Changing your swing isn't about a feel. You have to establish a new memory... a new path for getting the bat to the ball.

Until you establish that new memory, you have nothing to attempt to repeat.

For the first time since Feb. 7th St. Thomas Softball does NOT have to get on a bus or a plane to play ball!

Hot Take: The obstruction rule should be applied when a runner is actually obstructed and was out because of said obstruction.

If a runner is out by 10 feet on a steal attempt, there was never any prevention or hinderance.

YES/YES/NO hitting vs IS IT/YES/GO… one will lead to success, the other will lead to 2-0 Fb being fouled off over the oppo dugout!! Hitters….Your eyes are your breaks, not the gas pedal!!!

I’ll say it EVERY year. Taking your stats off line is only OK if you don’t plan on looking at your opponents stats! NCAA Softball

“Usually when you’re facing high velocity you want to hit high velocity off the machine, but for him it was the opposite…I learned a lot from him, now I know what I’m going to do with certain guys who have the same issue”🤯

Listen to Braves Hitting Coach Bobby Magallanes talk

Monday night (Jan 15) I’m hosting a Zoom call 🔥

• WHO: Young coaches looking for guidance + advice on how to be their best

• WHY: This is something I’m very passionate about! I wish I had help when I was working my way up (I still am)

RT or reply + I’ll message the link 🤝

Keith Little 'Show me where you want to make contact' then do it.

Some need to feel like its more out front, some need to feel like the ball gets into their body

HITTERS: Timing has to be your #1 goal!

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥 ->💰<- 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥

- Not your outcome
- Not your exit velocity
- Not how your swing looks

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐲-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞

Fantastic article on what makes Seaver special. Take edge pitches until 2 strikes, swing at pitches in the middle of the plate you can do damage with, always. This is the magic formula for increasing OPS.

baseballprospectus.com/news/article/8…

Attending the ABCA Convention in Dallas?

We're holding a free coach clinic on Thursday Jan 4 at Cover All Bases in Arlington.

Register here: pelotero.com/2024-pre-abca-…

Hitters: How many times can you be on time today?

- Late? Be too early a couple times then find the happy medium

- Early? Be too late a couple times then find the happy medium

- On time consistently? Good, now challenge yourself more vs pitches, speeds, distances.

Improving your bat speed doesn't improve your ability to create timing.

It doesn't even guarantee you'll have more time to wait. (Because some players who improve bat speed create a swing that takes longer to execute.)

Step 1 is timing, then learn how to do it faster.

How many players are confident enough to end BP on a poorly hit ball?

👀Can you read it??? 😜

Check out this incredible mic'd up conversation between 2022 MVP Paul Goldschmidt and Hitting Coordinator Andrew Aydt 🙌

If you are hyper focused on swing, your dopamine/mental reward system is going to be focused on swing.

If you do that, you're going to start to think your swing is what makes you a good hitter.

Swing is a piece. Yes, important. Most hitters aren't facing such good competition

Some players need to feel the pelvis and back leg counter in order to anchor the big toe, properly load the glute and control the stride.

Andre Agassi is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He reached the world No. 1 ranking in 1995 but fell to No. 141 in 1997 before climbing back to No. 1 two years later.

This is Andre Agassi describing how he did it:

▪️ Being the best in the world