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Randy Sullivan- CEO for Florida Baseball Ranch Jul 19, 2018

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Everyone wants to be data driven and science based but skill acquisition science is the science that all of this is undergirded by.
Its not that you should never use verbal cues its just that words mean different things for different people.
There’s no such thing as a best swing, they’re all snowflakes and every single one is different with some sort of variance.
Instead of chasing repeatable mechanics, we need to learn to be real time adjusters.
Every time someone says “this is something everyone should do.” Then I’m out. There’s not much that everyone should do.
When you use variability to enhance command, you’re training adjustability.
Velocity, arm health, command and secondary stuff dont have to be mutually exclusive.
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Clyde Keller- Assistant Baseball Coach, Florida State University (FL) Jul 12, 2018

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Having played for Jerry (Weinstein) and coached with 11 (Mike Martin), its a constant learning experience with those guys and both have an uncanny ability to know whats going to happen in the game before it happens
Communication and having a plan in the fall is vital, especially with incoming freshmen. We tell them 'If you’re going to be successful for your team you have to do A,B,C. And in the mean time we need to increase D,E,F.’ Just to make sure were on the same page.
As long as everyone is on the same page, player development plays right into team development.
One of our first conversations is “why do you swing like this?” We’re trying to figure out their process but also whether they’re analytical or they just see the ball and hit it.
The biggest things we see between HS hitters and college is adjusting to velocity, adjusting to differences in velocity and hitting when they’re uncomfortable. So we have to train in an environment that mimics the game.
Winning teams don't win unless they’re developing their players.
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Twitter
Hitting biomechanics
The way of baseball- finding stillness at 95 by Shawn Green
Driveline
Jerry Weinstein
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Mini Clinic Monday Episode 4: ”Dealing” with parents ft. Head Coach Jason Thompson Jul 02, 2018

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Austin Wasserman- Owner/Founder of Wasserman Strength (NH) Jun 28, 2018

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We want to train efficient, explosive, multi planer, multi joint movements to create explosive athletes.
We're looking at the spectrum of athlete and where they need the most work depending on their experience and where they’re at in their career.
There’s so much to mechanics and its so much fun to try and dig through everything to find the contributing factor.
Giving players options of exercise based on mobility and in the range of the exercise will go a long way for helping individualize movements.
At the end of the day its your career, so what do you feel like you need to do and how can I do to help you?
Pitching is not like basketball, you can’t go max effort every single day. You have to have deload days, recovery days, command days, etc.
Resources
Starting strength- Mark Rippetoe
Dynamics of skill acquisition
Frans Bosch
Applied sprint training- James Smith
Mathletics
Robin Lund
Velocity Article(s)
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Highlevelthrowing.com
Wassermanstrength.com
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Jason Ochart- Director of Hitting, Driveline Baseball (WA) Jun 21, 2018

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Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Google Play Quotes No two athletes are the same, but a vast majority of amatuer hitters need to develop batspeed Young hitters are "cued" so much to put the ball in play, that they don't develop the coordination to move fast and swing with intent. Baseball hitting is one of the only skills in the world that trains in an environment that's easier than the game. A lot of our training is trying is trying to replicate game conditions and even making it harder and letting guys fail, because thats what theyre going to see in a game. If you are hitting 700 in practice, you're doing something wrong. What a coach says is important but what a coach doesn't say is equally important Resources TPI Altis P3 Dynamics of skill acquisition Rob Gray Contact @JasonOchart Jason@drivelinebaseball.com Website and Social Media sites for the show www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook Ahead of the Curve Coaches Facebook group Instagram aotc_podcast Mini Clinic Monday Email Signup

40: Connor Dawson and Ryan Parker- Hitting Coaches, 108 Performance (CA) Jun 14, 2018

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We want everything to be player driven, once you make something important to you it now becomes yours
As coaches, we know that players have to acquire certain skills, but players need to establish what they want to work on as well. We want them to be their best coach.
We have to make sure our players are moving properly. But we also have to help them understand how they feel when they're moving properly and when they're not.
Park
The first time you do something shouldnt be the first time you do it.
As a coach, I need to be able to speak the players language
When we're working on the swing, its like trying to find your favorite flavor of ice cream. You're going to find one you like, and you're going to find some you cant stand.
Resources
Like minded coaches and #hittingtwitter
Megaman Vid
Ian Renshaw
Keith Davids
Carl Newell constraints
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Mini Clinic Monday Episode 3: Things in practice our players love Jun 04, 2018

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Greg Brown- Head Baseball Coach, Nova Southeastern University (FL) May 31, 2018

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I think my why when I first started was winning ballgames and now all of my focus is on impacting young men.
We raise pitch counts by swinging
I often get asked, "what's you're two strike approach?" we don't have one
I don't have a staff that works for me, i have a staff that works with me
You never know what you can learn about your players until you start asking the right questions.
We want to manage our drills so we can get maximum volume, maximum variances with attention to the individuals within the context of practice.
Resources
Eugene Bleecker
Craig Wollenbrock
Lind google drive
Pitching Ninja
Phone calls and conversations
The obstacle is the way by Ryan Holliday
Legacy by James Kerr
Jon Gordon
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greg.brown@nova.edu
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Brett Kay- Head Baseball Coach, JSerra Catholic HS (CA) May 24, 2018

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Baseball is going to be data driven and we as high school coaches have to evolve.
We have to know our players. We have to know who can do what, where and how and what they're good at because everyone learns and develops differently.
A great program starts at the home
We take these at bats, throw these pitches, and field ground balls with these kids because we want it so bad for them. We want them to see the success that we know they're capable of.
By the time our kids leave here, we want to say we did everything we could for them internally, externally, and competitively.
We have 2 rules
Be on time
Do things right

Were gonna teach you how to play the game the right way but we're going to have to act the right way.
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Driveline
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Heads up baseball

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Trent Otis- Co-Founder of Zona Baseball Instruction (AZ) May 17, 2018

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3 years into coaching I tried to forget everything I knew about hitting. Now I try and continue to make sure everything I do makes sense, is backed up by video and biomechanical movement.
There’s a better way to develop players in a team setting.
We want our swing to be such that we launch it based on reaction, not anticipation.
We chart everything in batting practice.
I want every training session to be harder than what you are going to see in a game.
Our number one goal as hitting coaches: We have to make players successful in the game, not just in practice.
Sometimes what you feel isn’t real
Resources
Anson Dorrance
Eugene Bleecker
Ryan Parker
#hittingtwitter
Dustin Linds Hitting Drive
Craig Hyatt
Joan Vickers- Perception, cognition and decision training
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Zona Baseball Instruction
http://www.zonabaseballinstruction.com/
Favorite resource for less than $100
Mirrors
PVC Pipes
Therabands
Shortbats

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