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Samuel Kidd | C/IF | 2025 | NE
@MidsouthSpects
Lines this ball to RF to drive in 2 runs. Flat bat path through the zone. Some feel for the barrel and a balanced all fields approach at the plate.
@PGMidwestBB@BPonbase#MLKWest
You should NOT have to incentivize players nor be the one to set their own goals. But, no competition - no progress. Excited to announce to our guys the Field General Gold Glove Award. Handed out monthly to the Catcher that displays, executes certain criteria & exemplifies…
Congrats to Ashton Jorges! Ashton is headed to @Allen_County to play for Red Devil Baseball while continuing his academic career. We're looking forward to watching Allen behind home plate in his final season as a Patriot! @MSHS_Baseball
Another shout out this week! This one goes out to @concap02 After 30 sessions we decided to post test & had some great results! 👀
Vertical: ⬆️2.9inches
Medball push throw: ⬆️1ft
Medball pull throw: ⬆️2ft
10 yard dash: ⬇️.03sec
Pro-agility: ⬇️.29sec
Live rent free in your world, not someone else’s…
Your role as a team player is to make those around you better; apart of the team concept.
Your role as an individual, apart of a team, behind the scenes - understand how your role fits within the team concept. Pull the rope.
This is more about the recovery than the block. As we like to say; 1.a) Block & 1.b) Recovery. Goal is to prevent the runner from advancing. The conviction we inject into our recovery must be at our best speed.
If you’re a coach, instructor or mentor…avoid words or phrases like: me, I, should, when I played. Just pretty much avoid talking about YOU. Your opinions do matter, but coaching is guiding - no one needs a sob story about how you ALMOST made it. Or, better, I did it this way.
Really good hand-eye warmup drill just picked up from yesterday’s podcast we did w/ the Reds Minor League Catchers mini camp.
Sequence first:
Index & Thumb
Middle & Thumb
Ring & Thumb
Pinky & Thumb
Then random call.