The fastest way to freeze an athlete is yelling commands from the bleachers. Steve Kerr made a crucial point about youth sports culture: kids develop skills by playing through mistakes, not by trying to please twelve adults shouting at once. Let them own their game. @warriors
Thank you @TtownBsball for a great week of baseball! @ACPAthletics Baseball had a blast! Looking forward to next year’s tourney! Good luck to all the participants in their upcoming 2027 season!⚾️
I gave a hitter one cue, it turned into a laser show:
“Compete vs the ball. REFUSE to let your barrel get under it.”
Most line drives and gap doubles he’s ever hit.
He'd go 4-5 in a row (never does that), misses one, then refocuses for another 4-5.
Why it worked:
Swing normally but focus on and fight to swing a tick higher than normal. (because 'normal' is always a tick too low)
Same swing, just in a better location.
It just needed something something better to focus on.
The coach who holds you accountable to be on time, touch the line, and pick up your trash sees the athlete you are becoming in those small choices.
They set the stage for who you will be when the discipline around you is removed and nobody is telling you where to be or what to do. The habits you build under their watch become the person you are without it.
Your choices today build your character tomorrow.
So this is a great illustration by Vogie to Yelich. One command while in the cage….DOWN….but watch the hand movement to him once he comes out. Under, under, under…..DOWN! Immediately gets him on plane with just one mental cue. Through the wall, not over it! Barrels….good stuff.
In 2015, Aaron Ashby was an @PB_Uncommitted rising senior throwing 85 mph at Park Hill HS (@cdtrojans). Over a decade later, the @Brewers high-leverage southpaw is dominating in the big leagues, posting a 0.00 ERA and 17 K in 15.2 IP this postseason. 👏
Development is not linear. 𝙍𝙪𝙣 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙊𝙬𝙣 𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙚. 🤘
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Most people will look at this LD DP & say bad luck unavoidable. IMO not the case. If Yandy reacts back on this low infield LD,like he should, NO DP. He had a short primary lead & took no secondary but was in go mode versus go back mode on LD contact.
The little things WIN!!!
Play hard and hustle. Every pitch… both on O and D… It changes games. 🧨 A routine force out at second base (to end the inning) ended up being the catalyst to a dominant victory. 97% of players just conceive the force out at second base right there and don’t go into the base as hard as possible.