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Alexandria City Titans Baseball / Pitching Survey 2022
Help your pitching coach get to know YOU! Take some time and answer the questions on the survey below. Write your name in the box provided and, when you have completed the survey, click the Submit Answers" button at the bottom of the webpage. Don't forget to include your name!
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- Rank your pitches. Why do you rank them this way?
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- Why is preparation important to success? Explain how you have prepared daily in the past including past game day preparation. Relate this to the role you wish to play on this team this season.
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- Explain your mental approach to each practice. Each Outing.
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- What is mental toughness? What can we do during our practices / workouts that can help build your mental toughness?
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- How would you pitch to? If you see your name down then yes, explain how you would pitch to yourself.
Reese Crochet:
Josh Ayala:
Danny McGinnis:
Jack Kelly:
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- If we were headed to the District championship game tomorrow, what would your thoughts be and what fellow members of the team would you want to be on the mound. Why?
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- What did like/dislike about your past daily practice/approach to winning?
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- What past weight lifting and/or conditioning workouts have you done that you think has helped you compete on the mound?
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- Tell me everything you know about your current coaching staff's (Coach Latham, Coach Henderson, & Coach Hammons specifically) philosophy of pitching.
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- What reasons / examples have you given your current teammates and coaching staff this past Fall, Winter, and current season to warrant our total confidence when we give you the ball?
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- List some common traits of championship teams. Do we have these characteristics? Why or why not?
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- List some common traits of winning pitchers and pitching staffs. Do you have them? Do we have them? Why or why not?
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- Tell me everything you can remember about your this past year's Summer, Fall, and Winter outings/workouts (best/worst). Have you gotten better? Why or why not?
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- Who in the game of baseball do you admire most? Why?
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- Tell me which word or phrase best describes your approach on the mound. Why?
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- What can your coaches expect during this season out of you in these situations?
Your state of mind in pregame or in-game bullpen preparation?
Your resolve / attitude in practice/game after a bad outing/game?
Your resolve/attitude in practice/game after your best outing?
Your demeanor in practice/game on a 35 degree, windy day?
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- What things have you been unsure of or you do not understand about pitching?
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- Describe what will the atmosphere will be like the moment we win the Region Championship and realize we will be playing in the State tournament. What will you do? How will you feel? Provide exact details.
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- List adjustments that you have made, in your delivery or approach, in the past year that must remain constant for you to continue progressing into this Spring.
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- Explain what it means to control the running game. What elements of your approach will allow us to do this?
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- Which drills or part of a throwing program on a daily basis do you feel is/are most critical or beneficial to your development?
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- Define confidence. How do you relate these qualities in your mound presence?
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- How many games will we win this year?
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- You have some homework between now and when your coaches see you next. Obtain two 3"X5" index cards. Write down 3 personal goals you wish to accomplish/attain this season. Make then attainable...i.e. double my strikeout to walk ratio, improve command of my off-speed pitch, etc.etc.
Write these same 3 goals on the two cards. Keep one for yourself and hang/tape it up in a spot you will see on a daily basis like the inside of your locker door. Give the second card to Coach Hammons when you see him next.
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- Finally, detail how much time you need to recover from 1) an outing & 2) a bullpen session.
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