Opening Day isn't one day. It's every day. How great can we be if every day we are 0-0, compete for our team first, and play with passion, energy and love? Make tomorrow 1-0.
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The best collection of Base Stealing insight from one of the best teachers in the game, hands down.
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The body will always find a way to complete a task regardless of right and wrong. It is a master compensator. Teach and build movement competency from day one so athletes have the ability to transfer it!
This notion is fundamentally INCORRECT!! EMG studies of elite level athletes reveal that muscle action STARTS in the pelvic region and interacts with muscle systems above and below that region [see Zatsiorsky, Winter, Cherveny et al]
Absolute fire coming from one of the best to ever do it.
Let me provide an example of where I think baseball has gone crazy. There are some smart people that sit in labs and study movement that would say “well golly that’s just ridiculous. This guy has no idea what he’s talking
Random practice & external focus cues can be phenomenal coaching strategies for optimizing motor learning & performance, especially w/trained athletes. They can also be devastatingly injurious when used with people with terrible movement quality and/or orthopedic limitations.
Although oppo angled toss isn't my favorite drill, I am a big fan of pull side angled toss as demonstrated by Miggy. Shoulder loading makes it impossible to actually see the pitch, and it forces you to be on plane early. Try to hit a laser over the 2nd baseman's head.