Bio
- Current HC of Madison Central HS (Kentucky)
- Coach Roof just finished his 21st year as the head coach of Indians' baseball team.
- During his career at Central, his teams have a record of 526-224-1,
- won the Kentucky 11th region title in 2015 and 2018,
- and was the Kentucky 11th region runner-up in 2021, 2014 and 2005.
- The Indians' have also won 18 district championships.
- Roof was named 11th Region Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2014.
- Coach Roof has been the head coach of the East/West All-stars six times.
- Works with USA Baseball
- Prior to Madison Central, Coach Roof was an assistant at Eastern Kentucky University for four seasons under Hall of Fame Coach Jim Ward
- From 1998-2000, Roof served as the Recruiting Coordinator, and the Colonels won the OVC in 2000.
- He was also the head coach of the Durham Braves in the Coastal Plains Collegiate League.
- Great guy, constant learner, huge work ethic!
Notes
- 16 Day Baserunning install - its not just running the bases, its putting the pressure on the pitcher and as a results we get more fastball
- Day 1 - 1st base
- Day 2 - sliding (you can’t be a baserunning team without getting dirty)
- Pull guys
- Story time - criss cross applesauce
- Day 3 - leads at 1B
- Day 4 - leads at 2B
- Day 5 - leads at 3B
- Day 6 - dirt ball reads
- I want you to ask why, I want you to know why we do it, and it creates more buy in!
- You read the catcher on the dirt balls - read the knees
- Measured leads, what is your time 1st to 2nd
- Teaching from game 1 to the end of the year, and always teaching and adding to the journal
- If you can play catch at a high level you can execute a run down
- We stop doing everything and all situations, and focused on what happened most frequently
- Why didn’t my player understand? It is on us coaches! We need to find something and stop complaining!
- Find a way to compete and find a way to win
- Look at everything you have and hold true to what is working.
- Know your guys
- Know what you are trying to do
- Focus on yourself
- Finding the right fit for each person and individualizing to fit the players needs
- When players take charge of their own development that is a win for our program
- Run producer or run scorer - speed guy or heavy hitter
- 1st third - find our roles, find who can play, may lose games due to development
- 2nd third - learn from our mistakes
- 3rd part of season - here is who we are
- Made a google classroom for the team
- Book study in the fall
- Players texting me about a book that was personal to them
- Memorize a quote for the beginning of practice
- Classroom sessions
- Trying to develop men! Can we get them to maturity?
- The individuals get better collectively and WE get better
- 4 things that can happen once the pitch is throw, so control what you can!
- Hit it hard and get out
- Hit it hard and get a hit
- Hit is soft and get out
- Hit is soft and get hit
- Be the best you can
- Family, hard work, and toughness
- Family - accept your role, roles can change, play for each other
- Hard work - doesn’t matter get better, if you aren’t where you want to be, then you find a way to get better
- Toughness - when the game is on the line are you going to perform?
- Serve each other, get better, toughness to handle the pressure
- How? Get 1% better each day
- Batting practice
- Charting defense
- Expand your range - layout in practice, and sellout in practice
- Dirtbag chart
- What does a dirtbag look like?
- Give him a shirt at the end of the game
- 2 strike adjustment
- Team AB
- Sacrifice myself for the team
- Put it in play
- Measuring it makes it more significant
- Wear a pitch get a chicken sandwich
- What can we do to promote the things that no one seems to care about? The little things
- Make it competitive and reward the winners -
- Have a group of guys you can trust that can help you in situations. “The grass is brown everywhere!”
- Developing the person, and loving your team - tell them you love them!
- Have a common goal and develop the man!
- Email steve.roof@madison.kyschools.us
- 859-661-2414