What’s the best way to get a team prepared to play a game? How early should you arrive before the game? There are many things to take into account to prepare a team to play before a game. For early ages 8U through high school arriving one hour prior to the start of the game is usually standard procedure. There’s a lot they can get accomplished while keeping the kids focused in the short period of time. The general warm-up stretch to get the body warm and ready for activity is the foundation. After the body is warm, and some dynamic stretching has taken place from head to toe with the arms bein ..read more

The ability to throw a curveball adds to a pitcher's repertoire. This forces a hitter to look for another speed and keeps them from sitting on a fastball. A benefit of a good curveball is that it will change speed. Hitting is timing and pitching is disrupting timing. Anytime a pitcher can change speeds and force a hitter  to stop sitting on a fastball, the pitcher has planted a seed in the hitters head that you need to be aware of more than one pitch, one speed. A curveball that can be thrown for a strike at any time in the count, eliminates the the likelihood that a hitter will cheat and ..read more

How does one become a world class athlete? Are great athletes born or made? In 1993 K. Anders Ericsson wrote about people becoming world class performers in anything through the use of “deliberate practice”. He cited many different examples from musicians to athletes, to chess players. He believes great athletes can be developed through thousands of hours of deliberate practice that takes on average about 10 years.  Malcolm Gladwell came up with the 10,000 hour theory in his book Outliers.  Gladwell feels that if someone puts in 10,000 hours of practice into something, they will be b ..read more

You can improve your batting average with a few simple procedures taken in the on deck circle One use a weighted bat. Waited bats can help you get warmed up and by placing a regular bed in your hand after that that will feel much lighter. Use pine tar in order to keep your hands sticky. Keeping your hands sticky on the bat will help to get a grip where your hands will not slide and you can feel more comfortable. Get a few swings in with your game bat, timing up the pitcher and get a good feel of what your bat feels like before you step in the box.      2. Tra ..read more

If you can master the skills you will make your high school baseball team. The first thing you need to work on our the skills involved in baseball. These are also known as tools. Hitting you need to have a good foundation and hitting. It is important that you have good mechanics and the ability to make contact at a higher rate. Those who possess power to go along with good mechanics and good contact will be the top choices for any freshman baseball team. Hitting you need to have a good foundation and hitting. It is important that you have good mechanics and the ability to make contact at a hig ..read more