Calibrating the Swing
“There’s no better way to (calibrate) than letting the body move through space on its’ own with tension relationships” - Bobby Stroupe In...
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Chris Smith
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
GAME THEORY IN PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Yesterday I came across a tweet that shared a snippet from MLB network that had Robert Flores, Dan O'Dowd, and Mark DeRosa discussing the...
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Chris Smith
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Coaching Diagnostics: Identify The Correct Problem
After going through some old notes from 2018 where I was studying some content on biomechanical concepts from Altis online course. I came...
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Chris Smith
- Oct 6, 2021
- 4 min
Phil Nevin Probably Made The Right Decision To Send Judge Home
While watching the Wild Card Game on ESPN last night, one play seemed to gain a lot of attention. That was the decision by Phil Nevin,...
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Chris Smith
- Mar 23, 2021
- 4 min
Research Discussion: What Can Cricket Batters Gaze Tell Us About Baseball Hitters Gaze?
Here is the link to the article for anyone interested in reading for themselves: https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2758...
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Chris Smith
- Dec 10, 2020
- 7 min
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Chris Smith
- Jun 16, 2020
- 8 min
Systematic Approach to Bat Speed Training: Accounting For Asymmetries
One common statement you will here in the sporting world and certainly baseball is how effective we can be as coaches by "keeping it...
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Chris Smith
- May 3, 2020
- 3 min
Being a Coach: The Pendulum Swing in Baseball
I want to preface this post with I have no disagreement or opinion on what Trey Hannam is talking about here. I do not know Trey either....
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Chris Smith
- Feb 10, 2020
- 10 min
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Chris Smith
- Nov 25, 2019
- 6 min
Player Analysis: Juan Soto & Optimal Functioning
World Series just ended with the Washington Nationals taking down the Houston Astros (winning all 4 games on the road pretty incredible...
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Chris Smith
- Sep 29, 2019
- 9 min
Player Development's Ongoing Dilemma
As coaches we are constantly looking for the perfect formula in player development. That recipe for success for each individual athlete....
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Chris Smith
- Jul 28, 2019
- 6 min
Learning? Failing? Or Both?
I think we all have been there as coaches, where you just aren't sure if we are really improving. It's been a couple weeks and you have...
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Chris Smith
- Mar 11, 2019
- 3 min
Mapping Out Each Hitters Development Plan - Part 2: continued...
Looking at the above screening we can definitely see right away that this athlete has hip limitations. He may have some issues with...
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Chris Smith
- Dec 12, 2018
- 6 min
Mapping Out Each Hitters Development Plan - Part 2: Assess & Correct Your Players Physical Limits
This next portion of the development plan is going to focus on the physical aspect of your players. What's been hot going around the...
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Chris Smith
- Dec 11, 2018
- 4 min
Mapping Out Each Hitters Development Plan - Part 1: Learn about your players
Understanding each hitters is different will be crucial to their development throughout the year, honestly it's probably going to change...
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Chris Smith
- Dec 5, 2018
- 5 min
HitTrax Session: Contact Point
The following data was pulled from a session of cage work off of front toss at 15 feet way with a wood bat at 33", 31 oz as a right...
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Chris Smith
- Dec 2, 2018
- 6 min
Cage Culture
Whether you like it or not your hitters will take more swings inside your cages than they ever will on the field. We all understand the...
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