If you’ve never heard me say this: I can’t stand 99.99% of all drills, especially hitting drills. Aside from the fact that drills are pretty much busy work, it can be very easy to get far too wrapped up in doing drills instead of remembering to just hit the baseball. Sometimes drills can be completely counter-productive, which is what I wanted to address today.
Stupid Hitting Drills: The Hands Drill
Tagged with: Eric Byrnes, Hitting, hitting drills, Justin Smoak
Posted in Hitting, Instruction, Skill Work
Posted in Hitting, Instruction, Skill Work
The Next Knuckler Observations
The MLB Network created their first reality show: The Next Knuckler. It was only a four-episode show, but entertaining nonetheless. Regardless what pitch the contestants were throwing however, there were to points that I took issue with. I talk about them here…
What Baseball Players Can Learn from the NFL Combines
With the NFL combines wrapped up, I thought I’d share my thoughts on the whole production, and how ballplayers , coaches, and scouts can get caught up in the “combine numbers,” to the point where we forget what really counts: being able to play the game.
Professional Hitting
For about a week, Raul Ibanez was the poster boy for professional hitting. He said he just tried to get a good pitch to hit. What does that mean exactly? Here’s a list that explains it all…
Double Cut Offs and Bunts
It’s no secret that in post season baseball, the little things mean a lot. Game Two of the World Series proved just that, with the Giants covering the little things, and the Tigers taking them for granted.
Tagged with: Brandon Crawford, bunt plays, double cut offs, Gregor Blanco, Marco Scutaro, Morgan Ensberg, Prince Fielder
Posted in Defense, Instruction, Skill Work
Posted in Defense, Instruction, Skill Work
