100% agree. When I played Travel Baseball my teammates with the hovering parents would either quit later on, or they were always stressed out, especially when they made mistakes. I don't see anything wrong with watching practice, I still watch my younger sister's travel ball practices when I...
Probably a good move on his part. If it was something inappropriate, it’s good that he acted on it and didn’t let it slide. If it was something that was borderline uncomfortable, still probably a good move, all it takes is one parent to perceive it in a negative manner. Last thing you want as a...
100% agree I have this talk with “hitting coaches” all the time. It’s about the movements and the actual swing, stop trying to change their pre-pitch movement, if they get ready to hit on time I don’t care if they have a leg kick or a small step. I don’t care if they have an open stance or...
I’ve never heard anyone compare the underload vs overload bat concept to powerlifting before, seems like a sound idea. Do you happen to know of any research, articles or videos about the concept that I could check out?
My bad I totally misinterpreted what you were saying, when I initially read "shoulder rubbing" I thought of a coach's and player's each individual shoulders rubbing against each other. Seemed like a weird idea that I didn't quite understand. But if you mean shoulder rubbing like a massage type...
I agree with you, I believe that 95% of people who do heavy bat training are probably doing it wrong. And despite what many believe I think heavy bat training doesn't increase bat speed much even when done right. My brother's bat speed has increased a lot over the last two years, but I...
I understand, that has happened to me to. Some players that I work with will send me their schedules and ask me to come out to the games. I go and at the end of the game sometimes they'll come in for a hug. I try my best to keep it to a fist bump and not make it awkward.
For one mishits are more of a pain with a wood bat. I've seen players in game either get jammed or hit a ball of the end of their bat and still hit a decent ball with decent velocity while using their normal metal bats. With a wood bat mishits won't perform that well compared to a metal or...
I understand that, most wood bats that say they are around drop five are usually slightly heavier or slightly lighter than -5. When I played I had a 33 inch SSK 271 model that weighed in around 31.8 ounces. My brother has a 33 inch Mariucci JB19 that weighs around 31.5.