Aug 14 2023 65 mins
Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast
with Justin Hanley - William Penn Charter
Sponsored By:
- Netting Professionals
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BIO
- HC of William Penn Charter
- Associate HC/PC 2012-2017
- Inter AC Champions 2014, 2017, and 2021
- 4 players have gone to play pro ball during his time at Penn Charter
- He has help guide several players to college between Penn Charter and his time in travel baseball
- Former Director of Baseball Operations and Player development at Elite Sports Factory
- North American Baseball Account Executive at Silicon Valley FinTech startup, Pando, that uses predictive analytics to help professional baseball players mitigate their career risk.
NOTES
- Win loss and ERA are going out the window and looking more at whip, qab, and other processes
- Track bullpens and chart opposing hitters
- Do it on your own, and coach it up in between the inning
- There is nothing you can tell him that is goin to put him in a better position
- Be a voice of positive encouragement
- Strong up the middle
- Good relationships
- Tell me about mom and dad
- Analytical and due diligence mindset
- Big on self advocacy
- Summer camps to bring in the community
- Big on communication
- Kid first, no parents
- Pillars
- Self advocacy
- Don’t care what grade you are
- accountability
- Expect problems and use it has opportunity to teach leadership
- It more than just about the wins.
- We need to prove to them that we care more about them as people
- For every school that has their dream school, there is 10 kids at the wrong school
- Spend a saturday doing manual labor to build team
- School does great job bringing all types of kids together
- Video message to the team from alumni
- Players this is your program and your responsibility
- Representing your family at the same time
- Understand the common goal
- You can’t do it on your own
- Failure is going to find you
- Lean on your teammates, your coaches
- How are you going to play on a friday night if you can’t handle this chirping
- You can tell who the last years state champion was not the PG 16U championship