Moseley notes
Bio
- Current Head Coach Hoover HS (AL)
- 2021 state finalist
- 2017 7A Alabama state champion
- 5 area championships in a row
- 44 have gone to play college in 7 years - 16 D1
- Member of the USA baseball staff
- Pitching coach 14U national development program
- Pitching coordinator for 14U national development program
- Assistant coach 15U trials
- Pitching coach for the 2018 15U World Championship USA national team
- 18U national pitching coach
- Former Head baseball coach at Virgil Grissom HS
- Won over 400 wins as a head coach
- Incredible person
- Man of faith
- Learner and leader!
Notes
- 5 zones
- 1 is off the plate left side
- 2 is on the corner
- 3 is down the middle
- 4 is on the corner
- 5 is off the plate right side
- If its up in on the hands
- Scripted pens - fb in the 1, 2 seam in 4
- Script the first 10 pitches in the game
- What gets him comfortable in the game - breaking ball glove side or two seam inside
- These are the first 5 pitches and do you like him
- You can train whatever you want on the strike zone, but if you don’t know what the umpire is calling it doesn’t matter
- Release points (on nose, ear, and off face)
- What are you getting ready for? Focal point
- Flatground teaching points
- Feel, release points, finger over the ball
- In the summer - work with bullets, based on the last performance
- Tunnel - keep it in line from me
- Just like in basketball, shooters shot, and throwers throw
- You need to throw with more on the line to give you feedback
- The art is how much the guys needs in between starts
- Dealing = needs more adversity in between to keep edge
- Struggling = keep confidence high in between
- Look at them as pillars not rocks and stones - long toss, lifts,
- Form to Rate these 3 things everyday with some notes - soreness, effort, and feel (whatever are the pillars)
- Things that don’t work are easier
- Open your home to your team
- Coach for the events that matter the most!!
- Look for moments to bring them aside and make a meaningful relationship
- In big moments I am going to touch them (encouragement)
- Try to talk to each player individually
- Live out life as much as I can in front of the team
- Character development
- Everyday is doing character development, that doesn’t separate you, that is how you live your life
- Fall - gets a day
- Spring - pre practice and discuss how it relates to life
- 24 hour principle - if it is important in 24 hours we will discuss it then
- Culture
- Be there consistently
- Be in the front, when you need to be in the front, be in the back when you need to be in the back
- They need to know you will take the bullets for you
- Start with shading on the pitch
- Have pinch hitters ready early
- Start practice with a new situation - new situation each pitch and get rolling
- Video the session to discuss next day
- Pitchers throw live or throw flat ground to hitters
- Hitters go in with 0-2 count
- Work on your stuff
- Email - amoseley@hoover.k12.al.us
- Twitter - DM are open: @moseleyadam
