Teacher, baseball coach, infield guy whose either hiking or hitting fungos. Smithville Warriors & private nationwide baseball/softball instructor
Kansas City, MO
Joined February 2013
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We hear everyday about the shortage of teachers and burnout, what we also forget is the shortage of great leaders who support, empower, and create the environment that everyone can thrive and feel valued. That’s my goal as a leader #weareoneteam #teacher #coach
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“The future of Baseball is here and it looks a lot like the past”
-- Tom Verducci
40 seconds of profound, and hopefully, Prophetic words of baseball returning to its roots 👇
So well said Tom 👏
@PitchingNinja @MLBNetwork
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“If you tell them the truth, they’re going to hate you for a day. If you lie to them, they’re going to hate you forever.”
Great leaders tell people what they NEED to hear, not what they WANT to hear.
Honesty builds TRUST.
Jim Leyland’s advice to Don Kelly. GOLD. 🥇
RT @CoachPena_BSU: Sometimes, this is the conversation you need to have.
Not what feels good, definitely not what feels comfortable, but…
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Jeter to Murphy...
“The Brewers play baseball the right way” ….
- Pat Murphy replies … “Guys today don’t understand that!”
We have gotten so far away from center as to what winning baseball is and looks like… the younger generation’s focus is on launch angle, spin rates, velocity and you only win by out slugging the opponent! Basically…. Hit more HR than the other team…. Then pimp the HR.
Well eyes have been opened. They have to be. It’s now a matter of … if pride will keep the other orgs from following. If they do… our game will skyrocket like never before.
It was literally the most beautiful baseball I have seen at the MLB level … electric!
@MLBNetwork @MLB @MLBONFOX @nextlevelbb
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“Homers are thrown, not hit.” Love this mindset from Murph! Be ready to jump all over a mistake … But … You have to be ready to grind out At Bats run the bases, manufacture runs, and do what is necessary to win! Especially against elite pitching at the MLB level.
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The Rays’ formula for winning baseball:
• MLB’s lowest strikeout rate (18.6%)
• AL-best batting average
• AL-best stolen base total
Now they’re AL champions and heading to the World Series.
They’re proof you don’t have to out-slug everyone to win. Put the ball in play, run the bases and make the other team defend.
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Masterclass by Pat Murphy
“I want to be able to beat you 5 different ways!”
This is the future of player development
Positional Versatility
Hitting Versatility
Pitching Versatility
Can you make a play 5 different ways?
Can you hit a Baseball 5 different ways?
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Every coach needs to hear this from Pat Murphy.
“Every kid I coach, they have parents who love their kid the way I love my kid.”
We’re not just coaching athletes. We’re coaching someone’s son or daughter.
Coach them the way you’d want your own child coached.
Pat Murphy says becoming a father completely changed the way he coached, and now every player he views and coaches as somebody else’s son
“It’s got to be real, man. You can’t just say it. You’ve got to live it. When it’s about your kid, when you’re raising kids by yourself, you’re clueless, man. You don’t know what you’re doing. I don’t know what I’m doing. I didn’t have that kind of, my parents were way older than me, so I don’t know how to parent. I don’t know what I’m doing, but it’s really important to me.”
“And I started thinking about it like, every kid I coach is somebody’s Kai Joseph. You know what I mean? Every kid I coach, they have parents who love their kid the way I love my kid.”
“Wow, I’ve got to be a little mindful how I treat these guys. I’ve got to be a little mindful about, like, it’s my job.”
“This profession isn’t about the wins and losses. This profession is about, how do I impact this person?
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Build yourself up. Build your beliefs up. Build others up. You don’t have to tear anyone down to do any of it. And if you lead others, remember: share the credit, own the mistakes, and never sacrifice someone else to save yourself.
That’s what’s on my mind. Thank you.
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If you’re coaching FOR the dogpile, you’ll miss the mark + miss the opportunity to impact.
Instead, coach for the PEOPLE in the dogpile!
It’s about their performances, their experiences, what they will learn & take with them into their lives.
Always bleed GREEN! 🐻⚾️💚
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for anyone who loves college baseball, you probably love the chicago white sox
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The Mount Soxmore of movies with @CHGO_WhiteSox elements: "Eight Men Out," Field of Dreams," "Only the Lonely," "My Best Friend's Wedding."
