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That little college you’ve never heard of most likely has some dudes who throw 88-92, can run, have guys with juice , & a ton of guys who r flat out competitors. Good luck thinking you’re going 2 walk in & be handed a starting spot. College baseball is really good at all levels.
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Most high school kids are not talented enough to go straight into an average division 3 program and start. That’s how good college baseball is. We have to educate parents and players better so they can get a better idea of where they belong in regards to level of play.
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I don’t care what Twitter says - runner on 3rd less than 2 outs- a hard ground ball to second base is a quality at bat.
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College baseball and softball rosters next year are going to be FULL. Better not take this summer off or you’ll find yourself out of a job.
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If you survived college baseball conditioning in these bricks than you can do anything.
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That little college you’ve never heard of most likely has guys who are 88-92, guys who can run, guys who leave the yard, and players that are PHYSICAL. You better be prepared to come into college baseball and fight for playing time.
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I want guys In my program who show the same amount of respect to the janitor, cafeteria worker, bus driver as they do the President, professor, athletic director.
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If a players parents contact our coaching staff about playing time it is grounds for dismissal from our program. We want to create young men that are accountable in our program. Academically or social well being, we will communicate with parents frequently if needed.
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Just because you played professionally doesn't mean you can coach. That is the biggest misconception in the game of baseball.
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90 plus percent of division 2, NAIA, Juco, and D3 are going to carry 40-55 players next year with some carrying even more. If you’re scared of competition then stay home. You are going to have to earn your way on the field at the collegiate level.
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There’s more to life than baseball but, baseball sure does teach you a lot about life. ⚾️
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Just because a coach doesn’t play a kid as often or at all doesn’t mean we don’t care about that kid. We are putting the best 9 players on the field to try to win. Some of my favorite kids I’ve ever coached barely saw the field.
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Parents- please stop contacting college coaches for your child. If your child can’t take 5 minutes to write an email how can we possibly think they can handle class, weight room, or practice ? Throws up nothing but red flags.
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I wanted to let everyone know that I have accepted the offer to be the next Head Baseball Coach at NCAA D2 Bluefield State College. I will always cherish Concord University and the impact it’s had on my career.
#GoBigBlue
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We are a HBCU state funded Division 2 in WV on the VA/WV line. We are an affordable liberal arts institution that competes at the NCAA D2 level. You don’t have to go in debt 80k to play Division 2 baseball.
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10:30 at night..I check the cameras.. one of our freshman trying to get better.. love to see it
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Some of our pitchers material…. Hopefully this helps someone
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Incoming Freshman- get at bats against college arms / hitters the summer before you enter college. Lift 4-5 days a week and make sure you’re getting your sprint work in. Show up ready to take someone’s job.
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Was asked today what it’s like being a white male at an HBCU. I love people. People are people. I want to further diversify the game of baseball and I love where I coach. I am proud to work at an HBCU.
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Recruits- go where you’re wanted. Go where you’re going to get better and there’s actual player development. Go where you have a chance to have an impact not the place that looks cool on social media. If coaches want to invest in you that’s a great sign it could be a great fit.
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4 Black males drafted in the first round of the MLB draft already tonight. HBCU’s that continue to cut baseball please take notice. NCAA please take notice and adjust the 11.7 scholarships allowed at the D1 level and while you’re at it increase the limit for division 2.
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If a college coach guarantees you during the recruiting process that you’ll start as a freshman then there’s only 2 reasons.
1. Coach is lying 2. Program is terrible
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Took an old building and made it into a decent place to get work in.
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Recruits. Ignore the critics. You’re going to college to DEVELOP and get better ! You won’t be the same player at 18 when you’re 21-22 if you’re willing to outwork everyone. I was 86-88 leaving high school. Got up to 96-97 when I got drafted. You decide how good you want to be.
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Working on maintaining tilt and adjusting the tee after every turn to learn to adapt to different pitches.
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Any junior college arms or 2023 arms that are being overlooked ? Love to seem some film.. prefer at least 83-86 2023’s with feel for spin but, open to seeing all video.
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We have updated our pitching material. Throwing program, pre throw, post throw and some recommended drills based off what area our guys need help in. Hope this helps someone’s program.
@FlatgroundApp
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Using analogy of throwing a punch when talking rotation around the spine & limiting forward movement with the head. The goal is to get into the ground and initiate rotation from a stabilized position. Get energy to the ball as quick as possible.
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Biggest thing baseball players struggle with when their careers come to an end is their identity as a person. Don’t let baseball be who you are let it be what you do and your platform to serve others.
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Travel ball tourneys... please stop handing out rings at every tournament... Waters down the actual meaning of winning a championship
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Division 1 rosters will be cut down to 40 at Christmas break. That means a lot of young men are about to go into the portal. This also means colleges have multiple resources to recruit from. High school, juco, transfers, and post grad. If you get an offer you like better take it.
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The best recruiters in college baseball usually aren’t the actual coaches they are the players on your roster.
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There’s no coaching mechanics on game day. Let them compete.
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Pitchers stop throwing 90 percent of pens from the wind up. If you're fortunate enough to P at college level most of you won't start, you'll come out of the pen. Mix in holds, looks, shakes, times to the plate (1.3 or under) during your pens make it game speed
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Players your college coaches job is to replace you every year in recruiting. Your job is to be so good they can’t.
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These emails mean more to me than anything we do on the field. We are trying to develop good humans.
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Recruits it’s okay if you play on a bad team, it’s not the end of the world. We are recruiting the individual player not your team.
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5 things I think can help every pitcher especially our youth…
1. Move quicker down the slope 2. Stay away from a really wide set pos. The feet take over. 3. Sink the hands and lift leg up 4. Focus on posture 5. Eyes up
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At the end of the day my job as a college coach is to help produce good men, husbands, fathers, co-workers and make sure they get their education. Winning baseball games become a by product of grooming boys into men.
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We are looking for 2023 arms that want to major in Engineering. We have one of the top engineering programs in the region and we want to take advantage of it.
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We’ve been struggling to keep the ball off the ground lately so we switched it up today for BP.
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So many arms could benefit from 2 things quickly. 1. Better upper body posture to rotate more efficiently 2. Move quicker to carry mass forward down the slope better
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2024’s- we are looking for engineering majors. We have a top ranked engineering degree. Our program set a school record with 25 wins in 2023. Get a high level degree that sets you up for a great career and play at a high level.
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@FlatgroundBats
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A large percentage of high school athletes would benefit from taking the money they spend on lessons and travel and take it and pay a strength coach and someone to educate them on nutrition.
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There’s a misconception in coaching that coaches only like the good players... wrong. We like the players who are great teammates, don’t complain, show interest to learn and bring their best effort everyday. Doesn’t always have to be the best players but, there is a correlation.
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Parents- college coaches won’t take into consideration your opinion of your child’s athletic ability when we evaluate them. They will take into consideration your child’s manners, body language, language, sportsmanship, and that is often a direct reflection of mom and dad.
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You won’t find a better human than sophomore Sebastian Ortega. Sebby lost his dad last summer unexpectedly and his mom is currently awaiting surgery for breast cancer. Through everything he smiles everyday at the park and works hard everyday. Pray for his mom in the upcoming wks.
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Year 8 in college coaching some things I’m working on- Positivity over negativity, invest in my guys on a personal level, show them I love them, don’t coach based off results instead coach to standards and principles. Never let wins/losses effect how I treat my family.
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A coaches job is to develop you into a better person and player. Our job is not to be your friend and tell you what you want to hear. We tell you what you need to hear.
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Recruits- College coaches have 4 avenues to recruit from now… Portal, High School, Juco, Post Grad… Don’t give coaches any reason to cross you off… handle your academics… Play hard everyday… effort is simply a choice you make..
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Our first recruiting class for Bluefield State College Baseball 💪
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Recruits keep pushing.... I didn’t sign until June of my senior year. Everything will work out the way it’s suppose to.
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Pre setting the back leg allows for an easier transition into the hinge and quicker transition to getting the body moving forward. Not everyone can lock and move into a deep hinge position efficiently.
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We need HBCU baseball to make a push. Baseball is a revenue generator at small institutions. 40-50 man rosters generating 500-600k in tuition revenue with a 100k operating budget is a profitable business model. There is only 1 hbcu program left in the entire state of NC. 🤷🏻♂️
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One of the biggest misconceptions in sports - just because you were a good player or played at a high level means you are qualified to coach or have the ability to lead and communicate effectively with athletes. This is simply not true.
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Parents.... please take a deep breath. It’s okay for your son to be a freshman/sophomore and even junior and not have any offers.
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I’ve traveled the last 4-5 days and I have one big observation- Manners are a thing of the past. Very disappointing a lot of people have lost touch with basic manners- thank you, yes sir, no ma’am, Excuse me… my children and our team will still practice manners..
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Velocity gets you in the door quicker... being able to pitch keeps you inside the room.
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Getting the center moving forward should be at the center of every pitcher or pitching coaches checklist. This allows for better posture in the upper body and for the pelvis to be able to work properly. Seeing too many arms over emphasizing the back leg and reach
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We are looking to add one arm at the break. We have a great engineering program, business, criminal justice, and more. Beautiful stadium, trackman, playing 3 game set against D1 opponent and a few trips south to open up. Send me a DM if interested.
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One popular thing I continue to hear in recruiting is…. I’m going to go juco so I can play right away… I know several jucos with 60 kids and multiple transfers. Juco baseball is very good. You most likely won’t walk into the juco level and start.
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Your work ethic should be louder than anything your mouth can say.
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Good morning to everyone except the pitchers who take 25 seconds in between pitches.
#figureitout
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Will the college tuition bubble ever pop ? How are schools charging 50k a year for a liberal arts degree ?
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Middle controls everything… watch the relationship between the pelvis and the arm. Energy flows from the ground up.
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Young arms- play catch with the change up every single day.
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I am at the point in my career where I no longer consider a Pitcher to have good “ stuff” if it’s not in the strike zone. I could care less how hard you throw or what your spin rate is on the rapsodo if you can never get to strike 1 or land it in the zone.
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Sometimes I catch myself evaluating parents on a visit more than the kids. 95 percent of kids won’t be an issue but, there’s a lot of parents who throw up red flags. You can avoid so many headaches in the recruiting process.
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Hide the chest or delay upper body rotation to allow the lower body to turn first and establish the ground. This creates a slingshot effect in the upper body or a uncoiling/unwinding effect of the upper body after the back hip/middle clears
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Recruits- your social media is a real life resume. What you post matters.
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Pitchers
Get on the mound
Dry work, touch and feel, catch play, light command day, feel for spin, med ball, short boxes, pen days, drill work etc
If you aren’t on the slope a lot you won’t have any feel for the zone or awareness of your body.
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Lazy players don’t deserve the right to be frustrated when things don’t go their way. They didn’t make any sacrifice to be good… good players sacrifice a lot of things to be good.. they can be frustrated when things don’t go well.. it all goes back though to the way you prepare
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Peyton Lewis- BSU. Peyton never played varsity high school baseball. He was cut both years. Peyton is currently hitting .356 4 2b’s, 3 3B’s, 1 home run, 12 RBI’s with 8 stolen bases. Peyton is an accounting major with a 3.5 gpa. Don’t listen to your critics. Never give up.
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A huge thank you to Clemson University Head Coach Monte Lee and the Clemson University baseball staff for letting us get our work in before opening day.
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I was 6’4 215 and up to 96 in college and went in the 35th round. 2nd year short season single a 5-0 42 innings 2.34 era... was asked to go back to short season a again. If you are getting a chance to play college baseball just be thankful.. it only gets harder.
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2 things that will help every pitcher improve right away. 1. Eyes up ( eyes tell the brain brain tells the body what to do and where to execute 2. BREATHE ( control your heart rate and be relaxed, more relaxed we are the more clear our mind is to execute the task)
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When is our society going to step up and change the dynamic of softball and baseball to attract more diversity into the sports? We are losing so many kids in inner city’s because baseball and softball are out pricing so many families. We HAVE to do better.
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High spin fastballs are prevalent in college baseball today. I still believe sinker/sliders are more successful overall.
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In 2022 we will play one of the tougher d2 schedules in the country. If we want to play in a NCAA regional we have to play the best- UNC Pembroke, North Greenville, Concord University, West Virginia State, Millersville , Shepherd, Lenoir Ryhne , University Of Charleston and more
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Thank you to our seniors!!
These young men either graduated Saturday or will graduate in the fall ✅
First winning season in school history for baseball ✅
First Championship in school history for baseball ✅
First 20 win season in school history for baseball ✅
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I don’t care what level you play at if you are given an opportunity to continue your playing career you better be thankful. A lot of kids would love an opportunity to be a Student-Athlete at the collegiate level. Juco, D3, NAIA, D2, D1 doesn’t matter. It’s about the experience.
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Paxtons first time traveling with us. I think he’s pretty excited.
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Tell your players that you’re proud of them. They may not hear it anywhere else.
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