by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
So what are we really doing with all these drills. We are trying to build muscle memory. When you pick up a ball and its in aplay you don’t thing, “Step 1, pick up ball to do that I have to bend my knees, reach down, grasp ball, open fingers, close fingers….” You...
by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
OK this one is hard. You need space for real hitting. You can use nets, but most parents don’t have them and if a kid hits a ball they have to go chase it. Batting cages are nice if you have any that are open during the pandemic. If not hitting off a T is...
by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
This one seems hard. I mean don’t you need a baseball field to work on fielding. Surely you need a dad to line the kid up at shortstop, get a bucket of balls, walk over to home plate and toss one up and hit a shot 6 feet to the kids left so he can show some agilty...
by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
The key to defense is to throw to a target. If you can get to the ball, you usually have to throw to a target and the accuracy of that throw drives success or failure. Getting it close to the target is often not good enough. A throw that pulls the first baseman off...
by David Grossman | Oct 23, 2016 | 2016 - Fall, Game Summaries
Dateline: Crabtree Field The pleasant weather was starting to turn a little colder with pre-game temperatures in the mid-50’s as the Phillies took the field in round 1 of the playoffs. Michael led off with a sharp single to center. Sam walked. The runners...
