Riley Conlan

Unlocking your best potential

[Northwestern Baseball @NUCatsBaseball]

.@noahbruiz leaves the yard for the second time today! 💥

[Duke Baseball @DukeBASE]

😈😈😈

Bottom 5:
Duke - 4
Maine - 2

[Northwestern Baseball @NUCatsBaseball]

Big Ten Player of the Week 🏅

Jackson Freeman had himself a weekend, earning @B1GBaseball Player of the Week honors!

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

One of the biggest mistakes hitters make is taking feels too literally

A feel is just a tool, not what is actually happening in the swing

As coaches, we help connect the feel to what’s real

Teach what is real
Use feels with purpose!

#Baseball #Hitting

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Pull-side misses aren’t always intent problems.

Early bottom-hand supination turns the barrel around the body too soon and creating pull, especially in opposite-handed hitters.

Sometimes the fix isn’t “hit it the other way,” it’s cleaning up the movements!

#Baseball #Hitting

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Most “disconnection” issues are really rhythm issues.
Upper & lower half have to move on the same beat.

2 drills I use to clean it up ⬇️
• Bat carries → teaches gather → go
• Ball under front arm → separation without losing connection

#Baseball #Hitting #HittingDrills

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Pushy hands? Give this drill a try!

Push comes from hands leading.
Hover drill cleans up rhythm and allows the back side to lead so the barrel can release.

#Baseball #HittingDrills #Hitting

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Here’s a super simple, but effective one: The Ladder Drill.

Start at the bottom on a line, work your way up the cage, rung by rung.

Same swing. Different contact points.

Control the barrel.
Understand contact.
Let the result change itself.

#Baseball #Hitting #HittingDrills

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Hardest hit ball of 2025: O’Neil Cruz 💥

#MLB #Baseball #Hitting

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Here’s some of the best advice I got as a player and still give as a coach to help time up any pitcher with any arm slot.

You’re essentially looking for 2 focal spots: check it out!

#Baseball #Timing #Hitting

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

NL & AL Rookies of the Year 🔥

#MLB #ROY #Baseball

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Extension 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 contact 💥
The swing doesn’t finish at contact, accelerate through the ball and do damage!

✅ Pitch adjustability
✅ True backspin
✅ Clean, natural extension

#Hitting #Extension #DoDamage

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

2s & 4s: A great vision drill. Mix 2-seam and 4-seam, call it out early, and train your eyes to work ahead of your swing. Seam recognition = better decisions, cleaner moves, and way better contact. Take a look at a mic’d up session running this drill!
#Baseball #Vision #Hitting

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

MVPs 🔥

#MLB #Ohtani #Judge #Baseball

[MLB HR Videos @MLBHRVideos]

Top Ten Longest Home Runs of the 2025 Season

T-7th:
Denzel Clarke, 7/4 vs SF
Pitcher: Mason Black
471 feet

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

AL Silver Sluggers 🔥

#MLB #SilverSlugger #Baseball

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Build a swing that transfers to the game, not makes you dominate the cages. Subtle but big difference. There is a big separator of these types of hitters. Anybody can hit BP, but can you go out and compete with the game on the line?

[Trey Hannam @TJHannam10]

The off-season for hitters is confusing.

You spend months training.. Chasing bat speed, better direction, and strike zone awareness.

But you never really know if it’s going to transfer until you face pitching.

Most hitters build a training swing, not a game swing.

They train comfort, not chaos.

Michael Jordan said it best:
“I watched how others practiced… they were deceiving themselves about what the game requires.”

That’s most hitters.

It only matters if you can do it, under pressure, on time, and in a tight window.

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Game 7 brought us an instant classic in an unforgettable series! Here are the biggest swings 🔥

#SundaySwings #WorldSeries #Baseball #Dodgers #WantItAll

[Riley Conlan @RC_Hitting]

Simplifying the game, not living and dying by analytics. A lot of success by competing and being really good at bat to ball. Throw some increased bat speeds in there and it’s a pitchers worst nightmare

[MLB Now @MLBNow]

Inside the mind of the @BlueJays hitting coach 🧠

David Popkins shared his philosophy on finding value in an offense, separating analytics from the eye test and the increase in bat speed among numerous Toronto hitters.