98 - Kyle Watson: Central HS (TX)

Bio

• Head Coach Central HS 6A (TX) - 2016
  • Began as AC (2014)
  • A team out of his district has played in last 4 state championships, 
  • nearly 100 wins in 6 years
• AC Allen HS (biggest HS in Texas)
  • 3 rounds deep in state playoffs
  • Coached Kyler Murray
  • State football championship (7 kids on that team have taken NFL snaps)
• HC Mount Enterprise (4 years)
  • Playoffs 3 out 4 years he was there
• AC at Ballinger HS
  • Both years went to state playoff
• Been a football coach at stop of his career
• Manager of Colorado Springs Snow Sox in the Pecos League
  • 31-14 and won the division
• The current Hitting coach for the Mat-Su Miners in the Alaskan League (Palmer, Alaska)
• Pitching coach in the Texas Collegiate league for the Frisco Rough Riders
  • Covid cut short season
• Twitter - @kylewatson_22
• Email - watsonkyle09@yahoo.com
• 903-522-2693

 

Notes

• I wish there was so much that I knew when I was a player, and I would have been so much better
• Signed up for Brain Cain immersion 
• Red light, yellow light, green light and what do we physically do when we are in those lights
• What we need to do at the plate 
• Ball games are won and lost in between the ears!
• Watch a big league game tonight and watch why they step out of the box and do what they do
• Baseball class all year long
  • Use classroom to show the WHY
  • Give them a paper, what are you going to do to let that go?  WRITE it down, and then practice it!!
  • I want to see it!! Every time something bad happens, we need to do something.
  • Before practice starts we do mental training and just listen, breath, and relax. Contain yourself, calm yourself down, and get back to green lights. 
• We work on it in the weight room too!
• Control your breathing
• Different kids learn different ways
• I love the game so much I can listen and learn from them so much
• I want to continue to learn and be a student of the game, don’t ever stop learning
• I want to see my kids be successful
• I want them experience that type of success
• My heart has laces on it!!
• Pitching need to attack the zone
  • Ways to compete in the zone
  • We want quality PITCH (not strike)
• Play horse with 9 hole net
• I want them to know WHY we throw those pitches
• Pitchers should have a good routine
  • Pre game to be ready for game time
  • Players can come up with their own routine
  • Type it up, laminate it, keep it with them
• Hitters - routine and approach at the plate (mental approach)
  • Attack fastballs early in the count
  • Each of them have their approach
  • HS goal - hit a double in oppo gap
    • Pitch dictates 
• Feeling things is one of the best things you can do to get better
• Flat bats
  • Palm up through the ball, no rollover
• Chart hard hit balls (self scout)
• Not yelling instruction while guy is at the plate
• Having the correct mindset and approach is where the at bat is won!!
• A3P - after 3 pitches, what happens within first 3 pitches
• 13 pitches of less each inning - we chart
• Chart on the wall to see how their inning went
• Tell him how confident we are with him to help with A3P, tell him how good our defense is to make a play for him (make 100% of the routine plays), throw the ball in a spot and do your job.
• They don’t have to be the best baseball player, they just need to believe they are!
• Practice planning
  • Arm care - bands and arms up
  • Mental break - lay down, listen, breath, and just be quiet
  • Brian cain daily dominator
  • Practice plan
  • Catch play
  • Fungo work
  • BP session
    • Cages - focus bats, flat bats, regular bats
    • On field
      • Bunt, hit and run, behind runner, score runner, firework show!!
      • Baserunning group
      • Defensive group
      • Cage group
      • Group guys based on all levels
  • Baserunning every other day and at the beginning of practice
    • Not every lead is good for everybody
    • Vaulting (jump) lead is not good for everyone, but others is sooooo good
    • Tight turns
    • Break up infield and outfield to teach/throw and then switch
    • Grass, dirt grass = 1st/3rd
    • Dirt, then grass, and side to side = 2 bases
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  • 3 days a week year round 
    • In season - one light day, heavy day, and one recovery day
  • Be open and honest with trying new things, but if I don’t know why then we won’t do it
  • Give them a goal to allow them to be successful,
  • Find the best way for them to learn
  • Allowing kids to grow into their body before you make big time decisions to see where they may end up.
  • Show them that you care!! The things they learn from the basebal field is what they will take long after they are done playing
  • I want to get as many wedding invitations
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