WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A WAKELAND WOLVERINE BASEBALL PLAYER WAKELAND Baseball Core Covenants Core Covenant Definition
What Covenant Looks Like In School
What Covenant Looks Like In Community
What Covenant Looks Like In Practice
What Covenant Looks Like In Games
SELFLESS
RELENTLESS
Putting the TEAM first while still taking care of yourself Know why you are doing what you are to do, doing it to the best of your ability, doing it right, everyday. Sit with teammates in cafeteria & class Give and get extra help when needed Thank and Know the names of your teachers, cafeteria staffs and making sure they know you Do your part to achieve a team 3.0 GPA
Get teammates out of potentially harmful social situations Think about how your decisions impact your teammates Be first class, say please and thank you, no dip
Be first to extend your hand and welcome people to the program Be excellent in community service opportunities Represent Wakeland in summer ball by being the hardest, smartest working player on your team Be a role model for campers and people who come to our program Disciplined work on FUNdaMENTALS Working on your routines in cage/pen Compete at GAMELIKE intensity – PLAYING UP TEMPO Accept feedback and constructive criticism as a complement and want to be coached and challenged to get better every day Set daily goals / using your notebook to speed up learning Have the discipline to follow the BP routines & know what I am working on with each rep - Have a plan and a purpose each rep Attack strength and conditioning & peak performance workouts Walk the plank -Play Wakeland Baseball one pitch at a time NO STEP UP – PUSH THE PACE vs. THE GAME & YOURSELF Focused attention on what we can control Play with swagger and confidence – ACT AS IF Take a professional approach – don’t personalize performance SO WHAT NEXT PITCH MENTALITY Off the charts dugout energy displayed by: (Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No, No, Got Em’ Yes He Did, Back, Sacrifice bunt leads us in dugout, sprinting to corner after home half, etc.)
Share inexpensive experience with teammates Trust the coaching staff’s plan and being coachable Do extra work with teammates/coaches Spot / get jacked up for a teammate doing a max lift Be disciplined, use the million dollar mentality Keep your locker, the locker room and dugout organized Set up & clean up BP with max effort and efficiency
Accept your role 100% for the team Celebrate your teammates success as if it was your own Energy and enthusiasm for the details & process Respect the flag and the game by standing for the anthem the right way Pick up a teammate who needs their gear after making an out. Play catch with someone in the outfield
Sit in the learning T – front row or middle row Do your own work – NO exceptions, knowledge over grades Go to every class, be proactive with work in season Stop by teachers tutorial hours at least twice a semester Keep your room, locker and personal space organized
Potential Themes For Year - Members of the 200 CLUB – Respect The Game -So What Next Pitch – TODAY!!!
Mental Game Things To Think About 4RIP3 Routines Recognize Release Hourglass Awareness Mental Bricks Start/End Signal Lights “Flush It” Cell phones off Check In Change Clothes Batting Gloves Body Language Shower Each Pitch Batting Gloves Pre-Practice Focal Point Pre-Pitch Breathe SO WHAT
Refocus Imagery Present Process Positive WIN See Your Plan Today Control What You Can What you want Plan Lemon Experience CGRIDS You vs. Game Aggressive Self Talk GET BIG See This Pitch 30 Seconds Specific Self Talk See This Ball Hit To You (LCR) See This Hit See This Pitch
Intrasquad competitiveness is greater than when we play in the Big South or a playoff game - PLAY Coastal Baseball EVERYTIME YOU PUT ON THE SPIKES – we do this by making it game like – process based point system – different color teams, different dugouts, umpires scoreboard etc. REBAR = Bend But NEVER Break – make the impossible possible – YOU ATE FIRE! National Anthem – How do we stand? Can we be best and most disciplined and detail oriented team in the country? Picking Up A Teammate For Sac Bunt – everyone out of the dugout –let that person lead the team back in spikes first THIS WILL BE THE HARDEST AND MOST REWARDING THING YOU EVER DO – NO REGRETS – SIMPLE but NEVER EASY
What Covenant Looks Like In School
What Covenant Looks Like In Community
What Covenant Looks Like In Practice
What Covenant Looks Like In Games
SELFLESS
RELENTLESS
Putting the TEAM first while still taking care of yourself Know why you are doing what you are to do, doing it to the best of your ability, doing it right, everyday. Sit with teammates in cafeteria & class Give and get extra help when needed Thank and Know the names of your teachers, cafeteria staffs and making sure they know you Do your part to achieve a team 3.0 GPA
Get teammates out of potentially harmful social situations Think about how your decisions impact your teammates Be first class, say please and thank you, no dip
Be first to extend your hand and welcome people to the program Be excellent in community service opportunities Represent Wakeland in summer ball by being the hardest, smartest working player on your team Be a role model for campers and people who come to our program Disciplined work on FUNdaMENTALS Working on your routines in cage/pen Compete at GAMELIKE intensity – PLAYING UP TEMPO Accept feedback and constructive criticism as a complement and want to be coached and challenged to get better every day Set daily goals / using your notebook to speed up learning Have the discipline to follow the BP routines & know what I am working on with each rep - Have a plan and a purpose each rep Attack strength and conditioning & peak performance workouts Walk the plank -Play Wakeland Baseball one pitch at a time NO STEP UP – PUSH THE PACE vs. THE GAME & YOURSELF Focused attention on what we can control Play with swagger and confidence – ACT AS IF Take a professional approach – don’t personalize performance SO WHAT NEXT PITCH MENTALITY Off the charts dugout energy displayed by: (Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No, No, Got Em’ Yes He Did, Back, Sacrifice bunt leads us in dugout, sprinting to corner after home half, etc.)
Share inexpensive experience with teammates Trust the coaching staff’s plan and being coachable Do extra work with teammates/coaches Spot / get jacked up for a teammate doing a max lift Be disciplined, use the million dollar mentality Keep your locker, the locker room and dugout organized Set up & clean up BP with max effort and efficiency
Accept your role 100% for the team Celebrate your teammates success as if it was your own Energy and enthusiasm for the details & process Respect the flag and the game by standing for the anthem the right way Pick up a teammate who needs their gear after making an out. Play catch with someone in the outfield
Sit in the learning T – front row or middle row Do your own work – NO exceptions, knowledge over grades Go to every class, be proactive with work in season Stop by teachers tutorial hours at least twice a semester Keep your room, locker and personal space organized
Potential Themes For Year - Members of the 200 CLUB – Respect The Game -So What Next Pitch – TODAY!!!
Mental Game Things To Think About 4RIP3 Routines Recognize Release Hourglass Awareness Mental Bricks Start/End Signal Lights “Flush It” Cell phones off Check In Change Clothes Batting Gloves Body Language Shower Each Pitch Batting Gloves Pre-Practice Focal Point Pre-Pitch Breathe SO WHAT
Refocus Imagery Present Process Positive WIN See Your Plan Today Control What You Can What you want Plan Lemon Experience CGRIDS You vs. Game Aggressive Self Talk GET BIG See This Pitch 30 Seconds Specific Self Talk See This Ball Hit To You (LCR) See This Hit See This Pitch
Intrasquad competitiveness is greater than when we play in the Big South or a playoff game - PLAY Coastal Baseball EVERYTIME YOU PUT ON THE SPIKES – we do this by making it game like – process based point system – different color teams, different dugouts, umpires scoreboard etc. REBAR = Bend But NEVER Break – make the impossible possible – YOU ATE FIRE! National Anthem – How do we stand? Can we be best and most disciplined and detail oriented team in the country? Picking Up A Teammate For Sac Bunt – everyone out of the dugout –let that person lead the team back in spikes first THIS WILL BE THE HARDEST AND MOST REWARDING THING YOU EVER DO – NO REGRETS – SIMPLE but NEVER EASY
