8 Critical Principles to Coaching Youth Baseball Revealed And these principles don’t JUST work for coaching youth baseball. These “rules” work for coaching youth fastpitch softball as well. And the word “youth” doesn’t discriminate between a 7-year-old OR a 24-year-old. They work at ANY level. And ANY sport for that matter! We’re talking principles here people […]
Bownet: The Swiss Army Knife Of Hitting Nets Recently, I’ve had a few hitting lessons during the week where we have to hit at an outdoor field with lights because it gets dark too soon. At this field, there are two nice tunnel hitting cages, and the park rents the field and facilities out to […]
Hint, hint…it has to do with balance! This is a bonus to our Why Your Balance Fails series on balance. I will be discussing: The balance of pyramids, The lateral movement of dancers, and Mike Trout Slow-motion perfect balance during the stride… The Balance of Pyramids Pyramids have a capstone that is centered over […]
Baseball Training: 3 Easy Steps To More Barrel Time On Pitch Plane (Dylan’s Case Study) I’ve heard during baseball training a thousand times, “Be short to the ball!” If I put a nickel away every time I heard that, then I’d have my 3 old son’s first year at Stanford saved up. A barrel […]
Pitching Instruction: 3 Simple Factors to Great Hitting (Madison Bumgarner Approved) I want to focus on Madison Bumgarner of the San Francisco Giants, and how the pitching instruction he’s received may help hitters develop repeatable power. Pitching instruction for hitters! I read somewhere that when Ted Williams was asked how a hitter could get […]
(Thank you Tim Ferris of FourHourBlog.com)… This blog is not primarily financially driven. I put it up in 2007 to build a community and learn from smart readers. Regardless, beginning December 1, 2009, the FTC requires bloggers to disclose whenever there could be hidden interests or unspoken biases related to recommendations. So here goes… First, […]
Baseball Hitting Case Study: Cole Watts – 17-years-old Cole’s dad Matt contacted me about setting up two in-person 45-minute lessons with a break between. They were coming from the Bay Area, which is about a 2.5 hours drive from me. Cole had been getting instruction from a Mike Epstein certified instructor, and they both […]
Adam Jones: TWO Actionable Tactics To Decrease Strikeouts I wanted to compare two hitters who have reversed walk and strikeout percentages. Adam Jones and Victor Martinez. Can efficient OR inefficient mechanics have an effect on a hitter’s strikeout rate? In this post we’ll: Compare & contrast key offensive statistics, Actionable tactic #1: how low […]
Hanley Ramirez Hitting a Curveball Do’s & Don’ts This post will clarify why the “Snapping Towel” concept is far superior than a hitter who “Sits Back.” An efficient swing uses the Un-Weighting Principal, or Forward Momentum. Basically, it’s a hitter getting a “head start”, and making an aggressive move towards the pitcher. CLICK HERE […]
Corey Dickerson: 3 Human Movement Laws That Dominate I wanted to analyze a young lefty slugging Colorado Rockies outfielder by the name of Corey Dickerson. Standing and weighing in at 6-foot, 1 inch, and 205 pounds, Dickerson isn’t a big guy by today’s standards. And comparing key offensive indicators (photo on right), puts him in decent […]
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