Coach | Scout Breakout Sessions and Schedule
Purpose:
The Coach and Scouting Track is designed to equip coaches, scouts, and player development professionals with the tools, knowledge, and spiritual foundation to evaluate, mentor, and lead athletes with excellence and integrity.
Mission:
To develop a new generation of coaches and scouts who lead with character, communicate with clarity, and evaluate with integrity.
Event Partners:
Day 1 Schedule
Session 1: Welcome and Introduction: Building a Career with Character (Combined All-Participant)
Day: Day 1
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:30AM
Location: Conference Room #1
Overview:
This session challenges every participant—athletes, coaches, and parents—to redefine success through integrity, discipline, and faith. Dr. David Angeron shares real-world insights from athletics and leadership, emphasizing how true greatness is measured by character, not comparison.
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Key Focus Areas:
- Building personal and professional integrity
- Living out faith through action and preparation
- Leadership rooted in humility and service
- Turning obstacles into opportunities for growth
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Objective:
Inspire participants to view their athletic and career journey as a calling, using faith and discipline to develop excellence that lasts beyond the field.
Session 2: Foundations of Scouting & Evaluation – Understanding the 6-Tools, Grades, Projection, and OFP (Overall Future Potential)
Day: Day 1
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
Location: Meeting Room #4
Overview:
This foundational session breaks down the art and science of scouting. Coaches and scouts will learn to evaluate talent using professional standards—measuring both physical skills and intangible attributes that determine long-term potential.
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Key Focus Areas:
- The 6-tools of baseball scouting
- Grading scales and projection systems
- Understanding OFP (Overall Future Potential)
- Balancing data with observation and intuition
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Objective:
Equip coaches and scouts with a complete understanding of the scouting evaluation process, enabling them to make accurate and objective player assessments based on both skill and character.
Session 3: Having the Best Scouting Tools and Equipment
Day: Day 1
Time: 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Meeting Room #4
Overview:
Technology and preparation can elevate the accuracy of every evaluation. This session covers the essential tools, software, and techniques that make scouting more efficient and professional.
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Key Focus Areas:
- Essential scouting tools: radar guns, stopwatches, video equipment
- Using apps and digital reports for data tracking
- Organizing notes and maintaining databases
- Field preparation and professionalism in presentation
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Objective:
Provide scouts and coaches with a toolkit of practical resources to improve precision, efficiency, and professionalism in the field.
Session 4: Player Profiling Workshop – Evaluating Mechanics, Body Language, and Mental Makeup
Day: Day 1
Time: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Location: Meeting Room #4
Overview:
Scouting goes beyond stats and speed guns. This workshop focuses on reading body language, mechanics, and mindset to identify players with both talent and teachability.
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Key Focus Areas:
- Mechanical evaluation of position players and pitchers
- Recognizing body language cues and confidence indicators
- Assessing work ethic, coachability, and focus
- Using interviews and observation to gauge mental makeup
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Objective:
Train scouts and coaches to identify not just athletes with skill, but complete players who demonstrate discipline, humility, and growth potential.
Session 5: Introduction to Sport Science Metrics – Data and Technology in Modern Scouting (Understanding the Good and Bad of Analytics in Scouting)
Day: Day 1
Time: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Meeting Room #4
Overview:
Analytics are transforming sports evaluation—but data must be used wisely. This session explains how to integrate sport science metrics without losing the human element that makes scouting so powerful.
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Key Focus Areas:
- Understanding exit velocity, spin rate, launch angle, and biomechanics
- How to interpret and apply analytics effectively
- Limitations and misuses of data-driven scouting
- Combining technology with traditional evaluation
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Objective:
Help scouts and coaches balance analytics with experience, developing a holistic evaluation approach that blends data accuracy with human insight.
30 Minute Break:
Day: Day 1
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Meeting Room #2
Visit Vender Booths, Rest, Socialize, Etc.
Lunch: Faith & Focus Luncheon (Combined All-Participant)
Day: Day 1
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Main Conference Room #1
Overview:
This interactive luncheon centers around reflection, gratitude, and faith in action. Participants share personal insights and testimonies about how faith fuels focus, discipline, and perseverance.
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Key Focus Areas:
- Integrating faith into competition and career goals
- Developing mental clarity and emotional peace through prayer
- Encouraging community and support among peers
- Practicing gratitude and servant leadership
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Objective:
Strengthen the spiritual foundation of the event by fostering fellowship and purpose-driven focus among all attendees.
Session 6: The Brutal Honesty of Professional Scouts
Day: Day 1
Time: 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Location: Meet Room #4
Overview:
The best scouts are honest—even when the truth is hard to deliver. This breakout emphasizes integrity, objectivity, and professionalism in player reporting and communication.
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Key Focus Areas:
- Writing accurate, unbiased scouting reports
- Delivering evaluations with honesty and respect
- Avoiding favoritism, exaggeration, or personal bias
- Building credibility through consistent integrity
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Objective:
Instill a standard of ethical excellence in scouting by reinforcing the importance of truthfulness, professionalism, and moral accountability.
Session 7: Understanding the Advantages and Disadvantages of Scouting Dual-Sport Athletes
Day: Day 1
Time: 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: Meeting Room #4
Overview:
Dual-sport athletes bring unique strengths—and challenges—to the recruiting process. This session helps coaches and scouts identify both the benefits and risks when evaluating multi-sport talent.
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Key Focus Areas:
- Physical and mental benefits of multi-sport participation
- Identifying transferable athletic skills
- Understanding development gaps due to sport crossover
- Long-term projection and injury risk factors
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Objective:
Provide a balanced framework for evaluating dual-sport athletes, helping scouts recognize versatile potential while accounting for developmental limitations.
Session 8: Scouting as a Career – Balancing Travel, Family, Schedules, and Priorities
Day: Day 1
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Location: Meeting Room #4
Overview:
Scouting is more than a job—it’s a lifestyle. This session explores how professional scouts and coaches can sustain long-term success in the field while maintaining balance between work, family, and faith. Attendees will learn practical strategies for managing schedules, budgets, and personal well-being in a career that demands time and travel.
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Key Focus Areas:
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Managing travel schedules and time on the road
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Maintaining family connections and spiritual health
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Budgeting and financial planning for scouting careers
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Prioritizing rest, relationships, and professional growth
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Avoiding burnout through discipline and perspective
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Objective:
Equip current and aspiring scouts with tools and wisdom to build sustainable, faith-centered careers—balancing personal priorities with professional excellence.
Session 9: Mentorship in Scouting – Training the Next Generation
Day: Day 1
Time: 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Meeting Room #4
Overview:
Scouting is not just about evaluating players—it’s about developing people. This session encourages experienced scouts to mentor younger professionals and model the principles of faith, humility, and leadership within the industry.
Key Focus Areas:
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Building mentorship relationships with young scouts and coaches
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Sharing experience while remaining teachable
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Modeling faith-based professionalism in the field
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Shaping the next generation of ethical evaluators
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Objective:
Provide a balanced framework for evaluating dual-sport athletes, helping scouts recognize versatile potential while accounting for developmental limitations.
Session 10: Leadership, Legacy, and Life Balance – Becoming the Player Others Follow (All-Participants)
Day: Day 1
Time: 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Location: Main Conference Room #1
Overview:
Leadership, family, and faith are deeply connected in sustaining a successful athletic career. This session blends principles of leadership development with personal balance, helping athletes grow in influence while keeping their priorities grounded in faith and relationships.
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Key Focus Areas:
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Leading by example through humility and integrity
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Building positive team culture and locker-room influence
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Maintaining strong family and faith foundations
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Managing time, relationships, and accountability on and off the field
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Using leadership as a platform for mentorship and impact
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Objective:
Develop athletes who lead with purpose, manage their personal and professional lives with balance, and inspire others through consistency, compassion, and character.
Supper: Combined Evening Panel Supper – “From High School Dreams to Professional Reality” (All-Participants)
Day: Day 1
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Main Conference Room #1
Overview:
Former athletes, scouts, and coaches share their journeys from high school dreams to professional careers. This honest conversation highlights both triumphs and challenges, revealing how faith, perseverance, and preparation bridge the gap between potential and reality.
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Key Focus Areas:
- Real-world transitions from amateur to professional athletics
- Mental, physical, and spiritual endurance
- Lessons in humility, faith, and consistency
- The importance of mentorship and guidance
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Objective:
Question and Answer Panel to encourage participants to pursue their goals with perseverance and faith while understanding the realities and responsibilities of professional sports.
Day 2 Schedule
Breakfast: Combined Morning Devotional (All Participants Welcome)
Day: Day 2
Time: 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Location: Stadium
Overview:
Start the day grounded in faith and focus. This devotional offers a moment of reflection, prayer, and encouragement for all participants before the day’s sessions and evaluations.
Key Focus Areas:
- Centering hearts and minds on Christ
- Building daily discipline through spiritual habits
- Encouraging community and gratitude
- Aligning purpose and performance with God’s plan
Objective:
Set the spiritual tone for the day, reminding participants that success begins with a clear mind and a faithful heart.
Session 11: Preparation for Evaluation Day (All Participants)
Day: Day 2
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Location: Stadium
Overview:
Before stepping onto the field, participants receive practical and motivational guidance for the evaluation process. Coaches, scouts, and leaders provide insight on how to approach the day with professionalism, confidence, and calm.
Key Focus Areas:
- Understanding the structure and expectations of evaluation day
- Managing nerves and mindset under pressure
- Presenting professionalism and sportsmanship
- The role of preparation, attitude, and focus in performance
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Objective:
Equip participants to perform at their best—physically, mentally, and spiritually—during evaluation day, emphasizing that preparation and poise reflect true character.
Scouting Practicum #1: On-field observation drills (live evaluation)
Day: Day 2
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Stadium
Overview:
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Grading Workshop: 20-80 scale, writing scouting reports, and projection practice
Lunch: Networking Luncheon (All Participants)
Day: Day 2
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Location: Stadium
Overview:
This luncheon encourages intentional relationship-building among athletes, coaches, parents, and professionals. Participants will learn how networking, mentorship, and collaboration can open doors for growth both in and beyond athletics.
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Key Focus Areas:
- Building professional connections
- Engaging in meaningful conversations and mentorship
- Developing communication and relationship skills
- Turning contacts into long-term partnerships
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Objective:
Create a space for collaboration and fellowship that strengthens community bonds and encourages ongoing professional and spiritual growth.
Scouting Practicum #2 Certification Quiz:
Day: Day 2
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Stadium
Overview:
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Real-time game evaluation and data collection
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Writing final scouting reports
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Submitting digital evaluations for review
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Certification Quiz: Certified participants earn the JMISS Certificate of Completion in Player Evaluation & Scouting Foundations, a credential that validates their knowledge and enhances program credibility.
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