Ed Servais 2-Pack

with Ed Servais,
Creighton University Head Coach from 2004 to 2025;
4x Big East Regular Season Champions (2014, 2017, 2019, 2025);
2x Big East Tournament Champions (2025, 2019);
2x Big East Coach of the Yearÿ(2014, 2019);
2x MVC Regular Season Champions (2005, 2011);
3x MVC Tournament Champions(2007, 2011,ÿ2012);
4xÿMVCÿCoach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007, 2011);
2008 Field Turf National Coach of the Year;
2013 USA Baseball Assistant Coach;
NCAA Record .984 Team Fielding Percentage (2009);
Creighton Assistant Coach from 1998 to 2003;
Iowa State Assistant Coach from 1996 to 1997;
Saint Mary's (MN) Head Coach from 1989 to 1995;
2x MIAC Regular Season Champions (1990, 1993);
2x MIAC Coach of the Year (1990, 1993);
played college baseball for Wisconsin-La Crosse

Four time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year Baseball Coach Ed Servais demonstrates an approach to practice that fulfills the very goal of practice - to eliminate reasons for losing.

Coach Servais' belief is that practice organization should be based on player development and run as efficiently as possible to get as much accomplished in a short amount of time with very little standing in line. He likes his team to practice at a very fast pace, which allows them to slow down the "real game." Making practice as close to game speed as possible better prepares players for game-like situations.

This practice plan encompasses dynamic stretching to prepare players for practice while improving athleticism and conditioning, team and individual defense, base running, leads and steals, cuts and relays, rundowns, bunt defense, 1st and 3rd defense, individual defense, and a multi-station offensive workout designed to give every hitter 100+ swings. All of these components are drilled in a fast-paced, game-like manner.

The time you have with your players must be used to develop and increase the ability to compete at a high level. Having a plan is the best way that a coach can help his players accomplish this. Coach Servias shows how his practice plan has helped him create one of the best programs in the country and will help any coach at any level help his team gain an edge in practice.

77 minutes. 2013.

with Ed Servais,
Creighton University Head Coach from 2004 to 2025;
4x Big East Regular Season Champions (2014, 2017, 2019, 2025);
2x Big East Tournament Champions (2025, 2019);
2x Big East Coach of the Yearÿ(2014, 2019);
2x MVC Regular Season Champions (2005, 2011);
3x MVC Tournament Champions(2007, 2011,ÿ2012);
4xÿMVCÿCoach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007, 2011);
2008 Field Turf National Coach of the Year;
2013 USA Baseball Assistant Coach;
NCAA Record .984 Team Fielding Percentage (2009);
Creighton Assistant Coach from 1998 to 2003;
Iowa State Assistant Coach from 1996 to 1997;
Saint Mary's (MN) Head Coach from 1989 to 1995;
2x MIAC Regular Season Champions (1990, 1993);
2x MIAC Coach of the Year (1990, 1993);
played college baseball for Wisconsin-La Crosse

What is the hardest thing to do in all of sports? Hit a baseball. Longtime Creighton University Head Baseball Coach Ed Servais presents 25 hitting drills you can use with your team to improve their hitting. This video provides coaches with tee, soft toss, front toss, and batting practice drills.

You will see a brief but highly informative breakdown of "The Big 5"- Creighton's Five Foundations for Hitting Success. Coach Servais (along with Spencer Allen, the Creighton hitting coach) covers everything from how to put the ball on the tee to the swing's finish. Here you will find clear demonstrations of each drill, but you get more than drills. You will learn the precise coaching points that will help your players focus and make the drills most effective.

The drills are covered in a progression type format in four areas:

• Tee Drills - Perfect lower and upper body technique to improver your players' swings.
• Soft Toss Drills - Help each hitter with their balance, timing, and pitch selection.
• Front Toss Drills - Used to reinforce the hitter's mechanics, timing, and pitch selection and aides in tracking the baseball.
• Live and Machine Drills - Incorporate all of the skills used in the various drills, but with a ball thrown at greater speed. These drills are also used to improve pitch recognition and tracking skills.

The goal of the drills is to help simplify hitting by providing game-like drills to help a hitter establish and maintain rhythm and timing while a pitcher is trying to disrupt it. These drills will help any hitter take positive, productive, and mechanically correct swings. All of these drills are proven effective and ready for you to put in place immediately.

Coach Servias has had great success at Creighton University and these hitting drills are a part of it. From the tee to the machine-and everything in between-you can use these drills to make sure your players practice with a purpose, develop their skills and improve your team's offensive production.

66 minutes. 2013.