DR Academy Hitting Coach

The Player Development department is dedicated to fostering the comprehensive growth of our minor league players.

We are seeking someone who is organized, detail-oriented, curious, and data-driven, with strong interpersonal and teamwork skills. The candidate should also be comfortable in a fast-paced environment, working closely with players, coaches, and other departments to ensure player success.

Responsibilities

• Our mission is to excel in optimizing talent and skill development while aligning with player and team objectives.
• Our approach involves the creation of world class player programs and efficiently scaling them across our player pool.
• Collaborating closely with baseball analytics, performance, and medical, we establish effective frameworks for experimentation and learning.
• Additionally, we work closely with Amateur Scouting, International Scouting, and Pro Scouting to ensure seamless player transitions into the Red Sox organization.
• The DR Academy Hitting Coach will work closely with the other hitting coaches, the Director of Hitting Development, and other essential staff to help implement and track player-specific offensive development plans.
• This is a hands-on, uniformed position that supports the daily operations related to improving player performance.
• This position will be based out of our academy in the Dominican Republic.
• Assist the Hitting Coach and Roving Hitting Instructor with creating and executing daily hitting practice plans.
• Coordinate daily schedules with the Hitting Coach to ensure efficient use of time.
• Help prepare and deliver educational material to our position players.
• Operate hitting analysis tools such as Blast Motion, HitTrax and internal software.
• Support the hitting portion of Player Performance Meetings, tracking and reporting on hitters’ goal progress.
• Maintain communication with the Hitting Development team to streamline transitions for players promoted or demoted.
• Evaluate and prescribe best-in-class drills to address deficiencies in each individual player.

Requirements

• Able to develop programming towards organizationally defined KPIs.
• Able to cultivate trust and player buy-in.
• Willing and able to use technology to maximize the effectiveness of programming.
• Able to develop key takeaways from large amounts of data to identify high leverage areas of development for each player.