Brody Lindsey

[Crab Claw Classic @MidAtlanticCCC]

24th Annual Crab Claw Classic!

Futures Game 10:00AM
Crab Claw Classic 1:00PM

AT Harford CC

[Tread Athletics @TreadHQ]

Long toss isn't for every arm slot. 📐⁠
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Here are some considerations based on your arm slot and how to get the most out of catch play and long toss. 📈⁠

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[108 Performance @108_Performance]

How you hold the bat changes everything 🤙

Listen to Eugene talk about the hang loose grip for R/L or players who have the tendency to get too steep����️

#the108way

[MLB @MLB]

A trip around the bases with Konnor Griffin 😮‍💨

[Brody Lindsey @EdLindsey77]

@TJHannam10 That said I still wouldn’t change all those years of experimenting.

[Brody Lindsey @EdLindsey77]

@TJHannam10 For the past 10 years, we’ve tried just about every drill out there on social media 😂—testing stride angle, stride length, grip variations, and more. It wasn’t until we got into motor preferences that everything finally started to make sense.

[Motor Preferences Experts, LLC @MotorPreference]

Oklahoma leads the country with 113 HRs.

They also lead the nation in
Hits: 370
AVG: .457
SLG: .949

Watch their lineup and one thing stands out:

No two swings look the same.

Different postures
Different rhythms
Different ways of creating power

Some hitters organize around the front leg
Some around the back leg

Some swing in extension
Some in flexion

Some create hip/shoulder separation
Some swing all at once

The details change.

Understanding the context of the hitter matters.

How do you naturally prefer to move?

[David Genest (AKA The Witch 🧹Doctor) @AKA_WitchDoctor]

👊 #MotorPreferences are one of the ingredients of the recipe !!!!
👍 Congrats @OU_Softball players and Staff !

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Get used to this. Konnor Griffin is a superstar.

[OK Swings @OkSwings]

Hands Connected To The Core

- Shorter
- Quicker
- Better Direction

@BeauBaker2029 - Moore 2029

@okswings

[Trosky @NateTrosky]

Approximately 80% of Errors on D are Throwing Error & often a By-product of & Unstable Exchnange! The 2 Ball Wall drill is Huge!! Slow is Smooth & Smooth is Fast, Sauve!! @jaegersports @warstic @goBWCgo @SBGrizzlies @vtacoastalcubs @ICHSBaseball @HitDogsAcademy @TroskyAV

[Pitt Baseball @Pitt_BASE]

2️⃣6️⃣ days until Opening Day ⚡️

#H2P » @drew_lafferty26

[Motor Preferences Experts, LLC @MotorPreference]

Great coaching is not about more cues or drills.
It is about starting in the right place.

Try two external cues. Try two internal cues.
It doesn't mean it will always work for everyone, but it helps stack the odds and see what clicks faster.

#MotorPreferences help narrow the focus so adjustments happen sooner and progress accelerates.

#MLB #AUSL #Softball #Baseball

[David Genest (AKA The Witch 🧹Doctor) @AKA_WitchDoctor]

👀 @MotorPreference

🔍 Primitive Reflexes, autism… and why this matters for athletes too !

While I’m progressing through the Melillo Method certification, Melillo, Leisman and colleagues released a new paper showing a strong link between retained primitive reflexes, hemispheric imbalance, and cognitive performance in ASD.

And there’s an important point no one is talking about:

🧠 Autism represents one of the extreme expressions of retained primitive reflexes.

In many individuals on the spectrum, these early-life reflexes stay active much longer than expected.
It’s not the cause of autism but it’s one of the neurological signatures we often see.

And here’s where it gets interesting for my world:
what appears “extreme” in ASD also exists in a much quieter, subtler form in athletes.

⚡ Reflexes don’t have to be extreme to cause problems. I test hundreds of baseball and softball players every year.

- Many are elite movers.
- Many are perfectly neurotypical.
- And yet…

The moment a primitive reflex stays active, even at a low level, you see:

- more extension than the body can manage
- poor shock absorption
- difficulty staying in flexion
- sequencing issues
- rigidity under pressure
- increased stress reactivity
- higher injury risk

It’s the same neurological mechanism :
just a different expression on the spectrum.

🔗 Same reflexes, different outcomes

In ASD: Retained reflexes show up clearly and impact cognitive performance, attention, posture, and regulation.

In athletes: They show up as “mysterious” mechanical limitations that no amount of strength training or technical coaching can fix.

Two populations, same underlying rule:

👉 When the primitive software is still running, the system can’t operate at its highest level.

🎯 The takeaway : This new study doesn’t just advance ASD research. It validates something we’ve been observing for years:

Primitive reflexes shape movement, cognition, and performance across the entire human spectrum, from autism to high-level sport.

And if we want athletes to reach their real potential, we have to look under the hood....

@MelilloMethod @ABCA @NFCA @MLB #mentalhealth #nobuket #primitivereflexes #BaseBall #softball @NCAASoftball @NCAABaseball #hitting #pitching

[108 Performance @108_Performance]

Figure out how to hammer your pitch😤🔨

Listen to Eugene talk about youth players when they’re learning how to hit and having rounds where you’re focused on demolishing your pitch you hit best…even if it is a ball
#the108way

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

13 REAL plyometrics for athletes!

1. Band assisted pogo jumps
2. Drop jump into band accelerated vertical
3. SL vertical into SL broad
4. Repeat SL broad jump
5. Triple hurdle jump
6. SL drop jump
7. Standard drop jump
8. Drop jump to vertical jump
9. Depth jump
10. Depth jump to broad jump
11. Box “double jump.”
12. SL drop jump to SL broad jump
13. Hurdle to box jump

[Curt Nelson @Nelson_Hitting]

Rotation is a byproduct of many different factors; the individual & their interaction with the ground based on timing, pitch location, and overall teaching.
Telling everyone the same thing is not only dangerous but incredibly inefficient.
Beware of car salesman, one size fits all

[OK Swings @OkSwings]

1️⃣ Create space with the pelvis
2️⃣ Direct hand path

🎯 Aim for true ball flight

✖️ Rollovers
✖️ Hook
✖️ Top-Spin
✖️ Flares

@TRob2026 - Edmond Memorial 2026

@okswings

[OK Swings @OkSwings]

⏱️ Know Your Tempo, Own Your Timing!

If you don’t know your tempo, you’re guessing at your timing.

Every hitter has a natural rhythm, rush it and you’re jumpy, slow it down too much and you’re late.

@parkweston2028 - Mustang 2028

@okswings