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[Coachround @choopa3000]

@O2LabO2Lab 韓国の野球関係者です。有益な情報を共有していただき、ありがとうございます。多くのことを学ばせていただいています。原因探しや犯人探しに没頭するあまり、かえって脳にネガティブな回路を刷り込んでしまう様子を、韓国でもよく目にします。

[Coachround @choopa3000]

한국과 일본처럼 고맥락 사회의 코칭 언어, 코칭큐는 실제보다 맥락을 반영하는 경우가 많다. 의미있는 작업!

[Tsutomu Jinji / 神事 努 @TsutomuJinji]

指導言語のトリセツ。
「ボールは前で離せ」
現役（捕手）時代に自分も言いまくったし、1000000回言われた言葉。
改めて考えると、バイオメカニクス的には、実は多くの選手がリリース時に肩関節「水平外転位（体幹に対して腕が遅れて残った状態）」で投げている。 https://t.co/7kSd0Rzowr

[Coachround @choopa3000]

@JermaineCurtis Thank you for sharing such insightful information. I’m really enjoying it. I would like to request an online session for Korean baseball coaches. How can I get in touch? email or What’s App

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

When I was with the Cincinnati Reds, I saw Joey Votto doing one of the strangest drills I'd ever seen.

He was using a tiny one-handed training bat.

But he was holding it with two hands.

Then it got even weirder.

He wasn't standing in the batter's box.

He was standing almost on top of the net.

The end of the bat was nearly touching the net.

The knob was almost touching his chest.

Our hitting coach had pulled the L-screen all the way over to the net.

There was only a tiny window to flip through and hit through.

When the coach flipped the baseball...

Joey kept hitting line drives right back through the opening.

Over and over.

Every ball went back through the middle.

So I asked him:

"Joey, what are you working on?"

He said:

"My front shoulder is flying open."

Then he pointed toward center field.

And said:

"I want my direction going there."

Not pull side.

Middle.

That's why he made the drill so difficult.

If his front shoulder flew open...

He couldn't hit the ball through the window.

The drill gave him immediate feedback.

I remember thinking:

That makes a lot of sense.

Because I was fighting the same thing.

My front shoulder was opening early too.

So I tried it.

And immediately felt the difference.

I stayed through the ball longer.

And the middle of the field started opening back up.

Here's What I'd Do Tonight

1. Window Drill (10 swings)

Create a narrow window with a net, screen, or object.

Your goal is simple:

Hit line drives through the opening.

2. Middle-Field Front Toss (10 swings)

Every ball must be hit through the middle.

Not pulled.

Middle.

3. Gap Round (10 swings)

Let the ball travel.

Drive it to the opposite-field gap.

Focus on keeping the front shoulder closed.

That's it.

30 focused swings.

One thing I've learned:

A lot of hitters try to fix their swing.

Elite hitters often create drills that make the mistake impossible.

Joey Votto didn't tell himself to stay closed.

He built a drill that forced him to.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis

P.S. - If you enjoyed this, and thought it was helpful, please share it.

(This tells me you want more content like this)

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In 2011, Japanese telecom company Docomo created one of the most beautiful adverts we've ever seen.

A giant xylophone in Kyushu playing Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" with a wooden ball rolling down its keys.

[Tom House 〽️ @tomhouse]

Doing two one-day pitching mechanics clinics with @TeamMstrd next week! Would love to see all of you coaches and parents ahead of the 2026 season so we can help kids throw strikes and stay healthy! Sign up in the replies! 👇

[Jack Little @jacklitt1e]

I'm not a huge fan of drills.

Drills seem helpful because
- "we need to focus on the fundamentals"
- "the basic building blocks of technique"
- "we must first work on technique before swimming fast"

Drills are typically so disconnected from actual swimming that they don't provide a lot of validity.

Drills are:
- Disconnected from the actions of swimming
- Do not provide the same opportunities that swimming does
- Engage internal focus of attention
- They focus on the actions of the body instead of the effects on the water.

When drills are slow, internally focused they do not provide any context relevant contexts for how we actually race.

Providing constraints to swimming and working through challenges that are externally focused and provide the same opportunities that swimming does in order to accelerate learning.

[Kodai Nakamura／中村 晃大@スポーツ報知MLB担当 @hochi_MLB]

本日は初めて宜野湾キャンプへ⚾️

#山崎康晃 投手の投球練習に目を奪われました👀

修正しているステップ位置の意識付けとのことです！

#baystars

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

The decision making piece is huge in the hitting process. Swinging at your pitch & taking balls is often the separator between elite & very average hitters. The best hitters often sit on pitches/locations verses just reacting to ball flight. This simple drill with small balls gives you an opportunity to work on decision making relative to pitch recognition/trajectory. Throwing two small balls at once is an easy skill to learn.

[Coachround @choopa3000]

Great Insight. Korean translation https://t.co/q1hlgvnGTL

[Josh Rodrigues @CoachRodrigues2]

"The Dodgers go further. They teach. Bob Geren said it flat-out on MLB Now before Game 7 of the World Series: they don’t just want the best players in the world they want the smartest."

https://t.co/q5LtcMOwtd

[Coachround @choopa3000]

Beautiful message for hitting and life. I made this clip with his words for Korean. https://t.co/uH10hqv9kx

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

As a hitting coach, I watched players come back to the dugout after making an out.

They'd look at me and ask, "What'd you see?"

I'd go through the mechanical stuff like back side collapse, front side energy, head came off the ball. Man, it was wearing me out!

Finally, I realized I needed to simplify.

So the next time a player came back asking what I saw, I just asked him: "Did you get a good pitch to hit?"

That usually stopped the conversation. Because if you don't "get a good pitch to hit," it's hard to get a hit.

This works in our lives too.

Whatever task I take on, I ask myself: Am I putting myself in position to succeed?

Did I eliminate distractions? Did I prepare? Did I practice? Am I ready to produce?

In life, your "good pitch to hit" probably isn't the same as mine.

That's the beauty of it all.

I've swung at some bad pitches in my life... so have you.

But one bad swing doesn't always end the at-bat.

Hitting is a lot like life.

It can be simple, but not easy.

[Coachround @choopa3000]

"Everything a coach says can add to or subtract from players' confidence. 코치가 하는 모든 말이 선수의 자신감을 키우기도 하고 빼앗기도 한다."
ISG Baseball Korea Clinic
3rd & 4th Dec. Seoul
Kellen Lee, Seattle Mariners Mental Skills Coach
@PeterCaliendo https://t.co/U8yXHfeT8C

[샤뀨ᡣ • . • 𐭩 @HMX_4697]

나같은 경우에는 그냥 나승엽이 앉아서 말하는것만 봐도 웃김

[❤︎ @choijhfan]

액상과당 들이킬때마다 이걸로 정신세뇌한다

[Daniel Kim 대니얼 김 @DanielKimW]

🤣😎🫣🤦🏻 #KBO

[HARI @HariJung]

청와대 인근에 살지만, 나까지 그 윤 일당의 의도적인 모욕 행위에 동참하고 싶지 않아서 놀러 가지 않았음.
같은 이유로 안 가본 분만 RT.

[#추장군 🕯🕯💙 @heleunandeseuk]

#프로야구 롯데자이언츠에서
전설 최동원 선수와 선수 생활을 같이한 김용철 선수
이재명 후보 지지선언

[Coachround @choopa3000]

Must Read for sports coaches. “The Coach’s Guide To Teaching” by @Doug_Lemov Korean Edition Published. with beautiful illustrations by @olicav

[Brian Gillam @briangillam66]

Heather Mannix from @usahockey presenting on practice design.
What should a practice contain to develop skilled players. No mention of flow drills, isolated or unopposed drilling.
Make use of the CLA and non-linear methods.

[배지헌 @jhpae117]

2005년 월드시리즈 관중석에서 포착된 교황 레오 14세. 시카고 화이트삭스 팬이 맞았습니다.