Cannonball
Ex "Expert"
- Feb 25, 2009
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I posted this on another website but wanted to post it here as well:
I went last night to listen to my friend Coach Gerry Glasco speak. Coach Glasco is a renown hitting coach and now coaches at Texas A&M in softball. I highly recommend attending one of his events if you ever get a chance. He uses video to demonstrate his point and some of the video of him working with his daughter is really good stuff. I met his daughter Geri Ann as well. What a nice young lady! She plays professionally now for the Akron Racers. Geri Ann was the Gatorade Player of the Year her senior year of high school and played collegiate ball at the University of Georgia and then at Oregon. They made a great team demonstrating live what was shown on the marked up video.
I got a lot of stuff from his speech and a lot of it reinforced what I coach. I do want to steal one thing from him and post it here. I hope he doesn't mind. He has his hitters do a lot of hitting off of tees but without balls. In fact, one thing he mentioned was that when a hitter is learning something and using a tee, when they hit the ball poorly, the flight of the ball can be embarrassing for them. So, he wants a hitter to be able to just clip the top of that tee. His daughter demonstrated a lot of swings and the way she clicked the top of that tee was impressive. You could tell she did that her whole life.
I'll wrap up by saying that I think it is necessary and good to understand that a hitting coach needs to be a life time learner. Coach Glasco pointed out some stuff he used to coach and then why he made changes in what he believed. I think that this was so beneficial for those coaches in attendance. For me, this presentation reinvigorated me and helps me know that I have my player on the right path. Hearing this stuff from someone else so successful does that.
Coach, if you're reading this, I had a great time last night. BB was upset that she didn't get to go but I didn't know I could bring her and so ... The next time you are in my area, we'll both be there.
I went last night to listen to my friend Coach Gerry Glasco speak. Coach Glasco is a renown hitting coach and now coaches at Texas A&M in softball. I highly recommend attending one of his events if you ever get a chance. He uses video to demonstrate his point and some of the video of him working with his daughter is really good stuff. I met his daughter Geri Ann as well. What a nice young lady! She plays professionally now for the Akron Racers. Geri Ann was the Gatorade Player of the Year her senior year of high school and played collegiate ball at the University of Georgia and then at Oregon. They made a great team demonstrating live what was shown on the marked up video.
I got a lot of stuff from his speech and a lot of it reinforced what I coach. I do want to steal one thing from him and post it here. I hope he doesn't mind. He has his hitters do a lot of hitting off of tees but without balls. In fact, one thing he mentioned was that when a hitter is learning something and using a tee, when they hit the ball poorly, the flight of the ball can be embarrassing for them. So, he wants a hitter to be able to just clip the top of that tee. His daughter demonstrated a lot of swings and the way she clicked the top of that tee was impressive. You could tell she did that her whole life.
I'll wrap up by saying that I think it is necessary and good to understand that a hitting coach needs to be a life time learner. Coach Glasco pointed out some stuff he used to coach and then why he made changes in what he believed. I think that this was so beneficial for those coaches in attendance. For me, this presentation reinvigorated me and helps me know that I have my player on the right path. Hearing this stuff from someone else so successful does that.
Coach, if you're reading this, I had a great time last night. BB was upset that she didn't get to go but I didn't know I could bring her and so ... The next time you are in my area, we'll both be there.