BHS Social Studies teacher Grant Bachura is taking over the baseball head coach position after being the assistant head coach the year before.
Q: What are your thoughts on the upcoming season?
A: “Our coaching staff is very excited for the season, we have 44 young men out for the team and will have three teams (Varsity, JV, and C Team) for the first time in program history. We believe we have a great chance to have a winning season and make a run in the postseason in 2025.”
Q: What does an everyday practice look like for you and your team?
A: “We start each practice by doing our dynamic warmup as a team, then break into our four (4) DAWG Crews to do four stations. These stations are: competition, base running, skill session, and arm care. After this we have our Championship Catch Play portion of practice, after this practice will vary each day, but we will focus on individual defense, team defense, and an offensive period of practice.”
Q: Do you like working with freshmen or upperclassmen more? Why?
A: “The beauty of how we do our practices is that I get to work and interact with each player every day. By nature of being the Head Coach/Varsity Coach I will work more with the older guys for the majority of the time, but I also thoroughly enjoy working with the younger guys as well, as they are the future of our program.”
Q: What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a baseball coach?
A: “The most rewarding aspect of being a baseball coach or coach of any sport to me is just the interactions with the players and coaches. It is truly rewarding to see our young men develop as baseball players and young men throughout the season; it’s an honor to be able to put on the Baldwin baseball jersey and be the head coach of this program.”
Q: How are you going to handle your bench during games?
A: “We are lucky enough to have four coaches in our program, so even when we have two coaches on the field, we will still have another coach in the dugout. They will talk to the players about situations that happen in the game, answer questions players might have, and focus on positive energy in the dugout.”
Q: Describe your coaching style.
A: “My coaching style would be best described as organized, upbeat, and uplifting. One of my job titles is CEO (Chief Energy Officer), so I try to bring the positive energy to practice each & every day and hope it trickles down to our team. A goal of mine as a coach is to try to say at least one positive or uplifting thing to each player every day at practice or day that I get to be around them. I want our practices to be upbeat, highly efficient, enjoyable for the players, and at the same time focus on getting 1% each and every day. Our coaching staff is dedicated to getting our young men to celebrate others’ success and pick them up in times of failure, which is an inevitable part of baseball.”