Derek Flack

Dad to Easton and Sawyer. Husband to Allison. Head Baseball Coach at Des Moines Christian. #HIT #ETD

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 "Hitting is Offensive!"

Coach Jewitt - USC Hitting Coach

• Do damage - but stay within yourself
• Attack or be attacked, it's a choice!

⭐️ Step in ready to make it happen vs. trying to avoid a negative outcome.

[Brendan Dougherty @Brendougherty]

Dominate the so called “Boring Stuff”

The best Infielders love the daily routine work!

Dominate Catch Play ✅

Dominate Glove Work ✅

Dominate Early GB work ✅

Dominate Pre Game ✅

Translation=Elite High Level Infield ✅

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Team Defense + Bunting Circuit

1. Sac bunt to 1st
2. Pick/pitch reads
3. Sac bunt to 3rd
4. Scoring reads from 3rd

⭐️ Awesome way to get the whole team involved + work on skill development.

@HartnellBSB

[Troy Silva @TroyPSilva]

The “boring” stuff wins ballgames:

-Backing up the play
-Putting the ball in play
-Moving the runner
-Making the routine plays
-Consistent communication
-Throwing strikes
-Smart baserunning
-Taking your walks
-Getting HBP, holding your ground
-Hitting a cutoff man
-Hustling out everything

*At some point, the “boring” tasks of ⚾️ will win extra games! And more often than not, playoff berths, seedings, playoff wins, and even championships can be determined and decided by what many would call “boring.”
Turn the “boring” into the “important” and that’s how you win!
#BaseballTruth

[Derek Flack @BaseballCoach14]

@ty_andrews10 @SEMObaseball @TRima23 @SuccessLvsClues @Max_Steffens21 @tucker__15 Congrats Ty. You have earned this opportunity. SEMO is getting a great player.

[Derek Flack @BaseballCoach14]

That’s so awesome!!!!!

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 UT - 4 Base Drill

Emphasis on:

• Working on footwork
• Throwing from different slots
• Accuracy under pressure

⭐️ Great example of making your practice harder + faster than the game!

[Derek Flack @BaseballCoach14]

@TJHannam10 3

[Rachel Coleman @_coachrachel]

PLAYERS - READ BELOW 👇
@daniellelawrie5 - I absolutely love this!!

[Kevin Lovings @KLovCatching]

Boxer 3n1 throwing combo’s.

[Owen Gilbert @gilbert_owen18]

Great pen tonight and saw 90 for the first time.

[Derek Flack @BaseballCoach14]

@albiahawk I have never heard you refer to Iowa State as “we” before. That’s a nice change.

[Derek Flack @BaseballCoach14]

@TroyPSilva @MLB Easily Eric Davis

[Derek Flack @BaseballCoach14]

Coming off an awesome WBC, wouldn’t it be great if MLB came out today and said they were ending all blackouts.

[Derek Flack @BaseballCoach14]

@esidery I will take Acuff and Wilson over Peterson.

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Kentucky Baseball : Team Philosophy

• How quickly can you turn the page?
• Live in the present
• Good or Bad… “So what? What’s next?”

⭐️ You get depressed living in the past & you get anxious living in the future. Be where your feet are.

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Skenes - Quantifying Success

• 1st pitch strikes
• 2/3 pitches for strikes
• A result in 3 pitches or less

⭐️ Early action is a starting pitcher’s best friend. Attack the zone & stay in control of the count.

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Wyatt Langford breaks down three of his biggest keys when hitting:

1. Have confidence at the plate
2. Work up the middle of the field
3. Compete in every count

[Iowa State Men’s Basketball @CycloneMBB]

The Hometown Hero.

Loyal Son. Forever True.

#Cyclones | #C5C | @TaminLipsey

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

One word that changed everything for me?

"Muditā"

It means finding joy in others' success.

Celebrating when your teammates, friends, and family win as if their victory is your own.

In over 50 years of baseball, I've learned that the most successful teams aren't just talented.

They're united.

They lift each other up.

Whether it was the 2007 Rockies or the 2013 Pirates, our greatest moments happened when we celebrated each other.

Life's not a solo sport. It's a team game.

The game taught me about more than baseball.

It taught me about life.