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[Kyle Wagner @GowagsKyle]

I was asked yesterday by a parent of an 8 yr old, “What do you think of tee work?”

I said…” Not a big fan because it doesn’t have a lot of transfer.” The young brain needs to track balls as much as develop an elite swing.

In fact, the tee can promote bad habits. However….

[casey olney @olneyc]

@tangotiger Tom, you are the man! Really appreciate your work.

[casey olney @olneyc]

@tangotiger If the baseball players were from Canada, Minnesota, N.D. etc. I give it to the baseball guys, southern baseball guys, no chance in hockey.

[Chad Moriyama @ChadMoriyama]

Everybody hates the "launch angle swing" until your team grounds into 10 double plays over a weekend.

[Kyle Wagner @GowagsKyle]

If you work with hitters, please be careful when indoors.

When you’re outside, you tend to obsess about the ball. Barrels and ball flight! 👏

When you’re inside, you tend to obsess over irrelevant things such as “BALANCE” after the ball was destroyed! 🤦‍♂️

Let ‘em move freely.

[casey olney @olneyc]

@tangotiger thank you for all you do and have done for baseball.

[casey olney @olneyc]

@GowagsKyle @DNepert23 @balkwhisperer They got it wrong.

[casey olney @olneyc]

@ByEricPratt #1 reason I could never live in Iowa.

[Kyle Wagner @GowagsKyle]

Grade level instruction is one of the worst ideas that standardized education embraces.

Imagine expecting every 10 year old to broad jump the same distance or run the 400 m dash in the same time.

Skill acquisition occurs at different stages.
#RunYourRace

[Kyle Wagner @GowagsKyle]

The most common, popular piece of advice from Mom and Dad when they see their son/daughter struggling is JUST HAVE FUN!

Look, I get the concept. Failure hurts. They want to see the smile back on their child’s face.

You know what’s going to make them smile? Success.

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

Pitchers need to practice catching pops. Especially true 3B foul when the 3B is way over in the 6 hold when you are playing heavy pull on a LHH.

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

John Smoltz, first inning:

“The team that can strikeout less & put it in play has the best shot to win this game.”

John Smoltz, fifth inning:

“Paul Skenes needs to throw more innings instead of going for strikeouts. They don’t mean anything.”

[casey olney @olneyc]

@tangotiger If this is a 40 I think that should be a swing. I would go anything over 15 degrees past the front of the plate is a legitimate swing.

[Tangotiger 🍁 @tangotiger]

I love this!

One of the interesting points is that if your bat speed is "too fast", you have less time to make contact (but more time to *wait* to make contact!)

[casey olney @olneyc]

@tangotiger I would rather, or at least like to see how it played out if were just a tie after 11 innings in the regular season. Normal ball but with A Lot of urgency. Agree with you about the rest.

[Kyle Wagner @GowagsKyle]

Feedback on a coaching clinic I gave yesterday. We covered IMAGINATION DRILLS and NO TAKES, NO FOUL BALLS. We covered SPLIT GRIP PROGRESSIONS and INDEPENDENT ARM ACTION.

But apparently HOT PRACTICES, COLD GAMES won the day. 👇

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

The key to an efficient run down is to force the issue.

[casey olney @olneyc]

@shefska @Toyota Good job wasting a bunch of people’s time. #notcool

[casey olney @olneyc]

@zippitydodah51 @Klein25 FYI - Last sentence is incorrect. First baseman is auto crashing and has the play in front of them. A soft bunt to 3rd or slash is the way to go. IMO