84 - Brendan Clary: R.L. Turner HS (TX)

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Bio

Coach Clary is going into his second year as the Head Coach of the R.L. Turner Lions in Carrollton, TX. He has made previous coaching stops at Ranchview, Lubbock-Cooper, & Slaton prior to that. Worked his way up through the ranks at each level coaching to make his way into the head coaching job.  He played his college baseball at Lubbock Christian University while receiving a degree in History with a minor in Exercise Sports Science. He holds memberships from NHSBCA, THSBCA & ABCA. He was a recent ABCA Barnstormer Clinician at TCU.

 

Coach Clary also coaches with the Dallas Patriots organization in the Fall & Summer as the head coach of a 2024 group. 

 

Coach Clary has been married 3 years to his wife Kelsey, who also teaches and coaches. They welcomed their first child into the world, daughter Charlotte, over this past summer. 

 

Notes

• Fall 3 innings or 25 pitches
• “Machine league” - 6 outs in an inning, 2 pitches, time limit to go play as much as possible
• At school - “foundational and relational”
• “Ron Washington’s” - 
  • 5/5/5 - knee work, fielding position
• Med ball progression - movement patterns without having to teach it
  • Heel toe action with med ball
• “Kickball roll” - ask the pitcher for what you want
• Roll Series - outfielders going back as long as they like to, and work through each side
• Get behind drills - ball up and get through the ball
• Travel ball kids - “chasing opportunity for the next level”
  • Individual skill based
• Play tennis - find a line and get the ball back and forth 
• Pre practice period for everyday drills
• “The Menu” - list 5 drills, and players get to choose 3 to complete
  • Gets ownership of their development
• Flacco’s - wide receiver drills
• Leadership council - kids voted on 3, and they chose 2, and coach picked 2
• Parent GroupMe along with email
• Write down my identity and what you want as a program.
• Growth plan for 3-5 years with more process based
• Created jobs and duties for assistants
• Ask questions
• Our culture grows everyday
• We are the protectors and keepers of our own culture
• Little things do turn into big things
• We protect our culture as much as we can
• Practice plan out in group me
  • Copy in locker room
• Movement prep, j bands, arm blades, plyos, PCR (play catch routine)
• PCR - 12-15 minutes
• If you are going to throw then you need to warm up and then go throw, not go practice everywhere  and then come back to throw
• Combo work - 
  • “Cinco series” - 
• If you want to eat spaghetti, you need to go get that noodle warmed up and ready to eat. If it sits around it gets tight and sticks together, and 
• Outfield Grid system - 9 boxes, 1,2,3 in, 4,5,6 in the middle right and left, 7,8,9 back and left to right
• Infield grid system - 4 boxes to simplify communication
• Red, yellow, green running system
• Colored baseballs that will determine how to get the ball to first 
• The feet will dictate the throw, stay in the box to make a good throw
• The best pickoff most time is a step off
• Have an “active” take
• Taken “sacrifice” out of the word bunt
  • Get the bunt down and away from the pitcher
  • Bunting is offense
• 21 outs and will sometime do 6 outs with varsity and 3 outs for JV
• Deck of cards to pick situations
• Middle of practice and throw a guy in a situation and see if they win/lose and go back to practice 
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• brendan.r.clary@gmail.com
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