Measurement =

MotivationFOCUS ON THE PROCESS

Cole Kanyer – Ellensburg High School

Resume

• 2002 EHS graduate

• ’02-’04 Played at Wenatchee Valley College

• ‘04-’06 played at Central Washington University

• Spring ‘07 volunteer baseball coach at EHS

• Spring ‘08-spring ‘09 assistant coach at Mossyrock High School

• Spring ’10-Spring’13 Head coach at Mossyrock High School

• 3 final four appearances, 4th place in ‘10, 3rd place in 12, 3rd

place in 13

Why I do it

• I love watching kids succeed -- It truly is all about the players and the baseball lessons and life lessons baseball can teach

• What type of team will you have if you don’t have a solid relationship with your athletes?

• Fun bonus is being able to watch kids succeed playing baseball

Why I do it cont’d

• Attended baseball specific professional development

• ABCA conference-THE BEST baseball P.D. you can

receive. Spend the $$ to go!!

• Introduced to Brian Cain in ‘10, Justin Dehmer in ’12

• Look into these guys! Invaluable information from both

regarding the mental game

• Dive into baseball information-

• Books by ABCA coaches; baseball publications such as

Collegiate Baseball Magazine

Why measure?

• SO much pressure put on kids from little league on to “get the hit” or “strike him out”

• Baseball Game of failure

• By measuring a variety of things, the focus shifts from the outcome to the process• EXAMPLE: kid goes 0-4, but

stung line drives in every AB–celebrate a +4 for solid barrel contact

• Volunteer Please

What to measure

• Pitching

• Catching

• Baserunning

• Hitting

• Bunting

• Infield

• Outfield

• Dugout

• Before/after practice

• You can come up with any way to assign a

+1/-1 to any area

• Yes/no’s

• Best to not use good/bads because kids will internalize the bads no matter how much you communicate the process to them

In game measurement

• Dugout Board

• QAB

• Dirt ball Reads

• Freebies

• Foul Balls

• First pitches seen

• BASE2

• Charts

• Freebie Chart

• BASE 2

• Pitching Charts

• Hitting Charts

(opponent)

• Extra Bases Taken

BASE2B A S E 2 W/L

Visitor

Home

Season 1/5

QAB’s:

Season 2/5

Season 3/5

Season 4/5

Season 5/5

B=Big Inning – 3 Runs or More

A=Answer Back RBI

S=Score First In Game

E=Extend Your Lead RBI

2=2 Out RBI

Count Each Category Once Per Game

FREE BASE Obtained INN FREE BASE Given Away INN

We were hit by pitch We hit a batter

We drew a walk We walked a batter

We advanced on WP or PB Opponent advanced on WP or PB

We stolen a base Opponent stole a base

Opponent caught stealing We were caught stealing

Opposing hitter chased ball 4 and was out We chased ball 4 and were out

Opponent had indecision or poor judgment We had indecision or poor judgment

Opposing pitcher balked We balked

Opponent throwing error Our throwing error

Opponent miscommunication Our miscommunication

Opponent fielding error Our fielding error

Opponent failed to execute a bunt We failed to execute a bunt, H&R, etc.

We picked a runner off We were picked off

Opponent poor base running Poor base running by us

We took an extra base (on OF throw, etc.) Opponent took an extra base (on OF throw, etc.)

Opponent had RISP, 0 outs didn’t score We had RISP, 0 outs didn’t score

Opponent avoided HBP We avoided HBP

Other: Other:

FREEBIES/RUNS We Obtained PER Inning *Runs # FREEBIES/RUNS Gave Away PER Inning *Runs #

Inning 1 Inning 1

Inning 2 Inning 2

Inning 3 Inning 3

Inning 4 Inning 4

Inning 5 Inning 5

Inning 6 Inning 6

Inning 7 Inning 7

Extra Extra

TOTAL FREEBIES/RUNS OBTAINED TOTAL FREEBIES/RUNS GAVE AWAY

WIN THE FREEBIE WAR

BASIC FREEBIE WAR CHART

• Identify areas of freebie deficiency and apply to your

team

Vs. EHS OPPONENTS DIFFERENCE

# of WALKS

# of ERRORS

HBP

SEASON

TOTALSEHS OPPONENTS DIFFERENCE

# of WALKS

# of ERRORS

# of HBP

Freebie War Results

• From 2010-2013, The Mossyrock Vikings only lost 2

games when we won the freebie war – 1 was a walk off

HomeRun

• We only lost 2 games when we had checked off all of

BASE2

• We lost 4 games when 3 of 5 BASE2 boxes were checked

PITCHER TENDANCY CHART

Hitter 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-2 2-2 2-1 3-1 3-2

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PH.

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1- Fastball 2- Curveball 3- Slider 4- Change 5- Other

*Circle with RISP

Name: __________________________________________ Uniform # _____

Throw R/L: ____ Opponent: __________________________ Date: _________

Quality At Bat Chart

• What is a Quality at bat?• Whatever you determine it to be

– OR-• Hard it ball

• Walk

• HBP

• Moving a runner over (depending on outs)

• Score a runner from 3rd

• 6 pitch AB (non K)

• 9 pitch AB (includes K)

• Texas Christian University Coach Jim Schlossnagle uses QPA system- Quality Plate Appearance• Hard Contact

• Team skill execution

• HBP

• 8+ pitch AB

• Base it

• Score any runner in any way

QAB Continued

• Rather than measure batting average, measure QAB Avg.• Still keep batting average for

once season is done

• Measuring QAB avg. helps create buy in for the process

• Dustin Pedroia believes in the process!

• When asked about how he felt about a slump• “I’m not sure what game you

were watching because I stung the ball 4 times!”

• Ole Miss Coach Cliff Godwin:• “A quality at bat is anything that

makes a positive contribution towards our teamgoals.”• Executing a hit and run,

SAC/Drag/Squeeze bunt

• Executing a bunt for hit

• Taking a walk, HBP, or Catcher Interference

• Moving a Runner from 2nd to 3rd with 0 or 1 out

• Driving in a run from 3rd with less than 2 out

• Any RBI- SAC Fly, 2 out RBI, etc

• All hard hit balls on a line or on the ground (not all hits are QAB’s)

• 8 Pitch AB

• When you see 4 or more pitches after being down 0-2

Charting in the Dugout

• All athletes can stay engaged if they have a job to do

• Any of the aforementioned charts or dugout

white/chalkboard

• Is it just busy work?

• Not if you’re utilizing

the what they show

• Baseball IQ goes up

& creates intrinsic

motivation

In practice measurement

• Hit and Run Competition• Mix/match evenly

offensively, live defense

• Each base gained = 1

• 3 fouls = -1

• Foul tough pitch = 0

• Swing/miss = -1

• No swing = -2

• Bunting Competition

• R on 1 or on 1 & 2• Mix/Match evenly

• Each base gained = 1

• 2 fouls = -1

• Taken strike = -1

• Missed pitch = -1

• D puts out lead runner = 0

• Overthrows = 1 for bunting team, plus bases earned

Pitching

• Bullpens• Script plan for the day

• Chart according to script

• Generate competition between pitchers• Hit Spot = 1

• Miss spot = -1

• Miss middle = -1

• Miss meat 0-2 = -2

Rewards for Competition

• Important to make them fun and worthwhile

• “Top Gun” award for highest bullpen points bi-weekly

• “QABBIE” award for the highest QAB avg bi weekly

• “Dirtbagger” or “Charlie Hustle” award for great

baserunning – (i.e. bases taken and dirtball reads)

Rewards Continued

Conclusion

• The More you can measure, the more you can increase motivation among your players and increase their capacity for competition

• If you want any of the charts listed in this presentation, emailme at ckanyer@eburg.wednet.edu

• Questions? Comments?