Identity firmly in Christ ✝️ | Dad to ZMR 🤟🏽 | Rays MiLB Hitting Coach | Hitting Development & The Game Behind the Game | Occasional arrow slinger
Hickory, NC
Joined March 2009
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Saw these amazing people out rucking for Veterans on my run. Had to stop and get a picture and tell them how awesome it was to see. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
"He pulled off the ball." We say it, then we build the fix around it. One line isn't enough to coach from. What we saw, the count, the plan, the at-bats before it. Context first. Then the fix.
Study by Folmer et al. (2008), 166 kids ages 5–15: older kids tended to think needing lots of effort as less ability. The shift tends to show up around 10–12.
So don't just look for what to fix. Catch them doing something good, and tell them exactly what it was.
A thought for the coaches out there. Most of the time we step in too early because it’s hard for us to watch, not because they need it. Maybe the job really is learning how to wait on the right moment? Patience isn’t passiveness. #playerdevelopment”
48 hours of a baseball dream. World Series with Z. Then home for his own playoff game. Watching him fall in love with the game has reenergized mine. 🤟
Proud to be a Ray! Congrats to everyone who played a part. An organization’s only goal should be to compete for a chance to win the World Series. Doing that is a product of the great work people do that doesn’t get seen. Congrats to a great year for everyone involved! #RaysUp
I've heard this one in every cage, every dugout, every car ride home.
And I get why. It's simple, and sometimes it even works. But I've started to wonder what it's actually fixing. 🧵
The best hitters in the world aren't thinking about mechanics in the box.
So what's taking up that space instead?
Last day of 1941. Ted Williams is hitting .39955, which rounds up to .400. He could’ve sat out and kept it.
He played both games, went 6-for-8 and finished at .406.
Would you have sat out? Be honest.
