Watching your child compete in a sport feels like a sport to me. My daughters, ages 16 and 10, play tennis and are pretty good. I thought that baseball required grit, until I experienced their …
Defining the ‘Maintenance Phase’ of your summer workout
I can just about enjoy a 20-ounce Dasani bottled water anytime of the year, and especially in the summer time in Hotlanta. May through July is the "Maintenance Phase" for my Diamond Directors' …
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Why there is no off-season for training or complaining
A slump is a prolonged fall in performance and being in a hitting slump sucks. Imagine that a hitting slump was a 500-pound boulder that you had to push to the baseball field everyday. Heavy, …
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The art of instinct and why it matters
Instinct is more important than intelligence. Instincts is a way of thinking in response to something and great baseball players have great instincts. Unfortunately, thinking isn't a given for many of …
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It’s summertime – start building your foundation now
As a coach, fall baseball (August-October) is the best time of the year. Why? Because it's the beginning of a new baseball development season. Remember the quarterly breakdown of our training …
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Your top 3 workouts to maintain strength and endurance
Among the various components of fitness and conditioning as applied to the baseball player, strength and endurance have important roles in the big picture of a long season. It doesn't matter whether …
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