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St. Louis Cardinals and Blues Fan; Proud Father, Husband, and Man of Faith.

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@MattBakerSTL Don’t lie…you were waiting for the….”HOWEVER….”

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@STLCityFanVan Ha! Not even a quality 9….just one better than Becher!!

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@TheEXECUTlONER_ Batter does not bat again. It’s no different if he’d hit the ball and the my tagged out another runner…

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

I worked with a D1 college player this morning.

He has an unbelievable swing.
Elite bat speed.
Incredible raw power.

By the end of practice, he was almost hitting balls over the fence at 385 to 400...

Off a tee.

But when we first started...

He was hitting the ball over 100 mph with a wood bat...

And the balls were barely getting out of the infield.

Low line drives.
Weak carry.

His complaint?

"I'm struggling to elevate the baseball."

The problem wasn't his strength.

It wasn't his bat speed.
It wasn't his swing.
It was his timing.

He was starting his hands too early.

His body wasn't ready.

That made his swing choppy.

Instead of letting the barrel work through the zone, he was rushing to the baseball.

So I gave him one cue:

"Hold the load longer."

Think about throwing a punch.

You don't throw your fist from wherever it is.

You pull it back.
You store energy.
Then you explode.

That's exactly what I wanted him to do.

Stay loaded a split second longer.

Stay over the back leg.

Let the lower half get into position before the hands fired.

Almost immediately...

His attack angle improved.

The baseball started carrying.

Those low line drives became towering line drives.

Some were nearly leaving the park off a tee.

Here's what I'd try tonight:
-Get into your load.
-Pause for just a split second longer.
-Feel your weight stay over your back leg.
-Then fire.

You should feel like you're storing power before releasing it.

Because here's one thing I've learned:
Power isn't always about swinging harder.

Sometimes it's about staying loaded long enough to let your power show up.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis
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@Avabelly__ Yes you’re being unreasonable. Say for instance he was mowing next to a swimming pool and was jumping in the pool to cool off…

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@Sullyava1979 @RonDeSantis He’s a Hall of Famer…

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@RoccSTL Most surprising thing for me is seeing Joyner on the pitch…

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@willbrattonstl All due respect, CITY has done an incredible job of making it so family friendly…That being said, this is Tuesday evening in the last week of school for most of STL area… very difficult to get the whole family out tonight….

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@MattBakerSTL @stlCITYsc What’s even more frustrating is that our head coach is living the definition of insanity. Continuously playing the same 11 and expecting a different result!

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@PaulHof51133601 @PeteThamel Why not let everyone in?

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If we're #AllForCity why can't the players be all for us?

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@BluePucks Only Thomas….

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@Matt_Pinner Lacrosse

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@DrewYoungRadio Mykai and Celio

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@honeymoon250 Yikes…19 of 20….