scouting Department
• Was a former assistant coach at UMBC where he specialized in baserunning and infield play
• Started his coaching career at Frostburg as a GA, and this has been a coming home for him
• AWESOME GUY!!

 

Show Notes

• Started building the engine of the team, and don’t want to overcoach our team
• Do not want to make wholesale changes before we give them a chance to see what they have
• Individual plans as we go through the fall
• Setting individual goals to help us championship
• “GEL” - GRIT, ENERGY, and LEADERSHIP!!  
  • Values of the program - recruiting, practice, and in games
  • Take scores and test to be sure people reflect and see where they are
  • Coaches and players take it
• I will not ask them to do or be that I would not do or be
• Data on different types of groundballs to help them with their plan of weaknesses
• Use huddle to use video at practice and share with the players
• Foundational drills that everyone does as part of daily work, and then player has the ability to create their own routine
• Have a whole day to create their game day routine.
• Foundational steps of teaching is to be able to coach to the individual players needs
• Measure as much as we can!
• Sift through how much we can measure and then to see what correlates
• “Over the rubber” days and “over the plate” days - competition days and mechanics days
• Gotten back to letting kids do what they do well.
• As long as a coach you can check your ego at the door, you can move forward helping kids get better
• Damage approach - 11 inch plate; 1 ball off each side of the plate
• Gap to gap approach - hunt a good pitch (1 strike)
• 2 strike approach - 2 strikes; mental and physical change - look away/react in
• Mental strategies that players can use in the moment
• Compete on the clock a lot with baserunning (speed days)
• When guys know their times it brings out the best in guys
• Looking for recruits who fit in our offensive model (pressure guys who make consistent hard contact)
• Email - anwilliams@frostburg.edu