Low Tech Ways to Maximize Your Bat Speed and Launch Angle

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Data-driven training is becoming the norm in baseball. We have learned so much about things like bat speed and launch angle over the last several years. We know so much more about what goes into becoming an elite baseball player.… Read more >

8 Things You Need to Do to Get Recruited by More Colleges

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One of the biggest questions I am always faced with from high school baseball players is how to get recruited by more colleges.

I run a baseball academy and a travel organization, and I act as the liaison between college … Read more >

A Daily Mental Practice for Baseball Players

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This is not football, basketball or hockey – it’s baseball.  And of the four “major” sports in the United States, baseball is by far the most mentally challenging and demanding.

Demanding, because there is so much dead time compared to … Read more >

Visual and Reactive Training for the Baseball Athlete

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Baseball is a game of multiple, quick decisions that must be made in a short amount of time. It is also a game that demands great eye-hand coordination and depth perception.

A hitter must spot the pitch, pick up the … Read more >

Defining the Efficient Baseball Swing

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A position player’s value is determined by their ability to hit, more than any other skill, because it contributes so much to winning. Two of the five tools a player can have center around hitting production – power and contact.… Read more >

The Mental Pregame Workout: Improve Your Performance Using Your Brain

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The act of mental visualization is one of the most underutilized tools in the field of performance psychology. Not utilizing visualization and the mental pregame on a daily basis, is basically short changing your success on and off the field!… Read more >

Teaching The Modern Changeup

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The changeup is one of the least sensationalized pitch in baseball, but perhaps one of the most important to develop.

This part 3 of a 3 part series on the “modern” change up.  Here in part three, the goal is … Read more >

The Biggest Mistake Baseball Players Make When Playing Catch

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Over my career, I’ve been fortunate to work with a wide variety of baseball players.  I’ve worked with everyone from youth to MLB Cy Young winners, and I’ve also worked with hundreds of healthy and injured baseball players.

I have … Read more >

How to Throw the Modern Change Up

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In part one of this series on the changeup, we discussed the “modern changeup,” a version of the changeup that is typified by heavy sink and run that is thrown by an increasing number of successful Major Leaguers.

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The Modern Changeup: The Best New Pitch In Baseball

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The changeup is the most historically misunderstood baseball pitch.

Despite slight differences in grip, most other pitches are thrown in the same way across pitchers.

A slider has defined spin, a mixture of bullet-spin, forward and side spin that creates … Read more >