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Thread: Learning is awesome. And what I have learned as a coach is we need to create environments where players can learn. Becoming a father helped me understand this process even more.
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Andrew Luck
HS All American
HS Valedictorian
Pac 10 Offensice POY
Pac 10 1st Team
Heisman Runner Up (twice)
Academic All American
NCAA All American
Numerous Records
Standford Grad
#1
Pick
Not enough characters for NFL Achievements
If you are bashing him. You really dont get it
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2023. We will put a video of mocking a kid for winning the wrong way and it will have 1000 comments and 20K views.
Put a video up of an athlete praying during a dog pile. Crickets.
Negative sells. Negative gets likes. The world is mad right now
This right here is absolutely awesome. When you see it you'll get it. I noticed it live. Awesome stuff ✝️
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This right here is absolutely awesome. When you see it you'll get it. I noticed it live. Awesome stuff ✝️
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Can you say this to your teammates. Try it. Try being that guy.
It's easy to turn on TV and see how crazy good he is. But others could be also if they had the mindset to outwork everyone.
Winners win at EVERYTHING
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Whoa.
#UVA
Tony Bennett
Turns down raise and asked to provide raises to his staff
Then
Donates $500K to school for a career development program to assist athletes that go pro in something other then their sport
Pretty amazing stuff a coach putting others infront of himself
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As we see tweets about Trout and Harper contracts and using it to tell kids to play the OF. Let's remember.
Mike Trout was SS through HS
Bryce Harper was a catcher through HS
Moral of the story.
Learn to hit and they will find a place for you.
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Tournament Hotel.
We wonder where kids get it from.
I'll say it again. Stop saying kids today have changed. No they haven't. Adults have.
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I have searched for this clip probably 1000 times. The day I need to hear it the most. I finally found it. This take has stuck with me since I was a teenager & something I feel I have lived by since. Anytime I get asked "what's your goals" and I say I don't have goals. Here's why
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If your in baseball and bashing guys bc they play
Indy ball
D2
D3
Naia
Juco
Or whatever level you feel is insufficient for you. Do us all a favor and get out of the game.
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Best hand shake ever.
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When the pitch is too slow but you load correctly you can delay the launch even tho your foot got down. All back all fwd hitters cant make this adjustment.
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Some solid comments & advice in this take. It's not easy writing that lineup everyday. You know someone is gonna hurt. Players shouldn't take it personal. Keep pushing for your moment. You never know when it's gonna be your turn. Negative energy thru the process will only hurt u
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When guys say "I would have played for free to have a shot at mlb" realize they did. You had a shot in HS and had a shot in College. That was your shot? And it was decided you weren't good enough to get paid to play. But don't be confused. We all had our "shot"
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Who started this 5>4>6>5>1 throw around? That's not baseball. It's 5>6>4>5>1. That's it.
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Seniors who signed. Enjoy it. Soak it up. Throw a party.
Just know
Next year. No one cares about today. No one cares how big your offer was. You are with sharks who have a hell of a lot more experience then you.
Keep ur head down and COMPETE
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He said it. Not me. How hard you wanna work? Or are you just gonna complain life isn't fair.
Nothing is deserved.
Everything is earned.
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Better then any lessons. This is pretty advanced skill honestly.
This ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
A kid may not have the perfect swing. A kid may throw weird. A kid may clank the catch. But if that kid is having fun playing the game, he’ll keep playing the game.
COACHES/PARENTS: Let our game be just that... a game. A fun game.
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Saw this on Facebook. Coach losing his mind cause a 7 year old got a knock and his catcher didnt go get it. Relax dude. Sit back and enjoy the kids.
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One player failed a MLB drug test and got voted into HOF. This is not him. This player never failed a test but was not voted in.
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Pitchers. You think it's ok to show up your fielders. Fielders you think it's ok to allow it? Addressed front and center my Altuve. Leader.
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This isnt just the high pitch. This path is EVERY PITCH. Find the ball height with ur body but KEEP THIS PATH
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Its December.
Please stop playing in baseball tournaments.
Please.
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College Baseball DESTROYS mlb. No question. UT and TTU are delivering some serious entertainment
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Cut by local 14u team
Passed up by a ton of schools as a HS Player
No offers thru junior summer
Asked to "walk on" at Arkansas
Was told he was a juco player
Was great out of the pen as a freshman
TJ start year 2
Hard work and determination wins. Hes always been that guy...
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This is bad. Not good for college baseball
How is this ok
@NCAA
@d1baseball
@BaseballAmerica
@CBNewspaper
Change the name. It cannot be the Batters Box if this is ok
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Attention fans.
@mlb
now wants you to stand with your hands behind your back and just wear Homers off your face.
#Postseason
#Astros
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I hope HS players are watching th3 Vandy MissState game. Vandy goes 1st to 3b nearly every time a ball is hit thru.
That 90ft is there more often then you think.
Good break. Run hard. Good reads. Decision Is made before They get to 2b.
Great baseball
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Attack first dang driveable fastball. Stop letting them pass. Step in the box ready to do damage. Make the pitcher uncomfortable to toss one in the zone. Then. The hits and walks will come. Stop hitting from behind.
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Struck out 3 times looking in 617 pa
34 strike outs total.
Maybe this path isn't just for power
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Bregman interview after he collected
50 2Bs
30 HR
100 RBI
"Still have room to improve still want to do better. As far as the RBI. That's a team statistic that speaks to my great teammates"
So much good in that comment.
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For all u guys who
Complain abt not being a starter
Complain abt not being on A team
Complain abt play out of position
Complain abt playing time
Remember
#NickFoles
. Had his role. Embraced his role. Prepared for the moment the team MAY need him
#SuperBowl
#MVP
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Dont be afraid to let your players be creative in practice. You may find they actually get better that way
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1. This is a hbp
2. No such rule that you have to attempt to move out of the way
3. He didnt lean in
4. It was no where near the K Zone
5. The ump first response was put him on
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Biggest complaint I hear from college coaches.
Kids aren't coming in knowing how to win.
They are having to teach kids how to compete everyday and fight to win.
Why. Bc The youth model is flawed. We play more then we practice and use the game as another form of practice
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Baseball needs more athletes. Not more swingers. Not more throwers. More athletes. If we can get baseball players MOVING better and MOVING more efficiently then we will have HEALTHIER HITTERS AND PITCHERS. This should be the goal of any coach. Skill will come. Create athletes
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I have found one of the coolest parts of coaching is seeing how the kids you coach treat your own kid. I'll forever be greatful for all the ball players who have an impact on my son. Yall have no clue how big of an impression you have on him. THANK UOU
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Solid solid solid. No stride drills are a staple imo.
"From the core don't want them to use momentum"
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My man Lane went 0-2 last night in 10U Little League. After the game all I could talk about was how proud I was when he was playing LF and a ball went past 2b into RF he ran over to back up 3b in foul territory. Dudes never been taught that. Learned it watching the game.
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Lane starts coach pitch this yr. Needs a bat. Googled what bat & finding ones over $170
That's flat insane
Talk abt why kids are walking away. Its that.
With that. Lane will swing the $40 last year close out special.
He will be taught to say
"Its the Indian not the arrow"
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Common Bat Path Problems
1. Barrel Dump, tilt to turn, uphill
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If your scared cause your college signed more then 5 players and there are a couple who play your position. Your proving the reason they signed more then you. Scared to compete. If you can't compete during the week. What makes u think u can compete on weekends
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S/O to all the baseball coaches wives whose husbands are out coaching on valentines day. We may forget to get you flowers or other romantic things but will bring you home fast food dinner tonight. We couldn't do it without you (and your job that pays more then ours)
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My man Lane said the only backpack he wanted this year was
@RazorbackBSB
one so he can be like
@KevinKopps
. Have a feeling he will want to wear his Call the Kopps shirt on his first day. Love my son has amazing people to look up to.
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I love it when guys say
"If I had practice facilities like these kids do I would have made it to the bigs"
People. The facility doesn't make the player work harder or want it more.
Ask those who have made it from the Domincan what their facility was like.
#Excuses
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During my lift today Ron Washington was on MLB Network. Will post once it's on line. But when I looked I found this video. This is exactly what I go through when coaching youth infielders.
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But baseball is boring. Baseball is dying.
It's More Expensive to Attend the Tennessee-Vanderbilt Baseball Series Than the Final Four This Weekend
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Lanes has accepted Christ and was baptized today. What a day.
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Everyone pointing the finger at everything they can at the reason for arm injuries. Few will look in mirror.
You can't convince me the amount of baseball played from 9 to 18 isn't by far the leading cause. Constantly playing thru peak development stages.
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Notice the cut offs aren't all the way in the OF. OF forced to throw the ball all the way in. Getting the most out of both throws.
DBU just perfected the double-cut to nail the go ahead run at home
High school coaches are drooling right now watching this video
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Not everyone can hit Homers. But everyone can hit doubles. Drive the ball over the infield and bust it out of the box thinking two until its not.
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One day it will be popular for College Baseball Players to opt out of playing in pointless summer leagues with poor training and poor nutrition in order to become better athletes and prepare themselves for the next season.
#development
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Having a QAB is one thing. Trying to check on box on QAB sheet during the at bat is another.
Heater middle middle take
Heater middle middle take
Ball, ball, ball
Heater foul ball
Heater foul ball
Heater middle middle take or chase strike 3
That is not quality. 8 pitches or not
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Vandy and Miss State have traded blows for 27 straight innings. If you don't understand what the word compete is. Tune in. This is legit.
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#DeeGordon
hr is one of those things you like at and ask "how can there be no God" your science books won't be able to explain this one
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Don't just watch the hands
Don't just watch the arms
Don't just watch the barrel
Watch BOTH and how they all interact
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Couldn't be more correct.
Alex Bregman’s hitting coach shares the key to getting your legs involved in your swing 💯
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Shots fired. This will be good tv
Soundbite of the day from Arkansas pitcher Blaine Knight on facing star Longhorn Kody Clemens on Sunday in the College World Series.
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Base running.
1. This isn't all about speed
2. It's about lead & secondary
3. It's about knowing IF positioning pre pitch (3b)
4. It's about reaction time off bat
5. It's about hustling
It doesn't take just 80 speed to do this. It just takes ball player wanting to win
Attitude
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Lost for the right words tonight. I lost a man that meant so much to me. A man I looked up to. A man I wanted to be. A man who counseled me. A man who saw the best in me. A man who accepted the worse in me. Prayers to his beautiful family and all the people he impacted.
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This message right here is it. Make sure your athletes understand sport is what we do not what defines us. It isn't what defines our love for them as parents and coaches. It can be a dark place when they think their performance in sport is what defines them
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Christmas break. The trap for baseball players. All the work in the fall will be diminished cause you took 2 weeks off to lay on the couch and talk a out how tough the fall was. Here is your new seat
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No lessons. No hitting coach. Ever. Just hit. I really hope no one ever messes with this. This is REALLY GOOD
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Attacking rear leg. So much more to the swing. Training isn't just in the cage.
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Mental Health is real. 4 years ago one of my best friends went missing only to find out he lost his battle with mental illness. For the next 12 Days his family ask us all to join along. Alot of what we do is is still
#ForScotty
and you can join for mental health awareness
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Two
@stsliders
after a tough well fought 3 Game Series. Two of which went extras.
This is the good stuff that gets remembered. Well done boys
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Coaches. The scoreboard does not reflect your coaching abilities. How your team competes and the character in which they compete shows how good of a coach you are.
#LeaderOfMen
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Turn to tilt
NOT
Tilt to Turn
Better argument then up vs down.
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High School Players. Its Dec 28. You are down to roughly
30 days till first practice
40 days till first scrimmage
50 days till first tournament
I hope you prepaired all winter and fall. Pitchers no excuse to not be ready to pitch in 40 days. Start a 7 day in season routine Monday
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Please. Please stop posting when u get an offer to play for univ. Do it when u commit. It's as if they aren't good enough & ur using them
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Dabo
Joy comes from focusing on Jesus and others rather then yourself.
What a comment.
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The hands never leave the right side.
The first move of the barrel doesn't happen with an extending back arm
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I was today years old when I learned this. TBH I always thought the 90ft mark was the peg for each base. Never thought it was edge of bag. But to know now it's back edge on corner bags and peg at 2b is really messing with me. Lol.
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Baseball IQ. Perfect call at Perfect time.
1. Recognized early it could be there
2. Found the highest leverage time. Two Outs 2nd 3rd 2 run game. Slow runner at 2b looking to extend lead to help score
3. Got the call to the dugout to get to the P pitchcom.
This is playin ball
Sonny Gray discussing the Pickoff.
Play was put on by Correa and communicated through PitchCom.
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There are people who do their part of the job. Then there are people who will do what it takes to get the job done. This is what leadership looks like.
Twitter needs to make this dude famous.
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Baseball Players. No matter what anyone says if you don't hit Christmas Eve or Christmas day it doesn't mean you will bat .200 this year. Enjoy the family and enjoy the Celebration.
Signed
No Eyewash
PS. See ya Wednesday
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It's not how hard you CAN hit it. It's how often can you HIT IT HARD.
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My son is 7. Has had stomach issues since he was a toddler which has given him a fear to eat new foods. We have been stuck on chicken tenders/nuggets for 4+ years. This is a huge day for us. Finally branching out to new foods.
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There is a reason we practice the hop. Both these guys feet are OFF the ground when ball is hit and their decision where to go is made.
Hit the ground running.
NO still feet
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Absolute GOLD. Explaining the importance of HOW he gets to front foot strike. The issue with "staying back" on breaking ball causing him to be late on fast ball. This is the key to adjustability.
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When Tim Corbin speaks at ABCA its to a packed house. Twitter lights up on what a good coach he is. How smart he is. A program everyone should model.
Opening day Vandy uses tech for pitch calling and coaches on Twitter saying Vandy is hurting the game.
Make it make sense.
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