CoachWail#17

Husband, Father, Son, Golfer, Baseball purist
Da Cubbies, Da Bears
2012 IHSA 3A Baseball State Champ and COY
23-24 East Valley ADOY

[Fryedaddy/Frito @shegone03]

“I do not want to hear another hitter say put the ball in the air.”
@TheBigHurt_35

This will sure enrage the #gurus who suggest that you don’t create Back Spin by hitting down through the ball!

And again they will be wrong!

In 3, 2, 1…

#shegone
@notgaetti @BobFile
@billdubs @iamrags @artofhitting @hittingguru7 @slider_sinker @SliderDom @low_and_outside @TheRealJHair @MoVaughn_42 @DMEASrecruiting @VandyonTigers @mikepiazza31 @KevinKennedyMLB @SalMarinello @RVGDag @AMBS_Kernan @TheKineticArm @WillClark22 @MLB

[Jim Stevenson @JimStevenson11]

📌HS Football

Shoutout to the HS baseball guys who shut it down for the next several months to strap on the football gear and get after it. Best 4 years you don’t get back!

HS football develops character, toughness, discipline and leaders. Love these guys!
#FridayNightLights

[Ben Verlander @BenVerlander]

Every year I watch this.

Every year I get chills.

The country needed this.

Looking back 25 years later I still can’t get over how he went straight to the rubber and threw the perfect pitch.

That pitch. In that situation. Crazy. 🫡

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

Kenneth Marino of FDNY Rescue Ladder 1 loved his children, his wife and baseball - specifically, Ken Griffey Jr.

🎥 MLB Network Special: When America Took the Field - tonight at 10pm ET

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

"I remember Sammy Sosa running out to right field, and then the place just went crazy"

🎥 MLB Network Special: When America Took the Field - tonight at 10pm ET

[Fryedaddy/Frito @shegone03]

Dustin Pedroia nails it in this interview from Chasing Baseball Dreams Parent Advice!

How many good baseball players are being passed over in favor of Showcase Ponies who can light up the radar guns but can’t pitch or guys that can hit the ball 500 feet in batting practice but can’t actually hit in games?

This trend was created by non baseball people eliminating scouting positions in favor of interns with cameras and radar guns!

The game has suffered tremendously by thinking throwing Velocity and Exit Velocity are the most important tools in baseball players!

#shegone
@notgaetti @BobFile
@billdubs @iamrags @artofhitting @hittingguru7 @slider_sinker @SliderDom @low_and_outside @TheRealJHair @DMEASrecruiting @VandyonTigers @mikepiazza31 @KevinKennedyMLB @SalMarinello @RVGDag @AMBS_Kernan @TheKineticArm @WillClark22 @MLB @MLBPA @MLBPAA

[Eastmark High School Football @Eastmark_FF]

One week away!!!!

[CoachWail#17 @pjwail]

@Teacherman1986 Another mlb hitter that hits tanks doing the opposite of what you teach. No HLP with this swing

[CoachWail#17 @pjwail]

@Teacherman1986 That made no sense, your clueless, no one snaps a bat. Just made up nonsense

[CoachWail#17 @pjwail]

@Teacherman1986 No such thing as perfect, but he is pretty special and no HLP or any garbage your think is right.

[CoachWail#17 @pjwail]

@Teacherman1986 Unfortunately no snap, this doesn't look like anything you teach, total balance and was able to stand and watch himself cruch it, not fall over on one leg with paddle in hand

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Baseball insiders have long known that George Costanza taught Derek Jeter everything he knows about hitting.

[Cubs Zone @CubsZone]

How many home runs would Pete Crow-Armstrong hit in the Home Run derby?

[Orioles Kangaroo @ForeverOrioles]

The Home Run Derby not being broadcasted on National Television is terrible. MLB is so dumb

[Trey Hannam @TJHannam10]

Good hitters don't chase 'more reps'. They chase an environment that challenges them.

Find a cage with hitters ahead of you.

Watch how locked in they are.
Watch how they train with a purpose.

And try keep up.

You get better because you HAVE to. It's the standard.

The best room isn't where you're the best. It's where you're behind, and are forced to KEEP UP

It'll be uncomfortable at first, that's where growth happens.

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Nobody tells you the hard part about a better room.

It's not only the reps. It's your ego, too.

You won't be the standout for a while.

Not the best in the drills, not the best in the the metrics.

Most guys can't sit in that, so they go back to the room where they're the best.
It feels good.

Feeling like the best and getting better aren't the same thing.

So if you're not the best in the cage environment right now, good. Stay there.

Keep up long enough and you turn into the hitter everyone's chasing.

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

Do you truly love your sport, or do you just love the fun and easy parts? To succeed, you must learn to love the entire process of becoming great.

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

It’s okay to make mistakes in practice. That’s what you’re supposed to do. If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not challenging yourself enough. The more you take risks and learn from your mistakes in practice, the better you’ll perform in games.

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

"Dad, how good was Greg Maddux?"

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Little dude didn’t disappoint after he realized he had a walk up song in tee-ball 🤣

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

“Pitching isn’t a speed contest. You’re facing Randy Johnson, you’re not going to throw it as hard as him but you can certainly out pitch him”