Gordie Gillespie is the all-time winningest coach in college baseball history.  He coached for 53 seasons…CRAZY. In this article he explains 12 components that makes up a great coach. When a legend talks, you need to listen. This isn’t rocket science, even if you haven’t played at a high level…

Jim Reiner is a very well-respected groundskeeper with loads of great experience.  I personally signed up for his free report on field maintenance and learned a ton….. If you aspire to be a great coach you must improve your game in terms of taking care of a field I admit…

I have seen time and time again…. You have seen this time and again….. Pitcher gets screwed on a call…or maybe he’s having the worst night of his life He loses it, blows up, can’t believe what’s happened. I remember a long time ago, I was a junior in high…

“Go warm up!”  I heard myself yell out to my players….. As they jogged out I grabbed a rake, started out around 1st base workin on the dirt….. ahhh then I thought about how beautiful it was today….then I doubled checked the practice plan…..then I asked one of the other…

Here is Frank Thomas- look at about 30 seconds…his back foot actually comes off the ground during his swing.  Plus you get to see the cool old school commercial. Can be hard to see on this video, but this picture illustrates it perfectly…   Yeah, I know Frank was 6’6…

Every coach at any level has had a hitter who does not get everything out of his backside during a swing.  The player who does not rotate his back foot during his swing loses out on a great deal of power available from his backside.  What do you say to…

I’m sick of coaches talkin’ about squishing the bug……guess what…NO GREAT HITTERS DO THIS The more hitters I work with, especially high school hitters, only serves to strengthen my belief about the importance of the back foot in the swing. The importance of stressing getting the back foot to the…

Here is what top baseball strength trainer Eric Cressey thinks about showcases. http://ericcressey.com/baseball-showcases-a-great-way-to-waste-money-and-get-injured   He has trained many major league players, including Kevin Youkilis.  He is respected in the strength and conditioning world as one of the premier trainers, and his track record of producing healthy, functionally strong baseball players…

You ask me if there is one book or one author hundreds of major leaguers and millions of serious baseball players swear by, and I’ll tell you yes, there is a guy. This guy is the author of books that people have highlighted and reread, have numerous copies of many of…

“He’s pulling all the right strings,” Craig said of his manager. “It’s fun to watch.” “On Tuesday, Washington had quipped that he could never “match a wit” with La Russa. He could only attempt to put his players in the position to win. His players could not come through tonight.”…