Baseball is Life

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

The Truth.
Your Portal Announcement.
Isn't needed.
It's what the portal was designed for.
Every coach in the country can see every player that's in the portal.
If you insist on making a portal announcement because you want the attention.
Post your game statistics.
Don't post data and analytics if your statistics don't advertise you're a good player. Coaches need you to be able to play in the game and not in a showcase.
Post your phone number.
Don't post your advisor's phone number. College coaches want to talk to you and not your advisor. Be tough enough to talk for yourself.
Any coach that is interested in you should talk to your high school, travel ball and coaches at the school you're leaving.

[🔴 RedPilledTexan 🔴 @Red_Pill_053]

Ive now had 3 former Major League Baseball players that are friends of our family tell me a few nuggets regarding my son and his baseball endeavors:

1. Stop with “lessons”. “Stop letting coaches validate themselves by finding something to change.”

2. Let him hit, hit, hit.

3. Stop hitting off machines. They aren’t realistic. Tee, flips, BP. That’s it.

4. Let the athlete be an athlete.

[Ken Spangenberg @KenSpang]

Being able to bunt for a hit is SUCH an underrated skill. Sub pro ball, everyone should have this weapon in their arsenal.

[Dirt Bro Diamond Training @DirtBroUSA]

Becoming an elite thrower doesn’t happen by accident.

Here are two more catch-play drills from our “Spin Cycle” progression that teach players how to make throws when the play takes their eyes and body away from the target.

These are 2 of the 20 throwing drills my teams execute daily in progression. I promise they work. When taught correctly and reinforced every day, players gain confidence, make more plays, and ultimately help teams win more games.

Our Dirt Bro “Most Important 20 Minutes of Practice” throwing routine is designed to build advanced throwers and separate elite defenders from the rest.

This isn’t random catch play. It’s a daily progression built to improve arm action, accuracy, footwork, body control, and game-like throwing instincts.

Train with purpose. Defend at a different level.

Get it here: https://t.co/V4urjNOYqj

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

Tommy LaSorda used to say to us: “You have to BELIEVE that you’re the best baseball player ever, just don’t tell anyone”

[Dirt Bro Diamond Training @DirtBroUSA]

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

[𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐳𝐞𝐧 @utahscout1219]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘁'𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺  
Most fans watch the ball, then the result.

Scouts watch everything else.

The body.
The actions.
The swing.
The arm.
The feet.
The instincts.
The reactions after failure.

After 20 years as a full-time MLB scout, I’ve seen what separates players who look good from players who actually project.

This page is going to become a scouting learning center for fans, parents, players, and coaches who want to understand the game through a scout’s eyes.

This will be in addition to my content of promoting amateur players and long story form articles from my scouting career, that you’ve seen and that you’ve become accustomed to.

If you want to learn how scouts really evaluate players, follow along. Enjoy!

#BehindTheRadarGun 🔎

[Next Level Prospects @NextLVLProspect]

Went to a HS game yesterday. Had a D1 coach come meet me there to watch a kid.

During the game, the team’s catcher would sprint to his position every inning.

He’s an underclassman, the D1 coach wasn’t there for him, he is now on that coaches radar.

Some things preached at every level -

▪️sprint to your spot between innings
▪️show off your arm in between innings
▪️serious throws in the INF/OF and as a catcher

You can be 0-3 and still make an impression

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

It's not just about working hard, it's about working together.
You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself.

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

Brewers just rattled off three straight bunts to take the lead

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

High school baseball is different.

More pressure.
More on the line.

You’re playing for your school.
Your teammates.
Your community.

No re-dos.
No picking a new team next weekend.

Every game matters.

Different game. Different stakes.

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

I come back to this speech every time I forget what winning actually means...

[Trey Hannam @TJHannam10]

Stop being afraid of bad games.
They're going to happen.

What are you going to do about it?

When you get out, ask yourself one question.

Why.

Why did I get out.
Why was I late.
Why did I chase that.

You don't need to fix everything.
You need to understand what happened.

Then take that into your next training session.

Not feelings.
Not frustration.
Not a whole new swing.
One thing you understood.
One correction.

Go attack it.

Understand why you got out.
Make the correction.
Catch barrel after barrel.

That's the whole process.

You're gonna have bad games.
Every hitter on the planet does.

The ones who figure it out aren't more talented.
They just refuse to waste a bad at-bat.

Understand.
Correct.
Compete.
Every single day.

Save this.
Send this to a hitter who needs it.

[Gateway Grinders @gatewaygrinders]

Greatest catcher of all-time, Yadier Molina

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

My JUCO coach used to say “When you’re struggling at the plate, keep your hands up and work down. 99.9% of the time you’re missing under”

Masterclass by Miguel Cabrera

[USA Baseball Coach @USABaseCoach]

"If you want your hitters to be fearless, front flip with a tennis ball." - @CoachValli 

Coach Valli teaches fearless hitting below 👇

[Willie Spears @TWSE05]

Why doesn’t the coach play your son?

[Isabel Brown @theisabelb]

Teenagers are sharing photos of their AP U.S. Government textbooks, and the sheer amount of indoctrination is wildly disturbing.

Apparently, Barack Obama is ideologically a right wing authoritarian.

Hillary Clinton and George W Bush are entirely indistinguishable politically.

Donald Trump is of course virtually the same as Hitler.

@tedcruz is apparently more radically authoritarian than Fidel Castro AND Joseph Stalin..??!!??

@Linda_McMahon — can we expedite some major changes to American public education?

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

Winning becomes possible when nobody is obsessed with being the reason for it.

No one fighting for the spotlight.
No one worried about who gets mentioned.

Just people locked in, doing their job, making the extra effort, and putting the team above themselves.