The Cure For Daddy Ball
When people hear the phrase Daddy Ball, it stirs up many emotions.
But to me, Daddy Ball simply means the coach of the team is the father of one of the
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Baseball Drills
It will be impossible to master the game of baseball without understanding the fundamentals. By training various baseball drills that help us to become better competitors, we're able to keep
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The Proper Batting Hand Grip in Hitting
The proper batting hand grip in hitting comes down to one thing. Repeatability.
Does how you're holding the bat allow you to take mechanically-sound and repeatable swings while keeping a
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Strike Zone for Wiffle Ball
Throughout my years as a private hitting coach, a piece of advice I'd often say to ballplayers I trained was, "as hitters, we're only as good as the pitches we
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Two Mental Baseball Skills
Here are two mental baseball skills guaranteed to improve your development as a ballplayer.
You need JUST these two things:
Honest Self-assessment. - this is what happened. this is why it happened.
Compassionate
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The Art of Batting in Baseball
The Art of Batting in Baseball
The Art of Batting in Baseball begins with the mind. Here are some of my personal insights about reaching peak performance at the plate. I
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How To Stop Striking Out: Patience & Flow
On occasion, while working on something in batting practice, it’s tempting to want to see results appear immediately.
Sometimes the change comes quickly after a small tweak.
Sometimes the change comes suddenly
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Jackie Robinson & Mental Toughness
You can make the argument that there were at least a half-dozen other players Branch Rickey could have selected from the talent pool of players in the Negro leagues. Josh
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The Joe Dimaggio Principle
"There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best."- Joe Dimaggio
This quote from Joe Dimaggio should hit hard.
Here's
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Facing Stephen Strasburg
I remember, my SR year at Bethune Cookman, we got our schedule for the spring season at the end of the fall, and the first team on the schedule was
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