UCLA Team Offense

Offensive Philosophy  Get on Base  Create Scoring Opportunities  Quality AB’s in Crunch Time Situations

Get On Base  Goal: Team OB% >.380  How??  Be prepared  Line drive Mid/Opp Approach  Strike Zone Discipline  2K adjustments

Be Prepared  Understand Strengths and Weaknesses  Have a Plan/Approach when you step into the box

Line Drive Middle/Opp. Approach Advantages:  See ball longer/deeper  Stay behind baseball, and on ball longer  Stay inside baseball  Margin for error is bigger

Strike Zone Discipline  Patience  No Chase  Grind out AB’s  2K Adjustments – QAB > 37%

Create Scoring Opportunities  Ability to execute on command > 70%  All hitters must be able to bunt and hit & run  Situational At- Bats - Unselfish

QAB in Crunch Time  Crunch Time AB’s – RBI Situations  Competitive Greatness AB’s  QAB’s > 50% w/ RISP

RBI Situations  2 out RBI – LD/Hard GB in the middle. Never make the last out of an inning in the air w/ RISP.  3B IF Back – GB up the middle. Be aggressive early. RBI more important than a hit.  3b IF In – See ball up & stay inside baseball. Drive ball gap to gap.  1 st & 3 rd – Stay away from DP. Most DP’s originate on left side. RHH stay inside baseball – No rollovers! LHH can take advantage of 4 hole.  Bases Loaded – Stay behind baseball w/ oppo gap approach. Keep ball off ground!  **Staying inside the baseball w/ a mid.opp approach will produce more LD’s and hard hit balls (RBI’s) than any other approach!!!

Methods of Evaluation  Game Rating Sheet – Team Evaluation  Quality At-Bat Chart – Individual Evaluation  Point System – Individual Evaluation

Game Rating Sheet  OB% >380  Execution % > 70%  K% < 15%  DP’s < 1.0 per game  70%  HHB’s – 10> per game  Send 5 > 60%  1 or more Big Inning (3+ Runs)  TQAB’s > 50%  15> P’s per Inning  +9 > 90 foot victories  Plus/Minus out RBI or -1 K looking/BR mistake

Game Rating Example  OB% >  Exec % > 70%5/7-71%10  K% < 15%7/44-16%9  DP’s < 1.0 pg18  70%2/3-67%9  HHB’s – 10> pg88  Send 5 > 60%4/9-44%7  1 or more Big Inning 110  TQAB’s > 50%24/44-55%10  15> P/I131/9=14.59  10> 90ft V’s99  Total99/11090  +/ RBI/-2 KL+2  90+2= 92 overall rating

Quality At-Bats Chart  8 Quality AB’s ▪ Base Hit ▪ Hard Hit Ball ▪ Walk ▪ HBP ▪ RBI ▪ Execution ▪ Move em over ▪ Eight pitch AB

Quality AB’s  QAB’s – Overall >50%  63%  2K > 37%  RISP > 50%

Point System 0 pointsstrikeout 1 pointfly ball out 2 pointsground ball out 3 pointswalk/HBP 4 pointsQAB other than walk or HBP

Situational Hitting  Things to consider  Hitter strengths and weaknesses  Baserunner(s) strengths and weaknesses  Pitcher/Defense strengths and weaknesses  Game Situation – Inning, Score, Count

1b 0 out – Must create a scoring opportunity! Can give up an out, but runner must be in scoring position at the conclusion of AB. 1 out – Try to gain a base without giving up an out 2 out – base runner finds a way to get into scoring position.

2b  0 out – Can give up an out, but runner must be at 3b at conclusion of AB.  1 out – Base runner find a way to get to 3b without giving up an out.  2 out – base runner should focus on a good secondary lead to score on a base hit.

3b < 2 out - stay in the middle of the field. Will give up an out to score a run. Infield in – Approach should be middle of field, get a pitch to elevate gap to gap in the outfield. Infield back – Approach should be middle of the field – keep the ball off the corners

1b & 3b  < 2 out – Drive in a run and advance a runner into scoring position without giving up more than 1 out. Stay out of DP!  2 out – R at 1b find a way to get to 2b without giving up an out.  Specialty Plays – Opportunity to score a cheap run.

2b & 3b < 2 out – Must score at least 1 run, but really looking for the big inning.

Benefits  Players/Team have better understanding of how offense operates.  Eliminates pressure of end results and places focus on the process of having QAB’s  Helps players compete against the game and not the opponent.  Emphasizes offensive production as a unit not individuals. 9vs 1 mentality. The whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts.