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365 Days to better Baseball – Advanced Fielding Tips & Techniques
Wednesdays Web Gems Tips – Two Toughest Plays on Defense? Of course, there are many tough plays in the infield and outfield. Maybe the most difficult for the outfielder is the ball hit directly at them in the air, especially the line drive ball. Because there is no reason to break left or tight, as [...]
365 Days to Better baseball – What I Love about Baseball
A New Beginning is One At-Bat Away As a hitting coach, I drill players in the fundamentals of hitting but I am also serving as a part time psychologist, buying time for struggling players until they turn their season around. Psychological Hitting Tips I Preach to Players It is difficult to turn ones season around [...]
365 Days to Better Baseball – Take the High Road Instead
Motivational Monday Tip of the Day – Negative Adult Behavior It is normal for parents to have some frustration when watching their kids perform because they care so much and most adults realize that overt criticism and negative behavior is not the way to go. However, what many of them do not realize is that young [...]
Mental and Physical Baseball Hitting Tips
Oh if I could only do it all over again On my journey to the major leagues, I respected pitchers and realized the odds were in their favor. However, I also felt like I got myself out more than the pitchers did, due to bad fundamentals or a bad mental effort. I wish I followed [...]
365 Days to Better Baseball – When Greatness Appears
Sunday Setting Sights on Success Tip of the Day – Coaching Winning Baseball the Simple Way I feel like I had my share of game winning hits in my career, especially in the minor leagues. It was at those moments that I made hitting very simple – I tried to hit the ball right back [...]
365 days to better Baseball – One of My Favorite Coaching Terms
Saturday Secrets to Great Baseball Coaching – “Reenact” When basketball teams or players miss many free throws, good coaches will not make a big deal of it, but you can be sure the coach will have the team taking tons of extra free throws. The same goes with baseball, when hitters or pitchers fail they [...]
365 Days to Better Baseball – When Major Leagues and Little Leagues Diverge
Friday Base Running Secrets – Aggressive Base Running Over the past few weeks, I have written about the importance of not running into unnecessary outs, especially once runners are already in scoring position. One base running rule ingrained in advanced baseball players is that they should never make the first or last out of [...]
365 Days to Better Baseball – Thinking Like Major League Pitchers
Thursday Throwing Tips – Outsmarting the Opposition Baseball players do not get to the major leagues on talent alone. Major league players use all their years of training to outthink the opposition. Of course, when they get to the major league level, they are playing against others who have done this too, so it is [...]
365 Days to Better Baseball – Wind Aided 1st Base Drill
Wednesdays Web Gems Tips – Scoop Drill, etc. Baseball fans, who only watch the professional game, probably think the game is easy. Major league baseball players make very difficult plays look easy. Nowhere is that more true than at first base, where it looks as though players simply catch balls thrown directly to them. Nothing [...]
