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Entries from April 2008

Baseball Drills: Fixing a collapsing shoulder

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Quite a few athletes are told, “you’re dropping your back shoulder” by their coaches from time to time throughout the year. It is a problem and should be addressed during your baseball drills work since it minimizes the ability to create backspin on the baseball (backspin is a good thing). However, the […]

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Tags: Hitting

Come join us on the Big Fly Network

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I would love to have you contribute some of your knowledge, baseball drills, or experiences with us on the Big Fly Network. It’s free, easy, and a great place to network. Come help us build this community of baseball fans, players, and coaches.

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Mental Baseball Drills: Focus

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Stare at your enter key on your computer for a moment. I mean really take a good hard look at it for 20 seconds or so…
What did you observe? On mine, the arrow key turns upward, weird, never noticed that before. You probably found out something new about your enter key as […]

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Tags: Mental Tips

New Audio Clip: Pitching 101

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

I had the opportunity to interview Dan Gazaway, owner and founder of the Pitching Academy out of Utah a short while ago on the topic of pitching mechanics. What a great conversation we had as I got to pick the brain of an instructor who has taught over 1,000 pitchers the last several years.
The […]

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Tags: Pitching

22 innings behind the dish

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

It was the longest game in MLB since 1993. In 22 innings, the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres by a score of 2-1. Nothing like playing baseball until 1:30am in the morning.
Almost as impressive as the marathon game was the fact that Rockies catcher, Yorvit Torrealba, caught all 22 innings.
Think about […]

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Tags: Mental Tips

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