Better Men Better Ballplayers Podcast

with Justin Hanley - William Penn Charter

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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