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Baseball Swing Mechanics Tip - A Different Two-Strike Approach
I might have a slightly different approach for hitting a baseball with two strikes than most coaches, especially at the younger level. The short of it is that I work with hitters in being offensive producers, since that is their job in the first place when they step into the box. Having said this, a hitter obviously gets three chances to produce something valuable for his team each and every at bat.
Nate Barnett
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Major League Baseball Tickets - 5 Reasons Why You Should Book Yours
If you are a true blue baseball fan, you need cheap baseball tickets, as you are actually looking forward to watching as many games as you can, without having to pay the earth for it. Here are my five reasons why you should book your tickets to this season's baseball games in advance.
Steve J Hall
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At the 2008 All-Star Break, I Should Be Happy
Three of my four teams are in first place in their divisions on this morning of the 2008 All-Star Game. The Angels are a respectable 6 games up in the A.L. West. The Cubs lead the N.L Central by 4.5 games, and the White Sox lead the A.L. Central by a game and a half. Even the Dodgers are only a game behind the Diamondbacks in the N.L. West. For the first time in memory, all of my teams could make it to the post-season and we could even see an El-Train World Series featuring the...
Dr. Gary S. Goodman
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Allowing Failure In Youth Baseball Drills
I'm sure you have heard the words, "practice makes perfect". Or, "perfect practice makes perfect". And while I enjoy the utopian view that someday I'll get to coach the perfect team, or the perfect player, it's just not going to happen. Especially not in a sport where failure is a common and frequent occurrence. It is vital that our athletes understand failure and be taught how to employ a strategy to use failure as a positive and not as a...
Nate Barnett
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Hitting Mechanics - 400 Swings Per Hour
To get 400 swings in the 60 minutes of practice allocated to batting, a coach must divide the players into smaller groups and utilize multiple hitting stations. This article describes the mechanics of dividing the players and picking the specific hitting drills that isolate the different mechanics of hitting.
Brian Schreder
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Baseball Instruction - How to Find Good Information
There is no shortage of information on baseball instruction within the millions of pages on the internet. Before the web days, baseball instructional information itself was greatly more valuable than that same information today. Why? Because the supply has increased dramatically. I can do a search for "baseball instruction" on Google and today I get 440,000 pages that contain pages that may have the information I'm looking for. The challenge now for the athlete...
Nate Barnett
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Improve Your Pitching Performance - Stay Away From Sports Drinks
Athletes at any level should avoid sports drinks if they want to perform at peak performance. Find out why Gatorade should never be in an athletes hands.
Dan Gazaway
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Baseball Swing - The Best Way To Hit A Curveball
Good curveballs are tough to hit, period. The best piece of advice I can give for becoming a good curveball hitter is to become a good fastball hitter. Let that sink in for a minute.
Nate Barnett
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Understanding the Baseball Swing
If I asked you to give a five minute lecture on hitting mechanics start to finish, could you do it? If the answer is yes, then you've undoubtedly done some research on the baseball swing. If the answer is no, then there is some work to be done, and you'll want to read this article especially if you're in a role where you provide any type of baseball instruction.
Nate Barnett
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Youth Baseball - Boy Meets Cup
Does your son play in a youth baseball league. Does he wear a protective cup? Don't make a mistake and send him out there without one.
Robert Bulka
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