Daniel Cabuling

Co-founder, Director of Strength, Director of Softball Player Development @kpimh MS, CSCS

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

Been saying this for a long time….

[Natalie Ruechel @coach_ruechel]

Throwing is a skill—and honestly, one of the most under taught in softball.

I’ve been coaching softball for a decade now, and it still surprises me how little time is spent actually developing throwing. We expect clean, accurate throws in games, but don’t train it with any real intent or programing.

Then when players make bad throws, feel pain or start breaking down from overuse, we’re shocked. Or worse—frustrated.

If we want athletes to perform, we’ve got to stop treating throwing like it’s just a warm-up and start treating it like the skill it is. Train it, teach it.

[The Sporting Resource @TheS_Resource]

"You don't scream at your kid when they are learning how to read or write, so why do it when they are learning how to play football?" - Sean Dyche

💻 https://t.co/eCKy7mKrZb

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

@Willxaj How do you know you are getting results?

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

Agreed! Most of those modalities are bandaids at best, some IMO, are a complete waste. Especially if they are done instead of getting in the weight room and training.

[Dylan Newcomer @DylanNewcomerPT]

The vast majority of the time, your [insert muscle/body part] tightness is not a flexibility/mobility issue. It’s a weakness and exceeding tissue capacity issue. The tightness is communication from the body that you are currently red-lining the capacity of the tissue to handle the stress you are placing on it.

Tight hip flexors? Probably weak and undertrained
Tight forearm? Probably weak and undertrained

If it’s not weak, then there’s likely workload considerations and a buildup of fatigue/lack of recovery.

Regardless, no amount of stretching, scraping, cupping or dry needling will fix the root cause here. Just mask the symptoms until the next high intensity/volume stressor is applied and the cycle repeats.

[Brad Schoenfeld, PhD @BradSchoenfeld]

New research shows that heat application, not cold, enhances recovery from muscle damage

https://t.co/5Y8vdbwDqB

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

“Injuries that do not affect participation should not be ignored but managed, as they carry a five-fold increased risk of leading to participation restriction in the following week compared to healthy status.”

⚾️/ 🥎 players listen up!

Bicep/front of shoulder/forearm soreness all count as “injuries” especially if the soreness exceeds a 5/10.

Continuously playing through soreness like this will significantly increase the chances of a more severe injury occurring and you missing games.

[Pascal EDOUARD @PascalEdouard42]

🚨ARTICLE🚨

"The ‘vicious circle’ of sports injuries: an analysis of 165 athletics (track and field) athletes over a 39-week follow-up using Markov chains"

A concept: Vicious circle of sports injuries
An innovative analytical approach: Markov chain

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[Lee Taft @leetaft]

Possibly the greatest negative impact on generations of children!
-Took away innocence of youth introduction to sport
-Eliminated large populations
-Youth sport became angry
-Parents stole kids spotlight
-Money first, fun last
-Winning over development
-Scholarships or bust

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

Ha! The financial backer for most teams is the “B, C, and sometimes D” team funding the “National” team!

[Rachel Coleman @_coachrachel]

Gerry Glasco at Texas Tech is playing the travelball coaching game against these College Coaches & winning…

Get a backer & buy the best team.

Btw if you didn’t know - this is happening in travelball too 👀

[Rachel Coleman @_coachrachel]

Gerry Glasco at Texas Tech is playing the travelball coaching game against these College Coaches & winning…

Get a backer & buy the best team.

Btw if you didn’t know - this is happening in travelball too 👀

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

This is one of the top things to address in with our softball players!

[Patrick Jones @pjonesbaseball]

Changing your mindset from

“Putting the ball in play”

to

“I’m going to do damage”

Can clean up movement and timing issues faster than any drill can.

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

Remember! The name on the back of your jersey is why you get to the level of play you want to, not the one on the front.

Most will try to convince you otherwise but there are 168 hours in the week.

YOU decide how to use those 168!

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

@_coachrachel How would you measure true player development?

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

Nah, drop the $1000+, it will fix all!

[Patrick Jones @pjonesbaseball]

99% of the time, you don't need:

• New bat
• New shoes
• New travel team

You need to practice consistently 6 days a week for 6 months.

[Eric Cressey @EricCressey]

In youth sports (as in life), parents must be comfortable saying “no.” If you aren't comfortable saying no, find a coach who'll say no for you. If you have a coach who doesn't like you saying no, find a new team. You can't say yes to every team, tournament, showcase, or lesson.

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

@TewksHitting 👀 the grip…

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

We should really switch the term “overuse” injury to “over-competing” injury.

Most injuries are a result of simply playing too many games and too many sports at the same exact time.

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

@devenmorgan Ha! Softball said hold my beer!

[Jim Shapiro @jimshapiro]

Travel ball did it again.

Another family paying $3,000 to have their kid on the B Team so they can then pay a few thousand bucks a weekend to travel out of state to play teams form the very state they just came from so that “college coaches” can see their 12 year old compete.

I have a better idea. Take all that money, go to Vegas, go to the roulette table and put it all on black.

You will thank me later.

[Daniel Cabuling @DanCabuling]

He’s a dude!

He may tell you he’s a better golfer than me, which he is, but I’ll still say I could beat him!

[SportsForce Baseball @SportsForceBB]

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2026 1B Oliver McNamara @ollie_mcnamara

⚾️ Advisor: Coach Ryan Thompson @coachthompsonSF

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@BBUncommitted #uncommitted

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Research shows that if coaches are overly critical and have a "negative appraisal" post-game, testosterone levels will drop and it will negatively impacts the next game performance.