Bats for a new season
As the fall season approaches I wanted to write something for new coaches -- especially of 5, 6, 7 year olds. After watching a ton of hitting drills recently I see so many dedicated to keeping players from dropping their… Read More...
Reflections: The MENTAL GAME — reacting to ball/strike calls.
And so I finished my last practice with the 13U team I was helping this summer and the fall hasn't started yet. So it's time to reflect -- in the old days I'd go through all the equipment and put… Read More...Watching a Home Run Derby
And so I watched our league's home run Derby yesterday. So interesting to me to watch everyone's swing. Kids have same type of bats, have had the same coaches for years, all teaching the same basic mechanics and some kids… Read More...
Another Season in The Books
Well who's counting, but we just had the season ending party for my team. They finished below .500 but I thought they had a great season. The best part of the party was when I asked who was going to… Read More...
Memories
As we continue our philosophical blogs — happens a lot when a real season isn’t going on. Our youth baseball season in Northern VA is in the state tournament now but for everyone else it's not much until the fall.… Read More...Get the Book!
