2016 Pre-Season Parent Meeting
ERHS Baseball
Brian Sprout – Varsity Head Coach
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“WE BRING MORE LIFE TO MORE PEOPLE
THROUGH THE POWER OF THE
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A Great Experience
Location: Great Places, Great Competition
Information: Clear, Honest, Positive
Memories: Things you will reflect upon years from now and use
to describe ‘why you played’.
Alumni Thoughts
Advice to Parents/Players:
1. Be a good teammate because Sprout will give you your chance.
2. If your son isn't playing, don't be that parent that goes and
talks to the coach about it, this is player-coach conversation.
3. Show up to every practice with the willingness to take
constructive criticism, learn about the game, and work on the
game with a focused mindset
4. Parents, get to as many games as possible and get involved
however you can. It means more than you know.
5. For those on the section roster last year, remember how much
it hurt after that last game at CHS and use that for motivation
this year and pass it on to those younger kids that weren't
there.
Alumni Thoughts
What does our program do that makes it great?
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It was evident that our team was always more ready to go for game 1
than all the other programs
Our program is still in its early stages, I would say that the best part
about it is that it has the ability to be shaped into whatever form the
coaches and, especially the players, want to make it.
What makes our program great is that we have coaches that want us to
win but most importantly have fun
I was always really impressed with indoor practices once the season
started. For having 4 grade levels combined in one gym, kids got a ton
of work in.
Alumni Thoughts
What memories of our program will you think
back to 40 years from now?
1.I am going to remember my best friends that I made my freshman year on
baseball field.
2.Winning the conference my senior year was a feeling I’ll never forget.
3.Every coach deeply cares about his players both on and off the field. I
can’t say that about any other program I’ve played at I didn’t get a sense of
that from Saints Development, Blizzard, UST. To them it was all about
money and winning. Even after graduating, I still run into old coaches from
East Ridge. They’re always super excited to talk with me for a quick 5
minutes and catch up. I’ve seen Hartung, Nelson, Kangas, Hagen, probably
more that I’m forgetting. Every single time they take a second and come talk
to me for a while. I had a conversation with Toz last spring and we caught up
a little bit on what’s going on with each other. It’s the little stuff like that
that sets this program aside. I felt that my coaches weren’t just there to
collect a paycheck.
Senior Leaders
1.Why do you play?
2.How can parents ‘assist’ and make this a great year?
Not a great year?
3.How has this program helped you grow as a person?
as a Player?
4.Advice for 9th graders on how to be a part of the
program…..daily and overall….
Program Coaches
Varsity : Brian Sprout, Anthony Hartung, Nick Fuerst
JV: Jereme Quinnell, Nick Johnson
B: Zach Kunesh, Loren Muraca
9th: Mike Tollefsbol, George Behr
Staff Experience
Professional Years of Experience: 8
Collegiate Years of Experience: 15
Coaching Years of Experience: 46
Goals
Everyone, Everyday
1 Pitch, 1 Out, 1 Inning…….Little Things!
Steadily get better as season progresses
Play baseball the right way…LEAD!
Compete, have fun, win!
Expectations
‘We/I will not be perfect, but we/I will be accountable.’
Players
Parents
1. Be Early
2. Work Hard/Compete
3. Have Fun
**1 day missed=1 game
1. Be a Fan (player/team)
2. Allow your son to
advocate for himself
3. Get Involved!
Coaches
1. Be Early/Prepared
2. Outwork Everyone
3. Be Positive/Honest
Communication
Inappropriate Conversations
 Team Selection
 Playing Time
 Team Strategy
 Other Players
Appropriate Conversation
 What is needed to improve
as a player
Steps of Communication
Step 1: Player – Coach
Step 2: Parent Contact Coach
Step 3: Parent, Player, Coach
Meeting
Step 4: ONLY IF 1-3 are met,
contact AD
Team Selection/Evaluations
When
 March 14-16– 9th Grade
(Wednesday post-practice
meetings)
 March 21-23- 10th-12th
 1st Week of Practice
 Players can move up/down
 Spring Break Practice
 Mon-Thurs (time TBA)
 Mandatory
Evaluation Scores
 All areas
 Assigned role(s) from ’20
Roles’
 Given to each player via
Google Apps account.
 Club Baseball: Not allowed
March 14-July 31
 4 Months Off!
Teams/Roles
1. Players select roles they tryout for (20 Roles)
2. Coaches evaluate
3. Player meetings communicate initial role(s)
4. Roles can/will change as season progresses
Players
All Players: Volunteer to help
at 1 youth clinic.
Upper Classmen/Selected
Others: Volunteer to set up
field, clean around facility on
Super Saturday
Parents
Create/Pass Out Rosters
Team Level Cookout
Banquet Assistance
Senior/Parent Day
Woodbury Days/Jerry’s Booth
Turkey Bingo
Diamond Club Involvement
Fundraising
Diamond Club Fee ($200)
Oil Change Cards (2@$39.95)
10 Addresses($100)
Opt Out: $379.90
All DUE 3/25
Summer Schedule
Legion Baseball: All players, mainly 11th/12th grade, are
encouraged to sign up (team chosen by staff)
VFW Baseball: 16 and Under, mainly 10th graders, Teams
selected by end of April(chosen by staff)
Senior Babe Ruth: Available to those not on VFW/Legion
rosters.
**Players choosing to compete on a non-ERHS spring/summer
team(10th-12th Grade/9th Grade Spring) will not be placed on
an ER team thereafter (ex. Blizzard summer baseball)
Summer Baseball
Expectations of Legion/VFW/SBR
Attend games and practices
Communicate with coaches on conflicts
Philosophy of Summer Baseball
Have fun, play baseball, learn, win!
2 Tournaments, Stadium Visits!
Super Saturday
April 9
9AM-NOON-ish
Mandatory for all seniors/juniors
2017 Already?
2017 Spring Break April 10-14
**Mandatory attendance**
(1 day missed=1 game missed)
Other Items – Cont’d
Website Calendar: Games, Release Times, etc
Registration: Must get be done by start of
tryouts, Cannot try-out w/out this
Follow on Twitter @BrianSprout for daily
alerts on weather/time changes/etc
**Be sure to register on NGIN – get emails!