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