Michael Schweiss
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Motor Preferences | Pitching Coach | DFW
Joined October 2017
🎄25 Days of Drills 🎄. In the spirit of the holiday season, for the next 25 days I will be posting one “drill” each day with a video, explanation, and anything else relevant. I’ll be highlighting some of my favorite throwing, movement, and medball drills—each will be added to.
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 7 🎄. Half Kneeling Throws. If you want to feel your arm capture rotational energy off the trunk, these are a must-try! . This drill is no secret but I think it’s one of the best bang-for-your-buck throwing drills. @108Performance was the first time I
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Couple of SEC commits going pitch for pitch this weekend. Always fun seeing guys start to open it up and see the results of the hard work they’ve put in over the past few months. Two completely different movers but two elite amateur arms. @treyrangel03 — @TexasBaseball
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 17 🎄. PVC Rotation Series. Switching it up today with a throwing (or hitting) prep using a PVC. This series is great for grooving rotational patterns, exploring different ranges of movement and end points, creating stability into the ground, and
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Quick look at a blend of movement and throwing drills in one session with one of our HS athletes @landenharless . Focus was on arm action and staying connected through rotation. Cues: “move from the middle” (@108_Performance), “throw hard late”. #ZLPathletes
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 24 🎄. Backpedal Throws. Want to really feel trunk rotation drive the throw? Try these ⬇️. Just backpedal (slow or fast) away from your target and let your body organize itself to get the ball out on time. This drill has also worked wonders for guys
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4 days shy of my 33rd birthday…not too shabby for a washed RHP . Might as well keep going . #95ordie #zlpathlete
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 8 🎄. Flow Throws . This one was inspired by @flowsdoc and @docbaseballflows. You can get really creative with these but the main objective is to get up from the ground without using your hands and flow into a throw!. This definitely requires some mobility
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 9 🎄. Front Foot Elevated Throws. These can be really good for pitchers who struggle to feel their center of mass shift behind them (hinge) on leg lift and control that stable position into the forward move. It can also help create some pre-tension in the
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Honored to be inducted into the @UDallasSports Hall of Fame today! . There are too many people to thank but to all of my coaches, teammates, friends, and family—THANK YOU. I’m blessed to have been surrounded by so many amazing people throughout my playing career. I’m very proud
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 10 🎄. Mound Med Ball Slams. Mound (or back foot elevated) med ball slams are so good for feeling force application down into the ground on the front side. Three variations are shown in the video:. 1️⃣ Anchored rotational slams (with a rocker variation)
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 23 🎄. 4-Way Step Ups. Challenge back leg stability and find ideal center of mass balance with these super easy and effective drill. All you need is something to step up on—different heights and objects will definitely give a different feel. Rotate
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 16 🎄. Athletic Throws. I didn’t plan it this way but I’m currently out in Knoxville, TN at Bridge the Gap hosted by 108 Performance. It couldn’t be more perfect that today’s drill has been popularized by @108performance and been instrumental in
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Great throwing session with @TrentVilade . Trying to get more bouncy, springy, and athletic and transfer some new feels to the mound. Good look at some drills that are great for more aerial pitchers @MotorPreference . Aerial / Vertical / Disassociated / Left Motor Shoulder
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 19 🎄. Med Ball Rollout Throws. These can be really good for feeling tension in the lower half, especially the front leg prior to front foot strike. The front foot on the inside of the med ball forces the front hip to slightly internally rotate which
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 18 🎄. Single Leg Hop Throws 🦵. These can be great for so many reasons!. ✅ Dynamic .✅ Back leg stability.✅ Force creation.✅ Force acceptance.✅ Transfer of energy. Try out a small hop, big hop, double hop, etc—you’ll probably find one or two
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Huge upgrade for UD Baseball is finally done!! Brand new clubhouse with locker room, players lounge, and coaches offices. We worked hard for this and couldn’t be more excited for the guys to have a place to call their own. #UDBaseball
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 12 🎄. Heel / Toe Elevated Throws. Have you ever thrown really well when there is a hole dug on the mound? Or maybe really poorly with a hole up by the rubber?. There might be a reason! ⬇️. When the forefoot or heel are elevated when throwing, it can make
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Said goodbye to this guy today as he heads to play for @DBU_Baseball this year. Took a gap year after only having 1 offer coming out of his juco. Bet on himself and it paid off. Went from an all-time PR of 89 to topping 98 in bullpens. Work wins. @zl_performance
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 11 🎄. Pulse Throws. These are great for aerial athletes that like to feel light, bouncy, and elastic. You can bounce on both feet or alternate feet but the goal here is to spend as little time on the ground during the “pulses” as possible. You can also
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Rain sucks but where there’s a will, there’s a way. Makeshift plyo wall in the clubhouse so pitchers can still get work in today #UDBaseball
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 25 🎄. MERRY CHRISTMAS!! . The last “drill” in this 25 Days of Drills is simple—PLAY CATCH!!. There is just no replacement to being able to play a clean game of catch with a partner. If you can throw the ball 90-120 foot on a line and hit your partner in
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Pull downs are great but…how does it transfer?.Plyos are great but…how do they transfer?.PVCs, waterbags, aquaballs, vests, belts, etc…. Lifting heavy weights is great but…. At some point, the skill, stimulus, or modality HAS TO TRANSFER to the mound/box/field when it counts.
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 21 🎄. Greinke Throws. Modeled after the 🐐 Zach Greinke’s noticeable pelvic tilt move as he gets into and out of peak leg lift, this drill can be a great feel for keeping the front hip tilted which helps stabilize the back hip. This move can help
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Incredible outing on the biggest stage in college baseball by @GriffinHerring1 . What. A. Dude. @LSUbaseball @CWSOmaha
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Our offensive numbers last year to this year. We talked about launch angle and exit velocity & preached hit the ball hard in the air. We swung heavy bats & light bats. We also worked on bunts, hit & runs and 2K approach. Not yet where we want to be but we’re on the right track
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What a summer @NomadBaseball . In our first summer we:. ✅Trained 100+ athletes in person at our amazing partner facility @sfsportscomplex . ✅ Worked with 50+ college baseball players ranging from Juco to P5 D1 . ✅ Had dudes drive in from neighboring states and more fly in from.
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Can’t thank @drivelinebases enough for allowing me to come observe all of the awesome things that Driveline does. The “show up and get after it” culture is apparent and the training atmosphere brings out the best in players. Any coach serious about player development MUST visit
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 6 🎄. Boxer Throws 🥊. Rotational boxer throws are great for letting the arm relax in an “on time” position (90 degrees of elbow flexion) while feeling the trunk rotation does the heavy lifting. These are best for throwers with an axial motor preference
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 13 🎄. Half-Kneeling Kikuchi’s. Modeled after Yusei Kikuchi’s unique leg lift where his heel comes off the ground on leg lift, this drill is a progression on the “Kikuchi” drill. Start in a half kneeling position with the back foot on the ground and the
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 22 🎄. Figure 8 Rockers. There are a ton of variations to these and this drill can also target a variety of movement problems. For guys that struggle to keep the upper half/arms relaxed while creating tension through the lower half, the long loose figure
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Plyocare wall is up, turf is down, and freshman are on campus. Ready to get to work with our pitchers this fall!! @drivelinebases @UDallasSports #UDbaseball
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Fired up for @UDallasBaseball taking the series to open up conference play. It was definitely weird watching on the computer and not from the dugout but it’s clear this team has heart! Love you boys, way to battle this weekend! #mojospot.
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Here we go!!. 🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 1 🎄. Backpedal to Leg Lift Throw. This is one my favorites for guys who struggle to control the back hip and transfer energy forward into the throw. Just backpedal a few steps, stick the back foot in the ground, get to peak leg lift and
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I'm a little late on this but have had some people ask recently so I figured I should give a quick update. After 4+ years of coaching college baseball, I've decided to move into the private training world to focus on my passion of player development.
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One of the most common deficiencies I see on a daily basis is an unstable back foot. Watch how the weight shifts in the shoe from leg lift into the forward move. As @LantzWheeler preaches, problems often start upstream. The back foot is usually a good place to start.
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 15 🎄. Drop Steps. A classic drill and for good reason! . Drop steps can be great for any thrower regardless of motor preference!. Promote:. ✅ Rotation.✅ Back leg tension.✅ Rhythm .✅ Build up of energy. For throwers that lack ER in the back hip,
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Special day!! Got to celebrate two of my dudes sign to play at some big time programs. @Marcos_Paz5 and I have worked together since he was in 8th grade. @ethanbaiotto and I have worked together since he was a freshman. Next year they’ll be pitching against each other in the
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Using the tennis ball flip drill to unlock some athleticism and create adjustability in the swing. Much harder than it seems, especially on a windy day #UDBaseball @lukeboylson
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 13 🎄. Cueto Throws. An ode to the 🐐 Johnny Cueto and his “shimmy” move he mixed in later in his career. These are awesome for back foot/hip stability and awareness!. Get creative and funky with these—it takes a lot of single leg stability to stay
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Very proud of this guy absolutely dealing in New York this summer. Great pitcher and an even better person #UDbaseball .
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Voss the Boss!!.
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Danny Juarez. 6’0, 185 lbs, 20 years old.Haslet, TX. FB: 89-91, T92.7, 2100 RPM.SL: 77-80.CH: 82-83. D1 Transfer taking a gap year. 3 years of NCAA eligibility remaining. Rapsodo data & more video available upon request. DM for more details. @FlatgroundApp
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Seeing more and more threads on motor preferences—mostly trying to discredit or poke holes in the idea. Most of the time, I come away from these threads thinking the person really has no idea about motor preferences. A lot of the threads don’t even discuss it correctly or only.
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Drills are only as good as the FEEL that it produces. Better movement without a feel for that new movement is much harder to blend to the mound. If we want athletes to move better when it counts, we as coaches have to design drills that produce feels that can transfer.
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True story: . My last year in pro ball, I inexplicably started cutting my FB really bad. I always knew I had decent ride on my FB and also was a ++ command guy. All of a sudden, my FB was moving like crazy to the glove side and as a result, I couldn’t control it.
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D3 and Juco commits: absolutely do a signing day if you have the opportunity!! . I still remember mine. I committed and played at a D3. “Signed” a fake piece of paper but I was really proud to be “signing” next to my teammates, many of whom were going to play at higher levels.
This is not meant to be mean at all but we really have kids doing signing days to go D3/JUCO now? . Just kinda seems like a handout, participation trophy type ritual. Sometimes the kids will end up transferring or getting cut before they even step on the field . Would make me.
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 20 🎄. Old School Windups. One of my favorite drills for players who tend to create too much tension too early in the delivery!. Go watch pitchers from the mid 1900’s—guys like Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax, and Gaylord Perry. They had big exaggerated leg
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“Player development is having a player become their best coach” . So many awesome nuggets from @MdMadeHitting in this podcast 🔥.
🚨🚨New Podcast w/ @MdMadeHitting . @TewksHitting @CC20rake . - Tons of @MotorPreference talk.- ABCA recap .- High level adjustments .- Personalized player dev in 2025.
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Pretty incredible transformation from this dude. Glad to have been a small part of it!!.
This is this video of my personal pitching evolution. I post to video to hopefully show players that change is possible no matter where your mechanics are. Special thank to @108_Performance @WMarsh108 @CoachSchweissUD @SoCalBirds
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Not by accident. Griff has been preparing for this for a long time. 1 more week of great recovery and preparation @GriffinHerring1.
.@GriffinHerring1 is having 1 of the best pitching runs in TX HS playoff history. Last 5 games.W 7IP 2H 0R 9K.W 6IP 3H 0R 10K.W 5IP 1H 0R 11K.W 7IP 1H 0R 13K.W 7IP 3H 0R 15K. Total.5-0 32IP 10H 0R 58K. Herring hasn't allowed a run in 41 1/3 IP & hasn't allowed an ER in 55 2/3 IP
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Man, he is moving so much better here than his last couple of years at Vandy. Comment section is ridiculous though 🤦🏽♂️. Healthiest he’s been in a long time, throwing just as hard, and making it look wayyy easier…but yeah his delivery is “trash” & he needs to “use his legs more”.
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Awesome time spent at 108 Performance. Thanks @108_Performance for having me out and @WMarsh108 for letting me tag along on the training floor for a couple days. Heading home with so many interesting and provocative thoughts but definitely a better coach for having visited
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 3 🎄. Catch and Throw. This drill is a staple for a lot of my athletes and can be done during plyos, catch play, or on the mound. Catch and throws are great for guys who create too much tension too early in the throw and also can be really good for guys
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This dude absolutely deserves another shot at affiliated ball. Put up solid numbers and really good peripheral numbers in his first full season of pro ball. Outlier FB and outlier breaking ball spin. Just scratching the surface with his potential.
MiLB Free Agent 2/18 Bullpen. 23 Years Old. Low A/High A experience 2024 with @Brewers org. 60 IP 61 k’s 23 bb’s 4.80 ERA 3.84 FIP
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🎄 25 Days of Drills—Day 2 🎄. QB Dropbacks 🏈. Mix in 3, 5, 7 step drops and different rollouts. Throw slants, fades, deep post, swing pass, etc. ✅ Athleticism.✅ Adaptability.✅ Rotation.✅ Fun. Can be great for an aerial motor preference to feel bouncy and light. Try it out
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UD Baseball making some upgrades with a little DIY bench project!! @UDCoachMyers @22BigWillyStyle @JPFasone1
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The best players are often the best liars. A thread 🧵:.
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No words can describe the competitive spirit of @w_patterson11 . This dude gets better and better every week and never settles. Proud of you Will P!.
Ballgame! . Will Patterson (@w_patterson11) forces the fly ball to center for the final out as @HebronBaseball takes the 3-1 victory over Coppell.
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Getting some small groups / private training going for this winter to prepare guys for high school season! . Limited number of spots available. DM or text for info on schedule, location, etc. Ready to start getting after it again!.
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Finished up our last practice before opening day with a little one swing machine competition. Ready to go this weekend is an understatement #UDBaseball #Dsquad
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Mix in angled front toss (with the cue hit it to the scoreboard in right center) with regular BP to emphasize staying behind the baseball and create more adjustability. Cool to watch guys make adjustments and utilize the whole field as they progressed through their rounds.
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This was an incredible debate between two extremely smart, experienced, and passionate individuals @ABCA1945 . In my opinion, it’s not strength vs. mechanics. It’s not a question of which matters most. THEY BOTH MATTER!! . At Nomad, we utilize both of these approaches with.
Tonight at 7 at @ABCA1945 !.Injury epidemic debate with @ArmCarecom The event will be in the Vineyard Tower - Level 1 High Plains Room- 1,2,3 See you there!
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One of the coolest moments of my baseball journey was getting to hang out with Pete Rose and listen to his endless stories in the clubhouse before a game in Indy ball. RIP to one of the greatest to ever do it. A competitor unlike any other.
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Day 1 of the Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit hosted by @ArmoryFlorida . Couldn’t be more fired up to learn from some of the brightest minds in the baseball training world
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Happy New Year!! 🎉. I appreciate everyone that followed along during the 25 Days of Drills throughout December. My goals were to:. ✅ Help players & coaches with some creative problem solving in the form of throwing drills. ✅ Get outside of my comfort zone . The second one is.
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Just keeps getting better. Command was much improved this fall and velo continues to tick up. Extremely tough to barrel with the levers and arm slot. A++ human being . Can’t recommend this kid enough to any 4 year program.
Sophomore LHP @TJCBaseball .6’6 230. FB: 89-91, T93.CT: 85-87.SL: 75-77.CH: 80-81. @BrettDoe @EliEgger4
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Pitchers—no matter what throwing phase you are in right now (de-load, ramp-up, patterning, velo, etc), you NEED TO STILL BE ON THE SLOPE. Throwing on the mound does not necessarily mean bullpens or anything high intent. Dry work, drill work, plyo throws, catch play…high.
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Drills are only as good as the context/intention behind them and the feel/movement they create. Performing a drill blindly is likely to have no positive carryover to the mound.
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Incredible weekend in Knoxville, TN for Bridge the Gap 2023 hosted by @108_Performance . Got to spend some quality time with @WMarsh108 and @kc_White5 — 2 absolute DUDES that I was fortunate enough to coach in college. And now I get to learn from them! . Surround yourself with
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It’s hard to believe there are still coaches that claim that throwing hard or developing pitchers is easy or simple. It’s neither. I think it’s incredibly difficult and complex (maybe that makes me a bad coach 🤷🏽♂️). Our job as coaches is to make it as simple as possible for.
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6.2 shutout w/ 13 K’s to win the district. @Marcos_Paz5 is a DUDE 🔥🔥🔥.
RHP Marcos Paz (@Marcos_Paz5) has been brilliant. Through 5 shutout with 1 H & 8K. Up 1-0 in the @PrimeHydrate Five Tool Game of the Week. FB: 91-93.SL: 77-80.CH: 83-86.Pocket Radar Five Tool #90Club. @HebronBaseball (TX) 2025 #uncommitted. @FiveToolTexas. Profile:
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3 no-hit innings against the #5 team in the country. Love seeing a freshman compete on the big stage.
Duke freshman Owen Proksch (‘25 Elig) has been a wrecking ball in relief, 2.0 IP with 4 Ks so far…FB 88-91, SL 79-81…the Deacs still have a zeros across the board @DukeBASE @WakeBaseball
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The guys got after it yesterday in our first full team practice. The theme of the day was adjustability and the goal was to find a barrel every swing #UDBaseball
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Development / training is really complicated in baseball. Anyone who tells you it’s simple is either lying, selling you something, or hasn’t experienced enough difficult development cases. But just get bigger, stronger, faster and that will solve everything 👎.
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🎟️🎟️🎟️ @Cpo22.
Cade Povich struck out 8 across 6 IP last night, giving him 99 in 66 IP this season. Only two pitchers in all of minor league baseball have more strikeouts than Povich.
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How many players have I made worse?. That’s a scary, but pivotal, question for coaches to ask. Quick thread on my mistakes and recent/continued development as a coach 🧵:.
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Pumped to add @harrym0013 to the staff!! Going to be a huge addition to our program #UDBaseball.
Can’t believe in a week I’ll be heading to join the @UDallasBaseball coaching staff and start working towards completing my Masters degree from the University of Dallas. Excited to learn from @UDCoachGrafton and @CoachSchweissUD for the next couple years!
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Come join us!.
🚨🤯 in Player Dev🚨 @THSBCA . 👉@THE108WAY & @WMarsh108 some of the best minds in Player Development - Hot Stove🔥. 📍@TPABASEBALLTX hosted by TZL Performance (@TylerSkovron). 🕰 9:00 PM 1/13/22. 🧐 @THSBCA /Staff (everyone invited). ⚾️deep dive - Opportunity to get better⚾️
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🎄25 Days of Drills—Day 4 🎄. End Point Throws 🎯. Picked these up from @RandySullivanPT and @ArmoryFlorida recently and have been loving them!. At the “end point” of the throw (ball release), we should have the least amount of variance compared to the rest of the delivery.
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The best compliments for a competitor in my opinion. Proud of you @dobbs2023.
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During the last third of my workout this am, I felt sluggish and ready to go home. Then I had the thought—what if those who’ve defended our freedom and those that continue to do so had given up in the last third of the fight? Thank you to those who gave me the freedom.
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Pretty special!! @GriffinHerring1.
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👀👀👀. “Decent” pro debut for @PaulBonzagni . 96-98 with 2 punchies…that’ll play.
1.0 IP, 0 H & 2 K's in the pro debut of 2023 12th round pick @PaulBonzagni yesterday for the ACL Rangers 🔥
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Pitchers: an outing is almost never as bad as you think it was or as good as you think it was. Learning to evaluate each outing as objectively as possible is a game changer. Take one good thing to build on, one bad thing to improve on and turn the page to the next outing!.
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With the weather lately, pitchers haven't been able to get outside and throw much so we used a day earlier this week as a classroom session to discuss pitch tunneling. Yesterday we got to put it into practice. Here's my rookie attempt at a video overlay.
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A reminder that changing distal segments via cues, constraints, or implements can absolutely affect proximal segments—for better or worse. Some athletes have zero clue how their pelvis/spine moves through space in the swing/throw and making them aware of it can lead to negative.
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Great Saturday morning with @BasebKeepers and #RP11. Thanks @JimmyV29 for always keeping the important things important . #keeperofthegame.
What a day! Our #RP11 events are the best. ⚾️🥎💚💛. We love serving those who need us most. #keeperofthegame
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Proud of this dude!! Went about the process the right way and landed at an incredible program. The real work starts now!.
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This dude is starting to put it all together!. Nasty stuff combined with 80 grade mound presence . @Marcos_Paz5.
Marcos Paz (‘25 TX) has come out firing tonight for @HebronBaseball touching 93 in the first and playing firm. Has gone to a disgusting SL in the upper 70s; low 80s as a big time s/m pitch. Ball comes out easy; delivery is smooth. Easy arm action with effortless velo. #PGHS
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Tech is cool but FEEL is way cooler…. As HS and college seasons start up and pro guys head off to spring training in the next few weeks, the importance of FEEL cannot be understated.
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2 guys PR’d on the mound today. College guy hit 90 for the 1st time ever (actually 92) and a HS guy hit 85 for the 1st time. Both of them were obviously pumped. But the best part is the guys around them were just as excited, if not more so, for each of them. So dang cool to see.
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This kid will help a college program win games. Luke is ultra competitive, self-motivated, and not even close to his ceiling. Wherever he lands will be very happy to have him. #zlpathlete @LukeDeVasher.
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I have very few regrets from my playing career-biggest by far is I shut down throwing for 1-2 months each winter. Didn’t know any better at the time but looking back I missed out on so much training time. Think twice and do some research before blindly shutting down this winter.
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Wheels down to Dallas!! 2nd @ABCA1945 Convention for me and it’s right in my backyard. Fired up for another incredible weekend #ABCA2019 #UDBaseball
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