A great video of Manny Ramirez's swing mechanics narrated by former MLB catcher Don Slaught. I purchased Don's Right View Pro software several years ago and it provides insight to a batters swing mechanics you can't get any other way.
Tag Archive: Coaching 101
Let kids enjoy the game
Via the Youth Sports Parents Blog comes the following: Gretzky on youth hockey from Youth Sports Parents by Mark Hyman This is a terrific piece from last Friday's Toronto Globe and Mail in which Wayne Gretzky speaks out about the overheated state of youth hockey. Basically, ...
Athletes need a highlight reel
One of the techniques I've used over the years to help a child build self confidence is the highlight reel. Most any child who has watched ESPN or any televised sport for that matter, is familiar with highlight footage. In fact they often look forward ...
Athletics beyond high school
Over the years and just recently in fact, I've written about the importance of perspective when it comes to youth sports. Despite our desires, one must recognize just how unlikely it is, that any one of us is raising a professional athlete. Don't get me wrong, the last thing I want is to shoot ...
I Won’t Cheat Foundation
Their mission: Two-time National League Baseball MVP Dale Murphy launched this foundation with the intent to eliminate steroids and other illegal performance enhancing drugs from the world of sports. Our mission is to bring together the best minds and most ...
Understanding the value of Sports
According to Jay Coakley, a sociology Professor who specializes in the sociology of sports and the National Alliance for Youth Sports, parents need to have realistic expectations when it comes to youth sports. Here are a few sobering points: Less than one percent of high school athletes are offered a division one scholarship or receive any ...
Honor The Game
The Positive Coaching Alliance believes the time has come to unite behind a powerful new term, "Honoring the Game." Coaches, parents, and athletes need to realize that an Honoring the Game perspective needs to replace the common win-at-all-cost perspective. If a ...
Double-Goal Coaching
I generally try to be a positive person, but sometimes I'm more successful than others... Anyway, while the majority of my baseball coaching days are behind me, my team building or life coaching are very much a part ...
Characteristics of Champions
What exactly makes a champion? Certainly an interesting question to try and answer. Ask 10 different coaches and you're likely to get 10 different answers. That must have been the frustration of the US Olympic Committee when they commissioned a study to better understand the psychological characteristics of Olympic champions and how they could be ...
Nine Principles of Baseball and Life
One of our JCBI parents ran across this and shared it with our team. Nine Principles of Baseball and Life by Raymond Angelo Belliotti documents some pretty powerful words to live by, both on and off the field. I felt it's worth sharing with the rest of you. Baseball is about parents taking their children ...
