Bio
- Current Head Coach at Eastern Mennonite University to become the 11th HC in the programs 52 years
- After graduating from EMU in 2014 he came on the Royals staff to become the first full time assistant coach.
- Serves the Fellowship of Christian athletes
- A leader among the faculty and staff at EMU that aligns to their Christian values.
Show Notes
- Fall has more focus on development and built individual development plan due to given more days with the team
- Assistant coach has title of director of player development
- Baseline testing - on base u (mobility), blast, hitting/pitching rapsodo
- Comparison to the team to develop a plan
- 3 things to accomplish in practice: compete, mindful, and fun!
- You are the bowling ball, we are the guide rails!
- Be your best coach!!
- Getting strength coach certification to help tailor strength programs
- Access google drive for ind development plans (IDP)
- Freshman/soph (younger guy) teams development mode in the spring, starters will focus on more approach
- Changed the focus of practice from time, to feel and environment!
- Fast paced practice, music, and shortened time of team practice
- All teaching is done before we get on the field
- Guided meditation has been a big success, and is built into practice
- Use a guided meditation app, players can pick the GM of the day
- Heads Up baseball by Ken Ravizza!!!
- I didn’t get physically better, but my mind got sharper!
- The breath is the biggest skill that most guys coming into college baseball need!!
- What does your routine look like?
- What is your release to get your back into green light mode?
- Script out the routine, and you don’t get to practice until it is written out
- ****3 Pillars; Compete for championships, Graduating, and Giving back to the community
- What is the process, everyday discipline to get to that point??
- If the actions are not aligned with the processes/behaviors we need to switch it up
- Get guys to buy into that everyday process (how we take care of our guys)
- Week 1 goal and habit assessment
- Goals - what do you want to achieve
- Habits - what does your day look like
- The best players for EMU have been people who are about giving back to the community.
- adam.posey@emu.edu
- @adamposey
