02 Feb Bet Your Shortstops Don’t Know This Relay!
Today’s video tip is a more advanced one for shortstops when balls are hit down into the left field corner and a relay throw to home plate is needed. ...
Author: strikezoneacademy
11 Jan The Value of YOU Versus a $20 Bill
Nobody wants to embarrass themselves, or fail, or look ridiculous. Yet we’re so much harder on ourselves when we do these things than on others. Here’s a great little story that might help you see your value in a different way. Pretend that I’m standing in front...
11 Jan How To Steal Bases: Three Options For Jumps
Stealing bases is truly an art form and just like any artist, a base stealer is going to develop their own style. This is why coaches should be reluctant to force every base stealer to take leads and get jumps the same way. Ideally, players...
04 Jan 2 Keys to Getting Better Pitch Movement
All great pitchers control two very important things: their Entrance Path and their Pitch Movement Path. Learn how to help your pitchers do the same thing. Making a pitch move, or change directions, is one thing, but getting it to move as close to the batter (or...
04 Jan Positive Shin Angle For Base Runners
Today’s video tip is for base runners and even fielders who need to develop a better, more explosive first step quickness in order to steal bases or track down a ball. The tip involves a concept known as “positive shin angle.” Every player looking for...
29 Dec Relax Your Shoulders and Increase Your Speed
Every pitcher wants to throw faster. That’s why, for pitchers, tense shoulders are so common, and yet so wrong. As a pitcher, you might be surprised to find the solution is all in the backswing. Trying to relax your shoulders, while pitching, is a very difficult thing to do. It’s also...
22 Dec What’s Your Error Recovery Process?
We all make mistakes, and we all need a process to recover from them. Knowing how to deal with a mistake without getting emotional is crucial to quickly getting yourself back in the game. Every player should have a short process you go through every time you...
22 Dec The Last Thing To Do Before Entering Batter’s Box
I love practical tools that players can use in the moment to improve something in their physical and/or mental game. The human brain is fascinating. The complex operations of the brain even during simple tasks is astounding. It is the source of everything that makes us...
15 Dec Your Baseball Brain Wants You To Fail
If I asked a room full of baseball players, “Raise your hand if you tend to be your worst enemy and beat yourself up too much inside your head,” I can guarantee that just about every hand would be up. That’s because for virtually everyone,...