⭐ 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐂 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 ⭐ + Coach Dell Lever at Chapin has been named the 1st ever Prep Baseball SC Coach of the Year! Congratulations Coach! 🏆👏 #StateChamps#PBSCisThere
THE CITADEL IS PLAYING POSTSEASON BASEBALL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2010 🔥🔥
#5 seed Bulldogs came in and just slugged their way through 5 games to sweep the SoCon tournament
Problem is the coaches do not take the time to develop any pitching, and get so concerned with winning. So they rely on 2-4 guys and overwork them. Pitch count limit should be around 60-70 and once you throw over 30 you are done for the weekend.
The weight room is about much more than lifting weights. It’s a toughness chamber.
Get stronger. Get more explosive. Become more powerful. But don’t neglect flexibility and mobility along the way. Stretch with purpose and do it consistently.
Range of motion is critical in baseball.
Key Hitting Reminders:
1. Be an athlete, not a robot.
2. Train your eyes to see game-like velocity and movement during pregame BP. Have a good balance of feel-good and challenge work off machines. Try not to be all one or the other. Balance both.
3. Compete with confidence. Play with zero fear of failure.
4. Have a short memory. Learn from it, flush it, reset.
Don’t waste at-bats with a lack of focus or a selfish approach.
Hitters
Fight your ass off with 2 strikes.
Spread out, choke up, take the plate away and refuse to strikeout.
It's you vs the man on the mound.
Don't let him beat you.
It's personal.
It's a competition.
Remember.
The only time it's acceptable to strikeout looking is with a full count on an expanded strike call.
Shrink the zone and don't expand in full counts.
Expand the zone with 2 strikes until the count goes full.
Then shrink the zone.
Teams that don’t strike out at a high clip win more games. Simple as that. This is amplified at the college level — and even more at the high school level and below.
Once you get to two strikes, it becomes a team at-bat. Grind it out. Compete your tail off. Choke up, shorten up, widen out, move closer to the plate — whatever helps you execute your two-strike approach. Some call it their “B swing.”
Make the pitcher work.
We preach “look fastball away and adjust,” but there are plenty of effective two-strike approaches. You have to experiment and find what fits your swing and mindset best.
A quality two-strike approach often leads to hard-hit balls. But even when it doesn’t, the defense still has to field it, throw it, and catch it. That’s pressure.
A lot tougher to defend than a right turn back to the dugout.
#DoingDirtWork
Something to consider. You get one time in your life to be a HS baseball player.... give it your all, you will not regret it. Promise. What you will regret (one day) is not giving your best when you had the chance to. You can be a frat boy any day. You can surf any day, you can play golf or tennis or pickle ball any day. You only get one time to be the best HS baseball player you can be!
Grant Ramsey Info & Update from his family...
Yesterday the Hillcrest HC had a heart attack at school, shortly thereafter he was airlifted to an area Greenville hospital where open-heart surgery was performed & extended deep into the night.
His wife Megan shared this statement with us to pass along:
"Grant has made it through surgery. He is in critical but stable condition. The family is hopeful for a full recovery."
Coach Ramsey & his family need our continued prayers.
Baseball fam, you know what to do!
Great win team win tonight 15-3!
felt great all night going
4 innings giving up 3 runs 3 walks
1 hbp 4k’s
arm felt great sitting
80-85 hitting 87x2(pr)
working hard everyday
ready to get back at it !
@DolanCrolley@BanksFaulkner11@PrepBaseball_SC@diamondprospect
Great win team win tonight 15-3!
felt great all night going
4 innings giving up 3 runs 3 walks
1 hbp 4k’s
arm felt great sitting
80-85 hitting 87x2(pr)
working hard everyday
ready to get back at it !
@DolanCrolley@BanksFaulkner11@PrepBaseball_SC@diamondprospect
5th year coaching varsity baseball at my current school.
Won 80%+ of our games.
Still every loss:
“What happened? Why’d you lose?”
Because we got beat.
Props to the other team—they were better that day.
It’s baseball.
Wins aren’t guaranteed.