Adding Soundness to the Rotation Play

We have all watched major league teams employ the rotation play in a sure bunting situation with runners and first and second with 0 outs and the pitcher at bat. This usually succeeds in getting the lead runner out. But far too often the lead…

Feb 17, 2015

10 Ways To Practice Alone

While the access to solid coaching is much greater today than at any time in our sports history, one thing this has led to is a generation of kids that can’t, don’t, or won’t practice on their own. So here is a list of things you can do to become…

Feb 9, 2015

Off-Season Baseball Exercises for Your Shoulders

Baseball workouts typically include external and internal rotational shoulder work, along with other shoulder exercises and neutral grip dumbbell bench pressing. But coaches need to gauge how strong and stabilized their athletes are and tailor…

Jan 26, 2015

Sweet 16: Warm-up drills for fielding

When you work with infielders indoors, you run into the problems of space and time. You rarely have all the space you’d like and you never have enough time. Below is a listing of fielding drills that I often do in progression to keep everyone…

Jan 6, 2015

Pitching – The Sinker

The sinking fastball is becoming one of the more prevalent pitches in the game. The function of the sinker is generally to run or tail and sink toward the arm side of the pitcher. Like the cutter, the sinking fastball will promote weaker…

Dec 22, 2014

The 4 Fundamentals of Hitting a Baseball

You’ve probably heard someone say, “hitting a baseball is one of the hardest things to do in sports.” They weren’t lying. Hitting a baseball is no easy task, and it gets harder and harder the older you get. By the time you reach high school…

Dec 9, 2014

Six Station Batting Practice

When setting up a hitting rotation, cover as many of the six elements of offense as possible. The focus should be strictly on offense; do not use a defense. Facilities play a big factor in what a team can accomplish. In this example we use the…

Nov 24, 2014

The Millennial Method

The idea came to me at a coach’s convention where a speaker emphasized we retain 10 percent of what we hear, 50 percent of what we do, and 90 percent of what we teach to someone else. For me, 90 percent represents a large number. So, I thought to…

Nov 11, 2014

Eliminate the Middle Man

Our program for years has always taught our left handed pitchers to read the runner. With a runner on first base our left handers decision to pitch or throw to first base is determined by what the runner does. Four things can occur when the lefty…

Oct 20, 2014

Base-Coaching Absolutes – Todd Guilliams

1. With runners on base and less than two outs, the coach cannot let the runner at first base get doubled off on a line drive.

2. The coach should remind runners not to let the second baseman tag them on their way to second base with runners on.

Oct 7, 2014