A couple Daily Doses ago, we discussed the idea of starting a practice with baserunning. What a wild and crazy idea. In fact, it’s not that strange, as it’s exactly what Coach Hutting at Cypress College would do to give my pitchers enough time to play catch
Let’s take the liberty to say M-I-S-S… T-A-K-E-S. As in, you missed on that take. Might have been a swing, might have been a throw… might have been an interview question, class final, or asking someone special to the prom. The fact of the matter is that it didn’t go well.
Let’s continue this “World According to Big Mac” Tour and talk about loose hands. He said that he wanted his arms to be loose and that the grip was his trigger. It actually was his timing mechanism as well, after eliminating a leg kick in an effort to “get quieter.”
Doesn’t change the need for “fundies first” and how we’ll train up the young ballplayer. But it sure does make sense of what college and professional scouts are looking for.
Get physical. Ground up. It’s all in the hips. Yep, they’re all true. We need ballplayers to be physical. We need to teach aggression. We need them to MOVE the baseball…
Wouldn’t it be great to have a bunch of mental “fixes” for times of low confidence. Here’s a great one for infielders.
Engage the mind, build athletic accountability, and increase focus, presence, and mental toughness through this simple habit.
Truly, they are the same. The hitter and pitcher movement is the same. It’s about a baseball player using the body to make a ball move. It’s back to front, front to arms. Back leg, to front leg… front leg, to arms. It’s loading into the backside only to explode forward.
In our last Daily Dose, we discussed the keys of the Power Position. Moving around the body, there are four teaching points to the loaded, power, position
How can you find athletes that fit the desired mental make-up?
