The stats don’t lie: baseball is a game of failure! That means that not only will you fail, but so will your teammates. What’s important is how you handle that failure, but also how you treat your teammates when they go through the same thing. Let’s say you’ve just struck out. Now, obviously you didn’t…
Recent changes to the UIL regulations stipulate pitch counts that are certainly beneficial to players and the health of their arms. With all the injuries that have been happening in the Majors and the number of players who have had to have Tommy John surgery, this emphasizes the importance of good arm care being integrated…
When starting baseball, kids almost always begin with teeball in little league. The main objective of teeball is to learn the rules of the game, to not get hurt, and for parents to get pictures of their kids being cute. There may be two kids on the field who can catch. The goal for the…
Does your player have great swing mechanics but hesitates to pull the trigger when at the plate? Here are a few things that you can coach him to do that might cure this tentativeness. 1. Stop deciding. A hitter who is deciding whether to hit the pitch is a tentative hitter. Instead coach your player that…