69 Steve Roof: Madison Central HS (KY)

Bio

• Current HC of Madison Central HS (Kentucky)
• Coach Roof just finished his 21st year as the head coach of Indians' baseball team.  
• During his career at Central, his teams have a record of 526-224-1, 
• won the Kentucky 11th region title in 2015 and 2018, 
• and was the Kentucky 11th region runner-up in 2021, 2014 and 2005.  
• The Indians' have also won 18 district championships.  
• Roof was named 11th Region Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2014. 
• Coach Roof has been the head coach of the East/West All-stars six times. 
• Works with USA Baseball  
• Prior to Madison Central, Coach Roof was an assistant at Eastern Kentucky University for four seasons under Hall of Fame Coach Jim Ward
• From 1998-2000, Roof served as the Recruiting Coordinator, and the Colonels won the OVC in 2000.  
• He was also the head coach of the Durham Braves in the Coastal Plains Collegiate League.
• Great guy, constant learner, huge work ethic!

 

Notes

• 16 Day Baserunning install - its not just running the bases, its putting the pressure on the pitcher and as a results we get more fastball
  • Day 1 - 1st base
  • Day 2 - sliding (you can’t be a baserunning team without getting dirty)
    • Pull guys
    • Story time - criss cross applesauce
  • Day 3 - leads at 1B
  • Day 4 - leads at 2B
  • Day 5 - leads at 3B
  • Day 6 - dirt ball reads
• I want you to ask why, I want you to know why we do it, and it creates more buy in!
• You read the catcher on the dirt balls - read the knees
•  Measured leads, what is your time 1st to 2nd
• Teaching from game 1 to the end of the year, and always teaching and adding to the journal
• If you can play catch at a high level you can execute a run down
• We stop doing everything and all situations, and focused on what happened most frequently
• Why didn’t my player understand?  It is on us coaches! We need to find something and stop complaining!
• Find a way to compete and find a way to win
• Look at everything you have and hold true to what is working.
  • Know your guys
  • Know what you are trying to do
  • Focus on yourself
• Finding the right fit for each person and individualizing to fit the players needs
• When players take charge of their own development that is a win for our program
• Run producer or run scorer - speed guy or heavy hitter
• 1st third - find our roles, find who can play, may lose games due to development 
• 2nd third - learn from our mistakes
• 3rd part of season - here is who we are
• Made a google classroom for the team
• Book study in the fall
• Players texting me about a book that was personal to them
• Memorize a quote for the beginning of practice
• Classroom sessions
• Trying to develop men! Can we get them to maturity?
• The individuals get better collectively and WE get better
• 4 things that can happen once the pitch is throw, so control what you can!
  • Hit it hard and get out
  • Hit it hard and get a hit
  • Hit is soft and get out
  • Hit is soft and get hit
• Be the best you can 
• Family, hard work, and toughness
  • Family - accept your role, roles can change, play for each other
  • Hard work - doesn’t matter get better, if you aren’t where you want to be, then you find a way to get better
  • Toughness - when the game is on the line are you going to perform?
• Serve each other, get better, toughness to handle the pressure
• How? Get 1% better each day
• Batting practice 
  • Charting defense
  • Expand your range - layout in practice, and sellout in practice
• Dirtbag chart
  • What does a dirtbag look like?
  • Give him a shirt at the end of the game
• 2 strike adjustment
  • Team AB
  • Sacrifice myself for the team
  • Put it in play
• Measuring it makes it more significant
• Wear a pitch get a chicken sandwich 
• What can we do to promote the things that no one seems to care about?  The little things
• Make it competitive and reward the winners -
• Have a group of guys you can trust that can help you in situations. “The grass is brown everywhere!”
• Developing the person, and loving your team - tell them you love them!
• Have a common goal and develop the man!
• Email steve.roof@madison.kyschools.us
• 859-661-2414