Eric McCombie

Head Baseball Coach at Effingham County High School

[Dylan Huntley @DylanHuntley13]

Rising True Sophomore| Threw 4 innings 7ks 1 walk 1 ER 5 hits 87-88 T90 with good command of slider and splitter @BDC_cash @Jefftimmy @OuterBanksBsbl @FlatgroundApp @DJSnelten

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Losers: Assemble in small groups and complain about coaches and teammates.
Winners: Assemble as a team and find ways to win.
Which one are you?

[griffin howe @griffinhowe2023]

Uncommitted Juco Rs sophomore

Fb 87-90 t91.5 2250
Ch 78-80 1200
Sl 77-79 2700
Cb 74-75 2630

Over 120 innings pitched in Juco

912-660-5902

[Eric McCombie @EricMcCombie]

Ball player. Congrats @MallardBrody10

[Brody mallard @MallardBrody10]

Blessed to announce my commitment to further my baseball career playing for the Georgia Southern Golden Eagles!

Thank you to all my coaches, family and most importantly God for giving me this opportunity.

Go Golden Eagles🦅⚾️!
@FTBaseball2019 @EricMcCombie @BPC_Recruits

[Eric McCombie @EricMcCombie]

This book was a game changer for me as a coach

[Chloe Walker @chloe_walks]

The best pitching cue is often no cue at all.
Recommended to me in my first week at Driveline, The Inner Game of Tennis (1974) is still the most underused book in baseball. Here's why it matters for developing pitchers (a thread):

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Curt Cignetti on his program's philosophy on how not to be average:

🎭 Average is a decision disguised as a default. Make standards visible, measurable, and non-negotiable. Because what you tolerate becomes your identity.

🤝 Most people negotiate with the work; elite teams eliminate the negotiation. The gap isn’t talent, it’s the daily refusal to accept “good enough” in reps, details, and accountability.

🧱 You don’t rise above average in big moments, you escape it in small ones. Every meeting, drill, and conversation is either reinforcing the standard, or quietly lowering it.

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

💯 “Boring before brilliance.”

Paul Skenes details his routine

Young athletes want to constantly do something new or novel

Often avoiding routine, fundamentals & what works…

“Sometimes it’s what it takes in sports

The boring process, the boring fundamentals.”

LISTEN:

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Choose toughness over talent every time.
Talent or lack of it does not excuse you from also being tough.
Toughness is a choice and it wins

[Eric McCombie @EricMcCombie]

The best players "bring it everday." They don't give at bats away, they don't take pitches off, they finish their reps in the weightroom, take goundballs game speed, etc.

Bring it everyday.

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Great players bring the right approach every day no matter what. Wins are just a byproduct of the foundation you build.

As a coach my job is to shoot them straight. If you tolerate a day off in prep you teach them that excellence is optional. It never is.

[Eric McCombie @EricMcCombie]

This is Gold.

Train>Play

[Randy Sullivan MPT, CSCS @RandySullivanPT]

Amy answers the phone at 10 a.m.

It’s on speaker. I listen in.

A polite dad’s voice fills the room

“I’d like to bring my 17-year-old son in for some velocity training.”

Amy’s calm, like she’s done this a thousand times

“Sure,” she says. “Is there any medical history we should know about?”

“No,” Dad says. “His arm never hurts.”

“That’s great,” Amy says. “How’s his command? How many walks per nine innings?”

Dad pauses. “It’s okay. He walks about one an inning.”

One an inning

That’s tough

Amy nods at the phone

"Alright, what’s his velocity now?”

“He sits around 76–78,” Dad says, “but he hit 81 on a pulldown once.”

Amy smiles.

“Okay, sounds like he’d be a great fit for our SAVAGE Summer Program. Maybe two to four weeks?”

There’s a pause.

“Oh… I don’t think that’ll be possible,” Dad says. “He’s on a travel ball team. We’ve got eight tournaments this summer.”

Amy tilts her head

“You said he’s sitting 76–78? And 9 walks per 9? Maybe we should get those number a little better first?”

“It’s a big summer,” Dad says. “He needs the exposure.”

And there it is

The line we hear every spring and summer

Exposure

So many families pour thousands of dollars and endless weekends into chasing it

But all they get... is exposed

Don’t chase exposure

Build something worth showing

Redirect your time, energy and resources into getting better

Be so good they can’t ignore you

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[Eric McCombie @EricMcCombie]

What are you willing to do?

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

“Hear Me…”

Mike Tomlin GOLD 🔥

“It’s not what you are capable of; it’s what you are willing to do. Plenty of people are capable. Fewer people are willing.”

Potential is common.
Commitment is rare.

[Foul Territory @FoulTerritoryTV]

"If you tell them the truth, they're going to hate you for a day. If you lie to them, they're going to hate you forever."

Pirates manager Don Kelly shared some advice he got from Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland on being transparent and truthful with players.

[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.

[The Savannah Sports Report w/DA Coach Karl DeMasi @SavSportsReport]

⚾ Players of the Week

🔥 One pitcher threw a complete-game rivalry win.
💥 One sophomore powered a series sweep hitting .667.

Effingham County’s Kyle Thomas and Benedictine’s Noah Harris earned John Carr Seaport Real Estate Prep Sports Report honors.

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#PrepSportsReport #GHSA #SavannahSports
@echsrebels @TheBC400

[Patrick Jones @pjonesbaseball]

I love this quote from the world’s #1 ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler:

“You don’t become the #1 ranked player by thinking about rankings. And you don’t stay the #1 ranked player by thinking about rankings.”

The best in the world focus on the process — not the outcome.

Rankings, stats, and results take care of themselves when the focus stays on the work.

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

Our children aren't here to live out OUR dreams. They're here to discover their own.

I've seen too many parents force-feeding their hopes, dreams, and desires on their children.

Very rarely does it work out well.

God gives us freedom of choice

My son, Christian, retired from baseball when he was 4.

He chose karate, then tennis, then crew. Sports I knew nothing about.

He stole the two basic things every dad needs: the ability to second-guess the coach and over-coach his own kid.

All I could do was show up, drive, and cheer. And when the game was over, I'd just say "I loved watching you do what you do."

Some parents say, "I'll let him do whatever he wants, and maybe he'll come back to baseball."

Stop. You just ruined it. You're still holding on.

Your job as a parent isn't to mold them into who you want them to be. It's to put them in the best position to be happy and successful at what THEY love to do.

[Eric McCombie @EricMcCombie]

Beast.

[Kyle Thomas @KyleThomas2026]

Complete game! Up to 91 5x!
Also got a hit in the bottom of the sixth with 2 RBI’s. Good win 4-1.
7in, 8Ks, 1BB, 4H, 57-78 strikes (73%)
@EricMcCombie @LT1650 @BPC_Recruits

[Eric McCombie @EricMcCombie]

@Jjeanes24 Agree 100%

[Coaches Box Georgia @TheCoachesBoxGA]

🚨Class 5A Coaches Poll - Week 3🚨

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[Eric McCombie @EricMcCombie]

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[Landon Carter @Landon_carter08]

A good barrel and throw from left from the past weeks @EricMcCombie @RecruitGeorgia #agtg