The 4 Situations of Attack
1. ON FIRE
a. Start and Finish the game in this attack
b. Violence of Action
c. Alpha State of mind we are flying around looking to push the envelope
d. We are looking to create chaos and speed the game up
e. All the rules of baseball go out the window
2. HOT
a. Tied game
b. Up by 4 or less
c. Playing to win, NOT playing not to lose
d. One out we want runner at 3rd
e. No outs or 2 outs we want runner at 2nd
3. WARM
a. Losing by 3 or 4
b. Middle of game (4th/5th Inning)
c. Controlled Aggression
d. Hitter Count approach
e. I take what I know I can take with 100% certainty
4. COLD
a. Losing big 5 or more early
b. Down two or more late
c. Avoid early weak outs/ dumb outs on bases
d. Station to station
e. Hitting for 30 minutes
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Alpha AB’s
1. Runner at 3rd with less than 2 outs
a. In these AB’s the Pitcher is trying to
i. Get you to roll over
ii. Get weak fly ball
iii. Punch you out
iv. Typically going to off speed to attack
b. We want to score this runner 70% of the time
i. This doesn’t take a hit
ii. We are looking to drive the ball on the ground hard middle away
c. We are not taking strike one
i. We are going into this with a street fight mentality “I’m throwing the first
punch”
ii. I don’t need to lay off the off speed for a strike because I am looking to
drive the ball middle away hard on the ground, so I am already prepared to
do this.
2. Runner at 2nd with 2 outs
a. We will give them strike one
b. We are going to be the aggressor and look to attack early
c. Not taking strike 2
d. Pitchers tend to lose focus with 2 outs we want to take advantage of that
e. 2 out RBI’s are backbreakers
f. “I am the hunter; he is the hunted”
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Defensive Plan of Attack
1. 21
a. We only give them 21 outs, not a single extra one
b. This area of the game is one that is in our control
2. Control the Chaos
a. Be comfortable being uncomfortable
b. Throw through our cut offs
c. Know where we are going with the ball before every pitch
3. Communication
a. We are communicating every pitch
i. Coaches/Catcher
ii. Catcher/Pitcher
iii. Catcher/Infield
iv. Pitcher/Middle Infield
v. Infield/Infield
vi. Infield/Outfield
vii. Dugout/Field
4. Alpha State of Mind
a. Always want the ball hit to you
b. Short term memory; live in the present
i. Errors will happen
ii. Its in the past there is no time to dwell on it
5. Strength of Champions
a. Baseball is the only team sport that you can’t score on defense
b. This is why it is vital to take every out they give you
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