31 - Butch Chaffin; Cookesville HS (TN) "Guardian of the Game"

Bio

• Current HC at Cookeville HS in Cookeville, TN.
• 34 years in baseball
• Has spent the last 14 years with USA Baseball
• Spent 4 years as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech
• 3 years was a special assignment scout for the Kansas City Royals
• National speaker/clinician
• Truth spreader of the game
• Just a dude!!!
• Preacher of the game

Show notes

• I yearned for consistency 
• “Rebuilding year” insults everyone in your program
• We are going to work as hard as we can, we will find that line, and then work a little harder
• I am going to try and find a way to get everyone in the game except the next game starter
• The other team is just feedback to see if what we are doing is working or not
• If you are talking development, and about development, then your seniors as coaches!
• You cannot rush athleticism. 
• The secret sauce to development is maturity. We push maturity A LOT!
• Maturity is a decision.
  • Make your bed
  • When you go in the classroom you be respectful
  • When you get done with lunch throw trash away
  • Raise your hand and be responsible
  • Teaching manners
• Best gauge of your culture is behavior
• Players only offer words of encouragement, not criticism
• Mature kids learn faster, so athletically they will take off
• The elite guys loved being coach!!
• No wasted reps, and guys who make national teams don’t waste reps. They don’t make them accidentally
• If you don’t have success, how will you recover? Recover after the strikeout. 
• Parent manual given to my parents at first meeting
• Need to be ok with people not liking you and being on your side
• Systematic approach to how we develop
• Make it more than an activity
  • As a coach I can’t strike out 
• Simple is a skill
• chaffinb1@pcsstn.com
• Great follow on twitter (when he gets it figured out) @Gawbage29
• It's not about me, but it is about me leave fingerprints all over the place
• Guardian of the game!