Davis Notes
Bio
- Head Coach at Sherwood HS (MD) since 2012
- 140-36
- 4 time regional champion
- MSABC district coach of the year 2016 and 2019
- AC at Sherwood started in 2009
- AC at Georgetown Prep and Rockville Express
- At the end of his career at Frostburg he was the all time leader in hits, runs, at bats, and games played.
- A DUDE!!
Notes
- Post practice plan in the PE office and guys check it and post to group chat
- Hack attack for multiple uses
- Dirt ball reads
- First and thirds
- Pop ups
- Bunting with a little pace
- Using pocket radars to give immediate feedback for a kid to swing with a content
- Spray charts for opposing players
- Fastball taken for a strike
- Can’t take the best pitch of our at bat
- Especially in “GO” counts
- Guys who take more fastballs in counts tend to be weaker hitter
- Conversations with players about what they are seeing and having an approach
- Each conversation is different based on the player
- Getting kids prepared for college
- Call pitches, picks from dugout, signs from a wristband, practice preparation
- Picks - verbals and non verbals around
- As many touches as possible in a short amount of time
- 4 man fungo,
- 3 rotation PFP
- Lineups are defensively based
- Offensively changed our philosophy based on how we swing it
- If the players know you genuinely care about them you can ask the world of them
- We are doing this because I do not want the seniors to cry at the end of the year
- If I won’t, they don’t! If I go to everything they know I am bought in.
- Make it feel big league, as good as it can!
- Twitter - @woodbaseball1 DM’s are open
