Jason Krizan

Former Professional Baseball Player. Hitting Coach. Dallas Baptist Alum. @kr1ztin. Carter. Dawson.

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@TopDynastyTakes Starting year 4 and I have never made the playoffs…

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@DALLASBRADEN209 The same ABS error happened to me in 2022, same location and same ballpark FWIW. We did not have the challenge system then, so I didn’t see it until I got to the dugout, but it pinged strike and the iPad showed ball.

Maybe it’s not ABS, maybe it’s a blind spot in the ballpark?

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@DynastyDadFF @rotobot_ai OUT on JJ. Sold him mid season last year. Javonte and JJ for Hampton and Nico. Idk why Kyler is the savior here.

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@EYankees0904 @TalkinBaseball_ Do you have the results of the poll to support your numbers? Would like to see it. Being a part of full ABS, I find those numbers hard to believe.

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@EYankees0904 @TalkinBaseball_ Unpopular by who?

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@FFSnoog You think I need to add? I feel I’m safe there, and WR room is loaded.

[James Schiano @James_Schiano]

I am buying whatever the Marlins are selling

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@TewksHitting That’s what I liked so much about them tossing to each other.

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This wasn’t a pro-tee or anti-tee argument. For the record, I was/am not a tee guy, but that’s not what triggered my curiosity intentionally.

This was more about the context of your practice and the environments you were putting them in. I’m assuming that the tee work had the least amount of energy during the practice.

Thought process was more energy and competitive environment equals more focus and better outcome? I don’t have experience with that age group, so that’s why I mentioned it.

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@DynastyDadFF @Calo_Football WR1*

[Erik @e_cdalton]

Some initial thoughts after using the constraints led approach for coaching my son’s third and fourth grade basketball team over the last couple weeks

In case you don’t know, CLA describes a method of ecological coaching where instead of top down instructions like “do this move this way” or “dribble the ball like this,” you alter the environment in small games during practice to force or enable adaptations. You do not tell them how to do the skill. You create conditions where the skill naturally emerges.

One small example. Instead of a one on zero layup line where kids just line up and make unobstructed layups, you add a defender. The defender might be waiting in the key or trailing the offensive player, applying a bit of pressure and urgency. Maybe the defender plays light defense. Maybe he uses only one hand. Maybe he uses no hands and is just a body, a presence. Either way, adding a defender introduces a constraint that mimics real game pressure.

Or instead of solo dribbling lines, you have the kids play dribble knockout or dribble tag. Everyone has a ball and dribbles around trying to knock others’ balls away while protecting their own. You can add constraints like off hand only, or shrink the space to inside the three point line or even inside the key.

Or instead of regular two on two, you play two on two with one defender starting at half court. The offense begins in a two on one advantage and the defense has to figure out how to recover into position.

It starts basic, but as the kids gain skill, and they gain it rapidly, you change the environment further and introduce new constraints that force even more adaptation.

What appeals to me is that this is an evolutionary style of skill acquisition. Skills emerge from within rather than being commanded from above. Plus, it is a lot of fun.

Already, in just four or five sessions, we are seeing better decision making and more advanced sequences during live scrimmages. It is messy and chaotic because that is how learning actually happens. And it is important to note that CLA is not a wild free for all. It is controlled chaos. It is selective breeding.

Thanks to @Brian_Kelly19 for mentioning this sometime long ago. Great resources include @transformbball @AlexJSarama

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Challenge the swing. Expose weakness. Compete.

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@bpowens110483 @orangebloods_ Only Florida. You can lose to FSU though. You can lose to SMU and Louisville too. Only Florida. Doesn’t matter who you beat, just can’t lose to Florida. Got it.

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@ALPsooner @NashTalksTexas Keep pushing those goal posts back, 3 losses is 3 losses. Texas schedules an FCS school in week 0 instead of Ohio St, no one would know that Texas even played Florida.

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@joboo972 @orangebloods_ So why is Bama in? They lost to FSU. The Florida argument is so lazy. Stop it. If they scheduled Incarnate Word in Week 0 instead of OSU, no one would be speaking on that game.

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@ALPsooner @NashTalksTexas But the have 3 losses? You said 3 losses mattered?

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@ALPsooner @NashTalksTexas You cry but but but Florida. Bama who lost to FSU…who lost to Florida. It’s okay to be biased, but bring arguments with depth. Arguing resumes is moot between Texas and Bama, I think they both should be in. I don’t think Miami, ND or BYU should be in.