Head Baseball Coach Sul Ross State @BaseballSRSU - D2 Lone Star Conference @LoneStarConf || M.S. Kinesiology UGA; CSCS
Alpine, TX
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Can someone please explain to me how this man was able to have any success at all as a hitter without swinging the bat the way that the modern āswingā coaches say that you MUST swing in order to be able to hit???
Itās an absolute miracle, I supposeā¦
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Primary reason that hitting training should overwhelmingly be challenging for the hitterā¦
Is because without that ā¤“ļø difficulty, there isnāt sufficient STRESS to elicit GROWTH!
The more time we spend making it easier for āconfidenceā, we are sacrificing opportunity for growth.
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Tee work is a waste of time.
Flips are a waste of time.
Easy, āmoneyā BP is a waste of time.
Talking about the appearance of hitterās hip/shoulder/foot/hands is a waste of time.
We sure do waste a TON of time in hitting developmentā¦
Find you a coach who wonāt waste time. ā
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I believe there is SO MUCH potential for a lot of college baseball programs out there to separate themselves from the rest of the pack offensively! š£
But it would take a willingness to commit to some newer ideasā¦
These are just a few foundational ideas I would install. ā¤µļø
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Some of the best hitters in the game largely do not āuse the whole fieldāā¦
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They mostly use about two-thirds of it.
There has been a dangerous infection of āgoing oppoā that has plagued hitters for far too long.
Make your pull-side gap your new targeted **Center Field** š
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Most hitters donāt need a coach to give them a 30-minute symposium on the mechanical āflawā that the coach believes he identifiedā¦
Most hitters just need to talk.ā¦ about:
- Their intention (approach)
- Their mentality
- Their feel
- Their emotions (fears)
- Their focus level
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Very thankful. šš¼
Absolutely FIRED UP to get to work! š„šŖš¼
BASEBALL: Caleb Abney set to take over program as new head coach. srlobos.com/news/2024/8/2/baā¦
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Hitters should train to increase their frequency of creating at least 2 bases per AB (e.g.):
- XBHās
- Single & at least 1 SB
- Going 1st to 3rd on a 1B
- Driving a runner in from 2B to produce a ā2-baseā run
Playing for 1 base at a time or relying on errors from Defense = āšš¼
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š£ VIOLENCE
šÆ PRECISION
šŖš¼ TOUGHNESS
For design of hitting development training - I have found that essentially all necessary qualities to build DANGEROUS hitters can be adapted in this 3-pronged structure.
Itās simple, easy to evaluate, & easy to plan. Hereās a sample.. šš¼
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Donāt bunt, kids.
Bunting is soft.
At least, Hall of Fame MLB manager Earl Weaver would say so. š¤·š¼āāļø
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Mike Troutās dad:
ālet him be himselfā, and
āfigure it out on his ownā, because
āhe wasnāt going to be there to help him with his swingā in gamesā¦
He didnāt try to FIX him. š¤
And Mike Trout is the player that was created.
Wild concept. Absolutely wild. š¤·š¼āāļø
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Drawing attention to an athleteās movements is poisonous to their ability to perform & develop.
Scientific research has shown this for quite some time.
Making them aware & self-conscious of whether they are pleasing our movement rules is coach-centered, not athlete-centered.
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Thereās overwhelming evidence that how we currently try to develop hitters is wrong: šš¼
- External cues > internal cues
- Movement variability > repeatability
- Representative learning > predictable environments
Yetā¦ we KEEP instructing poorly anyway.
Learn + GROW! šØš¼āš«š
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āHe āgets out on his front sideā
āHe goes āout & aroundā it
āHe doesnāt have a āfirm front sideā
āHe doesnāt have a āclean bat pathā
āHis hips āfly openā
āHe pulls it, instead of āstaying middleā
š” We should stop personally disapproving of moves a hitter might need.
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Iām on the hunt for what is next!
Any help from anyone would be appreciated!
ā¢ College Head Coach experience
ā¢ Pro ball experienceā¦ D1, D2, D3 experience
ā¢ Coordinated multiple very effective offenses
ā¢ Passionate & skilled at Hitter development
ā¢ M.S. Kinesiology & CSCS
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Was Nolan Ryan a comparable enough pitcher to todayās game to show that your statement could be inaccurate?
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Itās 2024 & many in the baseball world still wonāt recognize that the most vital & effective āhitting drillā is:
šØ Present them with a mix of really hard, game-representative pitches & try to get them out
Thatās it. Do that a lot.
Stop with the obsessive movement rehearsal.
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Wait a secondā¦ š§
Hitting a stationary baseball off of a tee created significant differences in kinetics of the human body than hitting an actual moving ball???
Surprising.
šš¼ This is not the only research that indicates this. š¤·š¼āāļø
sciencedirect.com/science/arā¦
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Ideally, you arenāt known for what you DONāT do - but the baseball community has valued poor methods (that need to die) for a long timeā¦
At @BaseballSRSU, we donāt:
ā Focus on āmechanicsāā¦ at all
ā Buntā¦ at all
ā Use the teeā¦ at all
ā Prioritize opposite field hitting
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If we train SPECIFICALLY on the most difficult pitches of the game (on the edges of the zone, velocity, shape, etc), then we will improve at hitting them.
If we train to mimic a preconceived technical model endorsed by a āswingā coach, we will improve at rehearsal of movements.
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There are at least 2 generations of hitters (30+ years) that have been duped into thinking that pulling a baseball is a bad thing, & that all good hitters hit mostly oppoā¦
Iāve found over the course of my career spending a major part of my time working to correct this atrocity.
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In my experience coaching hitters at all different levels at many different places of skill - I am most confident in this conclusion: šš¼
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We do not learn to hit 90+ mph fastballs by hitting off a tee or off of flips.
No matter how much baseball pseudo-wisdom we want to apply.
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If your hitting āpracticeā regularly allows you to barrel more than 3 out of every 10 pitches - you are not practicing actual hittingā¦
You are likely either:
1. Padding your ego
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2. Working at a task difficulty level to appease the swing technique preferences of a coach
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Somebody forgot to tell Alek Thomas to just shorten up, stay on top, and take this to the opposite fieldā¦ š³
š£š ļøš£āļøš£šØ
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āAthletes should never focus on their own movementsāā¦
āMore than 200 studiesā show thisā¦
šš¼ Baseball coaches & players:
There is overwhelming evidence we are doing this poorly and focusing on the wrong things.
Read research.
Seek out education.
Learn. Grow. šš
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Just 3 months here so far - but at @BaseballSRSU, we arenāt just dabbling in ecological considerations of skill development in a dynamic human system.
Were going all in -> Replacing:
- The tee, with a moving ball always
- Flips, with more difficult variations of BP
(Contādšš¼)
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For Hitting Development:
Mechanics-first training is inferiorā¦ By a lot.
5 reasons why:
1. It doesnāt tell the whole story
2. The instructor can be wrong
3. Proficiency isnāt āstickyā
4. It creates dependency by athlete
5. Promotes unhealthy conscious internal focus
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āTurn the barrelā
āBat path is importantā
āFinish through CFā
āDonāt swing downā
āDonāt roll your wrists overā
āDonāt move your headā
šš¼šš¼ Not for Cal. š
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āI pay attention to my spray chart, consistently keeping it in the center of the field or on the PULL side of the field.ā
- Joey Votto (2019 article, link ā¬ļø)
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He also saidā¦ āI always want to PULL the ballāā¦
Pull the ball in the air, kiddos! š£š„
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āRepeatability isnāt a thingā¦ā š„š„
Here we also got into Bernsteinās original biomechanics testing on the movements of blacksmiths that proved this in the 1920sā¦
Maybe baseball development can begin moving in the right direction?? š¤š¼š¤š¼
Variability > Repeatability š§
@daultonbarry and @brewerhendrix discuss variability in pitching mechanics, their personal journeys from playing to coaching, and much more on this edition of The Desert Shift Podcast! Available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts! šļø
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Tough day for the ābat speed doesnāt matterā crowdā¦
Tough day for the ājust swing fasterā crowdā¦
Extreme perspectives in hitting are ridiculous.
The only governor is context.
The more data & information we obtain, the more we learn there are almost no absolutes of hitting.
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Soccer development community:
šāExplore! Try different moves. Thereās not one way to do it. Make it realistic to the game as much as possible!ā
Baseball coaches:
š£ļøāOk weāre going to make this as easy as possible so that we can make your technique look the way I want it toā¦ā
Provide a "license to explore" in your session
@Nimesh_Chinna believes you should allow your players to try different options.
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The baseball swing needs:
- Speed + Force Production
- Creativity
- Mobility
- Accuracy
- Freedom
It does NOT need:
- Rules
- Confinement
- Coach declaring āhowā it should be done
- Insecurity
- Internal knowledge of itself
- Approval of appearance by ANY external evaluator
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Hitters donāt need a better understanding of what their:
ā¢ Barrel is doing
ā¢ Hip is doing
ā¢ Shoulder is doing
ā¢ Hands are doing
ā¢ āPositionā looks like
They DO need to better understand what the:
ā¢ PITCHER is doing
ā¢ BALL is doing
ā¢ Desired BALL FLIGHT needs to be
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We do things different around here. š
And we are convicted that it will provide us significantly more potential to do something EXCEPTIONAL.
We are growth-minded, creative, belief-driven, and relentless.
We are not like any other programā¦ and we like it that way. š
Uncommon training.
Uncommon preparation.
Uncommon identity.
Uncommon performance.
#uncommontenacity #sulrossbaseball
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We are looking for 1 more Pitcher and potentially 1 Infielder that are still looking for a spot for this fall.
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Sul Ross State University
(Division 2 - Lonestar Conference)
Scholarship money is available.
Send me a DM. šØ
@FlatgroundApp @BUncommitted
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āI was wrongā
āI donāt know the answer to thatā
āI donāt know enough about thatā
āWhat do YOU think?ā
āI have screwed up many times beforeā
āIām too biased to trust my perspectiveā
āIād rather look at evidence than trust my opinionā
ā¦ Baseball people -> say these more. āš¼
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Looking for a coach who we can invest in their career to help them progress quickly.
Only requirements for the position are a coach who is hungry for growth and passionate about development of athletes & young men.
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Sul Ross State (D2 - Lonestar Conference) are looking for a Graduate Assistant to start this Fall 2024. Open to all backgrounds. Please send a DM to Caleb Abney (@cabney18) or text 770-845-0598
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Big leg kicks can work.
No-stride can work.
Flat bat paths can work.
Really vertical bat paths can work.
Staying back can work.
Getting into front side can work.
It isnāt a particular observable, visible swing characteristicā¦
It is the INTERACTION of PERCEPTION & ACTION.
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A coach can observe whatever āmechanicalā proclamations he wants, but this is just a beautiful case ofā¦
ā¢ Contextual Adaptability
ā¢ In the moment perception + action interaction
ā¢ Authentic expression response to information from the task
Explicit mechanics not required.
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How in the world are athletes supposed to play with confidence, and as convicted competitors, when coaches are constantly making them feel like the athlete must meet certain technique/mechanical model checkpoints (preferred by coach bias, no less) in order to be successful?? š¤·š¼āāļø
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āThe highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is the result of your technique; my movement is the result of your movement.ā
ā Bruce Lee
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All this should tell us is that there are a multitude of ways it can look to have success as a hitter.
And these are all just from 1 individual hitter. Imagine how different it can be across all different athletes. šØ
š Stop placing stock in appearance of movements/positions!
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Controversial opinions: ā¬ļø
Goal of offense is getting to home-plateā¦ not 1st base.
Hitting it āmiddle/oppoā isnāt the holy grail of hitting.
The tee really sucks.
Bat speed matters AND Bat-to-ball skills matter.
Training should overwhelmingly be facing game-like pitches.
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Like the work done by many movement scientists throughout generationsā¦
Biomechanics analysis will continue to reveal that athletes execute skills more effectively utilizing variability + adaptability rather than conforming to a prescribed āmechanicsā model determined by a coach.
Most coaches correct mechanics to improve command, so I looked through our markerless motion capture and intended zones databases to try and improve my own command.
There were 1,927 pitchers analyzed in this review
Here are my findings and the best way to coach commandš§µā¬ļø
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Traditional coaches *at best* will remain at the back end of the āLate Majorityā curve (actual more likely Laggards)ā¦ as they painstakingly dissect every tiny detail of movement.
Forward-thinking coaches will focus on what Perceptions + Cognitions + Info LEAD to the movement.
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Mechanics donāt matterā¦
Being connected to the problem does.
Mechanics donāt matterā¦
Perceiving to act does.
Mechanics donāt matterā¦
Adapting to information does.
Mechanics donāt matterā¦
Giving full attention to the task does.
Mechanics donāt matterā¦
The athlete does.
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Thereās no such thing as āmoving correctlyāā¦
There is moving FUNCTIONALLY and there is *not moving functionally*ā¦
An athlete can move ācorrectlyā (according to a coach) & it NOT be functional.
An athlete can be moving āincorrectlyā (according to Mr Coach), & it IS functional.
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I would contend to ditch the internal cues - not just in-game, but ALL THE TIME.
When we promote a separate attentional focus in training versus in-game, we really confuse athletes what they should be using when adversity comes.
External or Holistic cues -> 100% of the time. šš¼
#7 Ditch the internal cuesš”
When the focus shifts to internal, you begin fighting an uphill battle toward consistency.
And in-game is the last place you should be thinking about your mechanics, your nerves, etc.
Shift to external. i.e. "Attack" or "Blow up the catcher"
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We got after it this Fall. š„
Weāre going to keep working our tails off all the way to Spring! šŖš¼šŖš¼
Last weekend was a big one for Lobo Baseball ending with our FWS Championship! š
Congrats again to THE BOOM on winning the series and thank you for all of your support this fall.
January 31st canāt come soon enough! ā¾ļø
#uncommontenacity #sulrossbaseball
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Depending on which coach you talk to, your swing could be:
ācleanā
āefficientā
āflawedā
ālongā
āshortā
ābeautifulā
āuglyā
āgood sequenceā
ābad sequenceā
āperfectā
āterribleā
āgoodā
ābadā
Remember that itās all OPINION - when deciding that you should be āworking on your swingāā¦
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Goodnessā¦
Not a strike.
Not a ārepeatable technique.ā
But, it is SKILLFUL + UNIQUE.
Can you imagine how good of an offense we could build if we had a lineup of guys who practiced solving pitch problems like this regularly???
(Instead of just appeasing movement preferences)
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There is no coach providing explicit technical instruction to a Cheetah how to hunt.
It either figures it out, or it doesnāt survive.
It adapts to its environment & learns āskillā ecologically.
Why canāt we accept that human beings can more effectively learn skill the same way?
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Who decides what a āgood swingā is?
What defines āgood mechanicsā?
What makes movements āinefficientā?
What comprises a āclean swing pathā?
So much of what we have accepted as good ways to develop hitters is absolutely drenched in inherent human bias, based on a herd of egos.
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Stay āconnectedā, but you have to get āseparationāā¦
āStay backā, but also make sure you āget into your front sideāā¦
āGet on plane earlyā, but you must ābe direct to the ballāā¦
And somehow - hitters have self-conscious mental complexes about their āmechanics.ā
Shocking. š
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Why I donāt judge or explicitly work on āmovementsāā¦
ā¢ Research shows internal focus is detrimental to performance
ā¢ Research shows that movement variability is something to be encouraged - not reduced
ā¢ Research shows humans learn better in representative environments
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Baseball Coaches should pour into stuff like this - growing in knowledge of how humans learn SKILLS.
We have remained far too long in a world where we simply ācopy & pasteā movements or ideas from other baseball guys. Go deeper than the most recent fadā¦
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.ā¦
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Nope. No way.
Just keep hitting off the tee and hitting āflipsā, and athletes will magically get better when itās 90+ mph & the pitcher can throw 3 other pitches for strikes.
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Do a quick Google search related to āstrongest correlation to run scoringā, and what will you find?
ā¦ articles about high batting averages?
ā¦ number of hits?
ā¦ avoiding strikeouts?
No.
You will find a whole lot of data proving OPS has strongest correlation to scoring runs.
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This group just WILL NOT QUIT - regardless of how hard things get.
This is a tenacious group of young men.
So proud of them. šš¼
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I am so grateful I get to go to battle with these boys againā¦ in OUR HOUSE.
Be grateful.
Be courageous.
Be relentless.
Be tenacious.
Time to get rowdy at the āNot. š„
ā¾ļø vs. Lubbock Christian University
š Alpine, TX
Come make some noise for Lobo Baseball at home this weekend or stream all 4 games. š go.flosports.tv
#uncommontenacity #sulrossbaseball
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Loadingā¦. šš¼
Exit Velo & Velocity
Just some DANGEROUS ANIMALS in the weight room. šŖ
#uncommontenacity #sulrossbaseball
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Why is variability in our training/development so important???
š„ Because the game DEMANDS it.
Look how many differing variables & constraints Ohtani is interacting with here!
Itās a beautiful thing when athletes are so adept at solving so many different types of problems. š¤©
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For most hitters, picking 1 of 2 external goals can streamline creating success:
šStruggle with being late?
Hit a line drive in pullside gap.
šStruggle with not staying on the ball?
Hit a line drive in oppo gap.
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Simple + Usable
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XBH locations
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Where fielders ARENāT
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A challenging thought ā¤µļø
Unless a hitter can calculate+recreate the EXACT descent angle of the pitch *PLUS* know the PRECISE ending point of the pitch when starting his swing - then he is not āgetting on plane earlyā or āmatching the planeāā¦ he might just be satisfying a fad.
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The best baseball player on the planet utilized a swing solution here that wouldnāt be described as:
ācleanā
āproper mechanicsā
āefficient movementsā
Iām pretty sure we are wasting our time āseeingā & trying to optimize swing technique.
#trainontheedges
#uglyswingsmattertoo
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Coaches could better understand a more effective & authentic way to help athletes develop.
If we are willing to ā
ā¢ Place them in representative environments (mimicking the game)
ā¢ Let them explore/discover
ā¢ Ask them the right questions
ā They will FLOURISH in development!
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Bat speed numbers are OBJECTIVE.
Precision skills (exit velo + launch angle) are OBJECTIVE.
Game-like training provides the best possible OBJECTIVE transfer to game.
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A coach declaring movement is āgoodā or ābadā - or, āhowā mattersā¦ is applying biased (*flawed*) OPINION.
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3ļøā£ Modern baseball practical applications to Bernsteinās āRep w/o Repā..
1. Coaches shouldnāt begin with observations about athletesā movements they like & dislike
2. Coaches should encourage movements that appear unique
3. Emphasis ABOVE ALL should be on task problem-solving
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When reading experimental studies like this one, it should raise questions about why we embrace the traditional approaches we do in baseball skill development. šš
Just because it is how it has been done for a long time in this game, doesnāt mean it is the best way. šØ
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Perception š Action š Cognition
Perception š Action š Cognition
Perception š Action š Cognition
Perception š Action š Cognition
Athletes should continuously focus on the INTERACTION of these 3 elements when building game skills.
š« Not the appearance of technique.
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Hitting Training for Improving & Expanding Bat-to-Ball Skill
š Spend the majority of your training time hitting pitches in the SHADOW zonesā¦
š Watch your skill in those zones and the HEART zones increase! āļø
#trainontheedges
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It is crucial for us as a baseball community to read good research & continue to learn. Scientific study is a GOOD thing.
Continuing to ignore it in favor of -
š£ļøāGood players say they do this, so that has to be rightāā¦
Its not good enough.
For our players, we need to read!
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Iād love to see what a team of hitters could do, if they:
ā¢ Didnāt focus on explicit swing mechanicsā¦ at all
ā¢ Got after it in weight room
ā¢ Committed to a good bat speed program
ā¢ Constantly immersed themselves in problems that resemble the game
ā¦ and watch what happens.
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- Bullpens, with LIVE Bullpens
- Mechanical analysis, with promotion + expansion of free movement behaviors
- Task deconstruction, with many slices of the GAME
We are promoting the continual interaction of Performer š Environment š Task.
We are building CREATIVE athletes!
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Well, it looks like we will get to find outā¦ š
Sul Ross St baseball will be doing this.
@BaseballSRSU
Iād love to see what a team of hitters could do, if they:
ā¢ Didnāt focus on explicit swing mechanicsā¦ at all
ā¢ Got after it in weight room
ā¢ Committed to a good bat speed program
ā¢ Constantly immersed themselves in problems that resemble the game
ā¦ and watch what happens.
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Hitting Trainingā¦ overrated vs. underrated
Overrated:
- āQuicknessā
- Seeking repeatability
- Mass reps
- Perfect mechanics
- Prescriptive/rehearsed drills
Underrated:
- Hitting in unpredictable environment
- Real/Quality ABās
- Bat-to-ball skills
- Conversation
- Bat speed
Speed & agilityā¦ overrated vs. underrated
Overrated:
- Quick feet
- Seeking exhaustion
- Sprinting daily
- Perfection w/ mechanics
- Pre-planned/rehearsed drills
Underrated:
- Working agility w/ real athletes
- Quality sprints 2-3x per wk
- Hill sprints
- Rest
- Force output
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Most athletes just want to know that:
1ļøā£ You care about them
2ļøā£ You want what is best for them above all else
3ļøā£ You will listen to their input in their development
These arenāt communicated when we prefer to dictate our preferences (mechanical or otherwise) to the athlete.
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Why are baseball people so afraid of intellectual conclusions, intelligent analysis, critical questioning, experimental barometers, & deep reflection on the REAL reasons behind our assumptions??
The best we can do is, āLook at what this good player/team did & do thatāā¦ āš¤
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Hitters,
Cognitive resources are precious when human beings try to solve difficult complex tasks.
Donāt waste them by continually trying to appease a coachās swing preference.
Focus on the monumental task of being explosively precise with the barrel to the middle of the ball.
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If we teach explicit swing āmechanicsā that fit our preferred technique, then it makes it harder for these incredible athletic feats of adaptability to emerge.
ā Stop focusing on āthe swing.ā
#killmechanics
#uglyswingsmattertoo
#trainontheedges
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Players deserve the right to take ownership of their own development.
Coaches donāt deserve the right to tell a player he needs to be āfixed.ā
Players deserve the right to find athletic freedom thru their own creativity.
The BEST coaches understand it is not about our opinion.
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Perhaps the greatest concern with the idea of āengrainingā specific movement patterns in training that we *think* will give us the best chanceā¦ is this question: ā¬ļø
What happens if the game presents you with a problem that requires a movement outside your engrained pattern???
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We should stop assigning independent value to āmovesā apart from function in GAMES.
There are not āgoodā moves, ābadā moves, ācleanā moves, āflawedā moves, āš„ā movesā¦
ā Coaches donāt deserve this kind of authority.
The GAME decides effectivenessā¦ not observed appearances.
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Example of contextually training & development with an Ecological perspective. šØšØ
Also, using constraint manipulation.šš¼
(They mention utilizing āsmall baseballsā with a āsmall gloveā)
Baseball needs more of this thinking.
It needs less ābreakdownsā/āmechanicalā analysis.
šØ Mookie Betts and Miguel Rojas š£ļø
ā¢ There a different ways to field different types of ground balls
ā¢ Creating game like scenarios to add pressure
ā¢ Notice how they talk through what they are about to do, then do it
āļø Being able to use your imagination to create game like situations is an underrated skill, allows you to be calm when the game presents similar situations
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Baseball guys get really offended at this concept, without even attempting to look into the research & evidence to support it.
All while using the reasoning -
āthis is how weāve always done itā, orā¦
āthis is how this famous player/coach did itā, orā¦
āthis is how I did itāā¦
Isolated drills without the gameās perceptionāaction coupling isnāt real training,itās just rehearsel. True training happens under competitive &dynamic conditions where behaviors emerge as i/t game. In fact,training may be the wrong word, given how itās often perceived &executed!
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This is sooooo much better than a perfect and coach-approved āmechanicallyā optimal swing.
Hitters are problem-solvers. He solved a really difficult problem here, and in an unreal environment.
#skillfuluniqueswings
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Imagine if the medical industry operated the way that the baseball industry stubbornly wants to operate currently:
š£ļø āDr. XYZ practiced medicine this way when he was learning 30 years ago, & if he says it, thatās good enough for me!ā
We are committing coaching malpractice.š
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Wanted to renew this post, to continue to be diligent in my search!
Huge thanks to anyone who takes any time to check it out and offer any help!
Iām on the hunt for what is next!
Any help from anyone would be appreciated!
ā¢ College Head Coach experience
ā¢ Pro ball experienceā¦ D1, D2, D3 experience
ā¢ Coordinated multiple very effective offenses
ā¢ Passionate & skilled at Hitter development
ā¢ M.S. Kinesiology & CSCS
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Follow-up on this in a more baseball specific wayā¦
There isnāt one bat path that works for all pitches.
There isnāt one posture that works for all pitches.
There isnāt one lower half move that works for all pitches.
There isnāt one upper half move that works for all pitches.
Perhaps the greatest concern with the idea of āengrainingā specific movement patterns in training that we *think* will give us the best chanceā¦ is this question: ā¬ļø
What happens if the game presents you with a problem that requires a movement outside your engrained pattern???
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The consensus is to be in awe of Griffeyās āswingāā¦
But the reality is - he doesnāt have only 1 āswing.ā
These are all differentā¦ Because they are all different pitches, off of different pitchers, with different perceptions, & different results.
Have more than 1 āswing.ā šš¼
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Excited to go to battle with this tenacious group of men! āļø
Grateful to get to keep fighting!
Go Lobos! š“ā«ļø šŗšŗ
Headed to take on the #2 team in the nation. š
ā¾ļø vs. Angelo State University
ā° Friday @ 3, Saturday @ 1 & 4, Sunday @ 1
š San Angelo, TX
Canāt make it? Stream all 4 games. š
go.flosports.tv/
#uncommontenacity #sulrossbaseball
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Hitting a baseball should not be considered a skill ofā¦
Prediction+Deployment of Rehearsed Action that has been imparted by a coach.
Hitting a baseball is a skill ofā¦
Interaction+Continuously & Authentically Solving the pitch problem in the most dynamic/organic way possible.
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Probably the last time I will repost this. šØšØ
Any help would be appreciated!
Looking for the right fit. Thank you in advance for any connections!
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Iām on the hunt for what is next!
Any help from anyone would be appreciated!
ā¢ College Head Coach experience
ā¢ Pro ball experienceā¦ D1, D2, D3 experience
ā¢ Coordinated multiple very effective offenses
ā¢ Passionate & skilled at Hitter development
ā¢ M.S. Kinesiology & CSCS
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DO DAMAGE š£
Hitters/Coachesā¦ Weāve all heard it.
Many of us have said it.
But, what exactly does it mean?
For me, it means extra bases & runs scoring.š„
For that reason, I created this stat to track it!
š Been using it for several years.
*DAMAGE% = ((XBH-1)+SB+R+RBI)/PA
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