Northern Ohio Hurricanes Baseball 2015 18 U Northern

Northern Ohio Hurricanes Baseball 2015 18 U Northern Ohio Hurricanes Saturday January 3, 2015 – First Practice Play with pride…play with respect! 1

Northern Ohio Hurricanes Baseball Staff • General Manager, Coach Gilleland – overall responsibility for the team, all offfield activity, and all parent administrative communications. • Head Coach, Coach Luke Ellebruch – responsible for activity on the field with help from assistant coaches; will be responsible for game day line ups and decisions. 3 rd base coach. • Assistant Coach, Coach Todd Hone – focus on pitchers; 1 st base coach. • Assistant Coach, Coach Noska • Assistant Coach, Coach Gilleland Play with pride…play with respect! 2

Northern Ohio Hurricanes Baseball Schedule • Indoor Training at Premier • – 8 Saturdays, 1/3 – 2/21 – Create the opportunity for you to develop – Schedule the stages for you to perform that include practices as well as games – Practices create the habits put in play during games • 7 -10: 00 PM • 1 hour turf / 1 hour hitting / 1 hour bullpens • PO’s warm up at 8: 50 PM – High School Tryouts start 2/23 – Use your passes as you desire • In-season – 1 -2 Outdoor practices pre-season – 12 -14 OPL games, scheduling meeting 1/17 – 8 Tournaments, including OPL – May have weekly indoor BP for reps…use passes – Performance impacts ‘Canes ability to stay in the OPL & DL Play with pride…play with respect! Coaches are enablers… • YOU are the actors… – You decide when you show up to perform on the stage – You decide how you perform on the stage 3

Northern Ohio Hurricanes Baseball Tournament Schedule • • 5/29 -31 965 Classic Local College Venues (Wooster, BW, Ashland, Tri-C) – 4 game guarantee 6/5 -7 Ohio Prospects League Round Robin Tournament Local – 3 game guarantee (count toward league games) 6/11 -14 Midwest Challenge Local College Venues (Oberlin, Tri-C, Pipe Yard) – 4 game guarantee 6/18 -21 Nations State & Midwest Regional Championships Local (Akron U, KSU, Thurman Munson, Mt Union) – 4 game guarantee 6/25 -28 Pastime Irish Select Wood Bat * South Bend, IN (guaranteed game on Notre Dame University) – 4 game guarantee 7/3 -5 Team Sports Top Gun Classic Local – 4 game guarantee 7/9 -12 Buckeye Elite Showcase Tournament * Columbus, OH – 4 game guarantee 7/15 -19 Elite Baseball World Series * Bowling Green, OH (guaranteed game on BGSU) – 5 game guarantee Play with pride…play with respect! It’s going to be a fun summer!! 4

Northern Ohio Hurricanes Baseball Team Rules • Listen – • • Be a class act on and off the field! Play hard, do not play dirty! Team – – – • Everywhere, every time! You never know who is watching! Sportsmanship – – • You have two ears and only one mouth for a reason! Hustle – – • Put the team first, ask “where am I needed” vs. saying where you want to be Cheer for your teammates, not against them! Solid attendance & commitment to your teammates! – • • • – Get in the “zone” at games and in practice! Earn the win / never quit! Beat the opponent - don’t wait for them to lose! Make the opponent beat us - don’t beat ourselves Play with pride…play with respect! Pre-game includes stretch / throw / hitting Unless an emergency, 24 -hour notice if not attending…everything is scripted in advance Off the field – – • Hurricanes shorts if we’re only hitting Arrive ready to start 1 -hour early for games – • We start on time Baseball pants / Hurricane top / hat for practices…look like a team – • High School sports have priority during HS winter & spring seasons Arrive 10 -minutes early for practices – Work Harder Than the Next Team – – – Attendance is mandatory MAINTAIN SCHOOL GRADES Find ways to stand out on the field, not off it Don’t waste coaches time, parents time, families money! …and have FUN!!! 5

Northern Ohio Hurricanes Baseball The Mental Game of Baseball A Guide to Peak Performance – H. A. Dorfman & Karl Kuehl • CONFIDENCE!!! – The attitude players say will most influence their success is CONFIDENCE – The lack of it, they say, most influences their failure – The greatest obstacle to confidence, is fear • Fearing to make mistakes will lead to mistake-making. . fearing to lose will make a loser • The success we achieved in our past are more real than the failures we fear in our future • Players ready to win, cut loose and go after their fears…they take the challenge between the lines Play with pride…play with respect! • CONFIDENCE. . keep it simple: – – Preparation provides confidence Confidence provides success Success provides more confidence It’s the most sought after commodity in baseball, in any sport!! – PREPARE / PRACTICE! “If I’m prepared, I’m confident. I can control my preparation, so I do everything possible to be prepared. ” …Wade Boggs, Pro Ball Player 6

Northern Ohio Hurricanes Baseball “Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character” Where will you land on the dog pile? Play with pride…play with respect! 7