NHSBCA 2025 Convention

National High School Baseball Coaches Association

The NHSBCA Annual Convention brings together elite high school, college, and professional coaches to deliver a complete, real-world coaching education focused on what matters most at the high school level: developing players, building culture, teaching the mental game, and executing on the field.

This collection of sessions blends modern performance concepts with proven coaching fundamentals, giving coaches practical systems, drills, and philosophies they can immediately apply in their programs.

Player Development & Skill Acquisition

Learn how to develop complete athletes beyond surface-level metrics. These sessions focus on how players actually learn, how to build resilience, and how to design development systems that last.

• Beyond Metrics: Building Resilient Athletes and Empowered Teams

• Skill Acquisition Principles for High School Baseball

• Developing Athletic Confidence and Competitive Readiness

• Long-term athlete development frameworks that work at the HS level

Offensive Systems & Game Execution

Build an offense that fits your personnel and puts constant pressure on the defense. These presentations cover team offense, situational execution, and system-based teaching.

• Building an Offensive Identity

• De La Salle Offensive System Concepts

• Hitting to Apply Pressure on the Defense

• Bunt Offense & Defense: Winning the Small Game

• Situational baseball and decision-making under pressure

Pitching Development & Biomechanics

From old-school wisdom to modern biomechanics, this section covers how to develop pitchers safely, effectively, and competitively.

• Becoming a Complete Pitcher: The Trinity Way

• Pitching: Old School vs. New School

• Pitching Biomechanics and Mechanical Efficiency

• Arm care, movement patterns, and performance consistency

Infield Play & Defensive Fundamentals

Improve defensive execution with insights into infield play, positioning, and teaching detail that translate directly to game performance.

• Inside the Diamond: Infield Play and Teaching Progressions

• Defensive organization and execution

• Teaching anticipation, footwork, and baseball IQ

Culture, Leadership & Program Building

Winning programs are built long before game day. These sessions focus on culture, standards, leadership, and building programs that sustain success.

• Building Culture and Mentality

• The Woodbury Way: Establishing a Championship Identity

• Creating Standards, Accountability, and Buy-In

• Building a Program and Strengthening Youth Baseball Relationships

Mental Game & Player Psychology

Today’s players think differently. Learn how to connect, communicate, and coach the mental and emotional side of performance.

• Head Cases: Inside the Minds of Today’s Players

• Mental Leveling and Competitive Mindset Training

• Coaching confidence, focus, and emotional control

• Helping players perform under pressure

Coaching Wisdom & Legacy Learning

Decades of experience distilled into lessons every coach should hear.

• Giving Back: 35 Years of Learning from Clinics

• Hall of Fame Roundtable Discussion

• Lessons from elite coaches across levels of the game

Who This Is For

• High school head and assistant baseball coaches

• Coaches building or rebuilding a program

• Coaches seeking practical drills, systems, and philosophies

• Coaches balancing modern trends with time-tested fundamentals