Had to ask a HS guy that has been in my program for two years not to come back today.
When it becomes a waste of time due to lack of work ethic & desire, I no longer want your money. It doesn’t add up for me.
If I want it more than you. You don’t belong.
#FailBetter
It’s Quiet Period in recruiting until February 29.
That means it might be a good time to:
-Shut down the games
-Find the weight room
-Get in the cage (hitters)
-Refine arsenal/develop a new pitch
-Crush it in the classroom
Take this time to develop skills worth recruiting.
The hands stay above the path of the ball before, during, and after the swing.
The barrel turns under the hands and behind the ball.
Original Video cred:
@ebkbaseball
One of the biggest reasons hitters struggle with offspeed/breaking pitches is they try to slow down bat speed instead of lengthening the load/stride phase.
When you watch great hitters hit breaking balls, they adjust the move to maintain the bat speed
Jose Ramirez:
Yesterday afternoon, we got the unfortunate news that our second baby went to be with it’s twin in heaven. Please say a prayer of peace for my wife as we go through this process.
Rhys Hoskins has demolished pitching at Citizens Bank Park this Postseason 🔥
What does he have in store for tonight's Game 4?!
NTT
#BallparkCam
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#RedOctober
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#WorldSeries
In 1947, Ted Kluszewski’s muscles were so big that he said if he didn’t cut his sleeves off, he’d have to change his swing. It soon became a Reds thing. Today, the
@Reds
are paying tribute to him and the older Reds teams who followed suit.
1/ In 2001, I was homeless going into the 7th grade.
In 2011, I was a year out of college ball, with a .130 career average to show for it.
Today, on July 31, 2021, I’ve become a 6-figure earner for the first time. What a ride the last 20 years have been.
Just looked at the results from a recent 14U showcase. I have several questions:
1. Why is the top EV 84 mph?
2. If you have a 60 Mph EV, why are you at a Showcase?
3. Why are parents paying $500+ for their incoming 8th grader/freshman to go to a showcase?
Had a parent tell me recently it was going to cost roughly $4000 to go to a tournament in Arizona (team fees, flights, lodging, food, etc)…
Fortunately, they decided not to go, but it got me thinking…
How much development could they do in the next 3 months for $4000?
Cont.
So your travel ball team is costing you $1200 for your average kid to play in some average tournaments...
Ever wondered how much training you could get for $1200? I’ll break it down...
8 weeks at 3x per week
11 weeks at 2x per week
18 weeks at 1x per week.
🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Kids from the islands let it eat (offensively and defensively) their whole life, and get paid $4 mil at 16.
American kids get “fundamentalled” into thinking baseball is boring.
We’ve all heard “when you get paid millions you can do that”
This kid did it TO get paid millions 🤷🏻♂️
One of our favorite defenders in the 2020-21 class officially signed with the Nationals this morning.
Armando Cruz inked a $3.9 million bonus.
Tracker:
Just a friendly reminder… The next 4 weeks are quiet period for D1 recruiting…
If that’s your goal, that means that for the next 4 weeks, if it isn’t happening on their campus, it probably isn’t worth going to because they won’t be there.
Use this time to get right for fall.
Mr A.Rod. What you’ve just said is one of the most idiotic things I have ever heard. Nowhere in your incoherent rambling was there anything that resembled a rational thought. Everyone is now dumber having listened to it. I award you no points, & may God have mercy on your soul
We live in a world where parents are going to pay $249 for the following:
- Stretching
- 60 times
- 5-10 ground balls/fly balls
- A round of BP where EV may or may not be taken off of a tee...
All for a chance to MAYBE get ranked and invited to more $249+ events...
A dad of one of my hitters sent me video of the first session we did together in 2016...
I was terrible compared to how I teach in 2019...
The sad reality is many coaches are still doing what they did 3 years ago.
Be better.
#FailBetter
#HittersHit
#GrowthMindset
I went to college with the goal of preparing myself to work in baseball for a living.
For the last 7 years I have bounced around corporate America trying to chase the dollar.
Today, I am officially full-time baseball. I couldn’t be happier!
#selfemployed
#failbetter
#HittersHit
I literally have no words for this explanation.
Launch angle is not part of the swing. Getting on plane is everything. You can’t throw above launch angle...
Hot take: Some athletes have the ability to reach the highest level of their preferred sport ONLY if they sell out and commit to that sport.
Don’t pick up an additional sport just because Brock Purdy, Patrick Mahomes, Kyler Murray, and Aaron Judge did…
Plan B kills Plan A.
Barry Bonds AVERAGED 96% of the MVP vote (voted on by the Baseball Writers) from years 2001-2004. It’s hypocritical for baseball writers to not vote him into the hall, when 96% of them thought it was ok to vote him MVP during “steroid era”.
#MLBNow
The narrative that “pro guys can think that way, but amateurs shouldn’t” is a tired act.
Watching HS hitters get rewarded for scuds off the bottom of the L screen and punished for top of the cage nukes is vile.
Their fences are 300 feet. Let the kids eat.
Last week I had a convo w/ a high school coach about what he’s seeing from one of our hitters @ practice, so we could both be on the same page.
This is how it it should be. The kid went out and hit well this week.
No drama. No ego. Mutual interest in what’s best for the player
Had to go with some out of the box thinking... (Pun Intended)
Sometimes a change in environment is all that is needed to create athletic movements and intent driven swings...
The cue: swing hard and try to put the bat back in the box...
#FailBetter
#HittersHit
This got me thinking…
It takes only 175 swings a day to get 10,000 swings in 2 months.
How much more prepared could you be for the spring if you took 10,000 swings in the next 2 months?
Think I’m finally coming to the fork in the road with regards to Twitter.
There’s no positivity in baseball twitter anymore. Everyone wants to be right, and only on their own accord.
When something no longer provides positive value, it may be time to make a change.
Bellinger had the signs… Peep the way he looks back towards the bag.
Yes it was a hanger, but Taylor had both cheeks in that ball.
Gamesmanship.
#NLWildCard
#Dodgers
#Cardinals
Aaron Judge had 4 hits and 2 bombs today…
2 0-0 hits
1 2-0 💣
1 1-2 💣
All 4 pitches he hit caught all white on the plate.
“Guys don’t throw me anything to hit”
If they are throwing Judge 2 strike hangers in the big leagues, for sure they throw them to you in HS.
Be Ready.
Made some changes to the game log sheet we will use this season!
The information gathered here will allow us to track in-game tendencies and enhance our game prep training.
S/O to
@JasonOchart
for the idea for the 3 ?s in the middle. Taking focus off of mechanics in-game.
If you’re a HS guy and you’re only doing “feel good” BP (flips, tee, light BP)... Good luck in college.
As much as the old heads want to tell you new school drills, constraints, chaos training, and tech are going to magically go away. News Flash... they aren’t 🤷🏻♂️
#HittersHit
This is our youngest hitter, who is 7 years old...
53mph on the machine from 33ish feet away...
Our guys may be a lot of things, but one thing they won’t be is scared of velo...
#HittersHit
#BOE
My swing is better now than it was 9 years ago as a player. The wish to know then what I have learned now is what drives me to be the best I can for my guys.
#FailBetter
#HittersHit
#HittingTwitter
Someone with no knowledge of Hittrax data came in yesterday and asked:
“What is the optimal launch angle you’re trying to train at?”
My answer: “it depends”
The biggest misconception (still) about training with launch monitors is that we want everyone hitting “fly balls”.
Last week, we got the unfortunate news that we lost one of the twins... I’ve been struggling to find the words to express the feeling, but I think Mrs. Two-Five summed it up pretty well.
Until we meet again...
Helping an 11U team with their hitting practice tonight. Trying to use limited resources effectively.
Here is the practice plan I drew up. Looking forward to some
#BarrelBuffet
tonight!
#failbetter
#HittersHit
It’s very sad to see kids that have been so over-coached, that they physically don’t know how to swing for the fences... it is definitely easier to control chaos than it is to create it... let it fly kids
Recently had an anonymous follower reach out to us about some baseballs. The guy said he had a bunch he wanted to get rid of, and offered us a crazy deal. We got the balls in today, 160 beautiful Perfect Game Baseballs came in a big box. 😳😍⚾️
#grateful
#blessed
#thankyou
Practice planning is one of the most undervalued qualities in youth travel coaching.
It’s ok to seek help in practice planning.
It’s not ok to have 2 guys hitting and 10 guys standing around with 2 open cages.
Our new plate in the facility…
So much of training hitters is focused on defending the entire 17” plate. This at times causes hitter to try to cover 20, 22, even 24” of zone.
Dominate the 10” in the middle.
#HittersHit
@TJHannam10
Been using “how would you pick a backhand?” as a cue for that feel. Most connects the dots on posture and direction for guys that want to spin off
4 years ago I set up this booth at a local opening day.
I had around 7-10 clients at that time.
I added 0 that day.
Today alone, 20 hitters will come through our cage.
God is GOOD.
The more data I track with Rapsodo, the more I question the validity of some of these insane HS tee exit velo numbers I see from “scouting organizations”
1/ Mid/away RHH 7-Ball Setup.
We do this drill for a number of reasons in our BP work.
A majority of the pitches Amateur hitters will see will be on the outer half.
Being able to barrel the mid/away to ALL fields (pull side incl.) gives our hitters a better approach in + count
Hit the baseballs/take the yellow balls. Make a fast decision, learn how to think yes and break it down late. This was with our 10u team today. They did an awesome job. Amazed us with how quickly they adjusted.
When working with 9-12 year olds (small field) we want our misses to be in the air. If we can spend 4 years learning how to properly drive the ball in the air, we’ll be prepared for the big field.
If we miss on the ground. We’re out. On any field.
Build the intent to do damage.
7 years ago, I barely had enough baseballs to get through a session & had no plan for improving hitters except for what I was taught.
Today I’m armed with some of the top resources available & a network of people that have helped me develop as a coach and a person.
#FailBetter
Saw
@pjonesbaseball
do this drill and wanted to have a go...
Offsetting the plate to make the oppo side go the length of the cage. Great for seeing ball flight if hitting at the field is not an option!
Will be trying to offset the pull side tomorrow🔥
#failbetter
Same guy, very different looks.
The lower half in the the top video plays, but take a look at the differences above the belt.
Video cred:
@PerfectGameUSA
@HyattCraig
I guess I left my car unlocked last night.
Hope the guy that broke into it hits dingers, or else that 35/33 bat he stole is going to be too much for him.
Merry Christmas ya filthy animal...