Hip Rotation: -11
Follow Through: -8
Other: -10 (Wear and Tear)
OIP (Overall Injury Probability): 38%
Monday, June 30, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Today's Lost Soul Is Tomorrow's Ascended Being
Hitters are taught to narrow the width of the plate from 17 inches to the middle 10 inches, and expand back out to 17 inches when there's 2 strikes in the count. They recycle their approach in each at bat usually with the minimal idea that each pitch is their pitch, and expect fastball and adjust to the curve.
On Deck Circle
On Deck Circle
It's important to understand that you get your hits here before you ever get into the batter's box.
Begin by reinforcing your slot position swing muscle memory with the MP30 Training Bat (see Jaime Cevallos' Swing Mechanic MP30 blog post).
Now proceed with mental prepping your pre-pitch Timing Activation (see Timing Activation blog post), desensitize your nervous system (see On Deck Drill To Desensitize The Nervous System blog post), and lastly before heading to the batter's box -do a quick depth perception drill by looking at your fine centering-soft centering reference points*.
NEXT
Repeat before the 1st pitch and after each sequential pitch...the following...
Outside box or half and half if league rules allow:
Night Game… Close eyes for 5 seconds for improved vision (See Retina/Vision Trick blog post)...You may have to remind your 3rd base coach that you'll be doing this.
Situational Awareness:
Know outs and base runners' locations and then look to 3rd Base Coach
IN BOX:
Pre-Pitch Recycling Timing Activation (See Recycling and Timing Activation Blog Posts if needed).
Once completed...
Start getting in rhythm with the pitcher, initiate small c knuckle of hand movement (see KEEPING YOUR HEAD STILL IN YOUR SWING FROM THE START blog post) and pre-Oxygenation phase:
Gently shift your weight from back to front repeatedly over your center point (40-60) and draw a small c with your knuckle as you are fine centering and soft centering visually. Continue the rhythm rocking breathing in through the nose going back and breathing out through a slightly open mouth going forward. This keeps the jaw relaxed and prevents teeth clinching which can lead to blurred vision. (Key emphasis is to do this simultaneously with a controlled, calculated rhythmic weight shift.)
Begin Oxygenation phase ( see Oxygenating Your Blood With Breathing During an At Bat and Its Importance in Hitting blog), complete Fine Centering-Soft Centering (Focus on Pitcher’s Cap logo & then re-focus visually to the Release Point (Avoid being hypnotized by watching the Pitcher’s Windup)*, and start stride/launch sequence.
*See Dr. Bill Harrison's Slow The Game Down blog post for fine centering-soft centering pitch tracking...
From Pitcher's Cap Logo to Timing of the Release Point:
Identify pitch and velocity
Begin Tracking Mentally…Yes, Yes, Yes, YES* or Yes, Yes, Yes, NO.
You either pull the trigger or you don't, but if you do pull the trigger...
(At contact during your slot position swing in the blocking phase with a firm front side, squeezing the handle in the palms helps add more power as a result of an additional neuromuscular response used in conjunction with compressed organs in the oxygenation/breathing process)
Post Hit:
In the dugout, enjoy the congratulations and the pats on the back.
Then, reward yourself with a cup of water. Funny as it sounds...you should do this.
(behavioral conditioning)
On Deck Drill To Desensitize The Nervous System
Desensitizing the nervous system by using breathing techniques followed with slaps and pats* from toe to head will have a positive effect towards achieving relaxation which improves focus, quiets the mind, and prepares the hitter to be aggressive and confident when he faces the pitcher. Additional on deck prep steps include using your timing activation affirmation along with muscle memory work with a MP30 Training Bat, quick depth perception drills, and fine tuning your dynamic visual acuity with fine centering and soft centering reference points...all are reinforced here in the on deck circle. After this, you're ready "to see the ball; hit the ball".
*The "pat down" technique is a better pre-at bat technique than "tapping" or the acupressure T.A.T. technique...both of which are good techniques, but are better practiced in a different time and place than in the on deck circle...at least from my experience.
Oxygenating Your Blood With Breathing During an At Bat and Its Importance in Hitting
Oxygenating your blood with 3 deep breaths during pre-pitch soft centering-fine centering will improve your dynamic visual acuity, and exhaling half of your 3rd deep breath and timing the holding of it as you shift your focus from the pitcher’s emblem on the front of his cap to his release point in the final phase of soft centering-fine centering enables a clearer focus on the type of pitch followed with clearer pitch tracking. As a side benefit of holding the breath*, which compresses the internal organs, will cause a neuromuscular strength gain at contact.
*For those that don’t know it, the breath can be held up to 7 seconds before focus becomes blurry. This shouldn’t concern the hitter, as the pitch should go from release point to contact point in 2/10s of a second…unless the pitcher’s specialty is the Eephus pitch or the Folly Floater.
TIMING ACTIVATION
The Timing Activation must be repeated often to take root in the subconscious mind. Once ingrained, this technique will become second nature.
A Timing Activation contains spiritual and epigenetic thoughts along with powerful affirmations. Recycling, in baseball, softball, golf, tennis, and many other sports, has been around for more than twenty years, but I've found that adding a couple of important principles that have worked in my life as well as others has made a significant difference in the recycling impact on performance.
During recycling, which can be done in seconds, you'll be giving thanks to a HIGHER BEING. Along with gratitude, your ultimate goal of playing for something greater than yourself does separate yourself from the average player. Perhaps you have noticed doors do seem to open with this approach. It certainly has from my experience. Just as important, if you love GOD, then you should also love yourself. Scientists as well as those involved in Epigentics are presenting further proof that love is powerful and can alter a genetic make up. Therefore, re-wire yourself to a better career with love yourself thoughts.
For baseball and softball:
As stated earlier the Timing Activation in the Recycling routine contains powerful affirmations of developing yourself into a better hitter than you currently. You will be able to “gear up” with an aggressive belief that every pitch is your pitch to hit.
Recycling Example:
An example of a personalized Timing Activation for a major leaguer playing in the A.L. would be...
I love power hitting American League All-Star third baseman that is bettering mankind and baseball ME. Every pitch is MY pitch (to hit). (I) Expect fastball and adjust to the curve. Praise GOD. Trust GOD IN ALL THINGS.
A California HS hitter could use...
I love line drive hitting California HS All-State second baseman bettering mankind and baseball ME. Every pitch is MY pitch. Expect fastball and adjust to the curve. Praise GOD. Trust GOD IN ALL THINGS.
The Timing Activation can be amended and structured for each hitter’s level and league that he/she plays in. It is used in practice at hitting stations and during a game where it is repeated each at bat before the first pitch in an at bat and following each sequential pitch as part of the recycling process.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Reds' New RHP Raicel Iglesias OIP Pitching Mechanics Evaluation
Raicel has some hip rotation, but diminishes its benefits with a fall away follow through that's shallow...where he loses leverage on breaking pitches and creates an overall mediocre command and control of all his pitches. In conclusion, his delivery puts more of burden on his pitching arm that will shorten his career. Expect his pitches to straighten out more as he gets older and loses velocity as he is only 5' 11".
Leg Extension: -5
Hip Rotation: - 7
Follow Through: -10
Other: Wear and Tear -10
Throws Across His Body: -15
OIP (Overall Injury Probability): 47%
Friday, June 20, 2014
Coach Billy McCreight, R.I.P.
I appreciated his sincerity, and the mutual respect we had for each other. He will be sorely missed.
Justin Cunningham Tryout Notification
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Logan Harrington: Camp Results
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Sunday, June 8, 2014
Anthony Mosgaard...A Five Tool Prospect?
Some info scout Cal Maduro passed on to me:
Anthony has also been ranked in High School baseball's "Super 7" by the Tampa Bay Times among stat leaders in batting average (.372) and Stolen bases (21)
Featured on the 2014 Draft list along with a 2014 Draft Profile by BigLeagueFutures.Net http://bigleaguefutures.net/1/player-profile-anthony-mosgaard/ ;; He was also featured in an article by TheScoutingNews.com being noted as one of the best OF's in the state of Florida http://www.thescoutingnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183241:Anthony%20Mosgaard&catid=37:baseball-news&Itemid=54
Anthony has also been ranked in High School baseball's "Super 7" by the Tampa Bay Times among stat leaders in batting average (.372) and Stolen bases (21)
. SKILLS VIDEO: http://youtu.be/bFmjeEhylUo ;
(Official Combined Statistics)
*This year in HITTING:- AVG .372 SLG .525 18rbi's (7)DOUBLES (3)TRIPLES (2) HomeRuns 21/22 Stolen Bases
*This year in PITCHING:- 12.2 innings, 9 SV's out of 9 opportunities, opponents batted just a .108 against him, ERA 0.78, 15 K's
*FIELDING:- 1.000% over 3 years in the Outfield with 38 total assists while producing 7 total double plays.
My evaluation:
3 Tool player
RS: 6... 6
Arm: 5... 6
Fielding: 4... 5
Hit: 3... 3.5
Power: 3... 3.5
RS: 6... 6
Arm: 5... 6
Fielding: 4... 5
Hit: 3... 3.5
Power: 3... 3.5
OFP 48
Athletic build. No known glasses or injuries. Has hands habits (gets linear with load and launch) which reduces his potential bat speed by 40-50%. Pro pitching will eat him up. Will lead the league in broken bats.
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Recycling?
I hate pitchers that take 20 seconds between pitches!
Alex exclaims
my response:
Hitters take advantage of the pitchers' taking 20 seconds to use to recycle (20 seconds is the recommended for a hitter to spend on recycling, btw) after each pitch.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Maybe...Maybe Not
A sentence never expected to be uttered in any lifetime: “The best thing that ever happened to college baseball was Scott Boras.”
These words came from the mouth of TCU baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle, and when he laid it out all, it was a compelling case that the man known to Mr. Randy Galloway as “The Great Satan” actually did college baseball a big solid.
In an effort to squeeze every single half-penny out of baseball’s owners, Boras, after all of his calculations, has determined that college baseball is better than the pros.
Never has hating the NCAA been more fashionable, or in so many cases justified, but as we approach draft time for both baseball and basketball, all of us would be wise to strongly reconsider the case for class over taking the guaranteed money.
As signing bonuses continue to rise for baseball and basketball draft picks, common sentiment is universally accepted: “It would be dumb not to take it. He has to take it.”
Right now, Schloss is hard-selling southeast Texas prep pitcher and TCU signee Tyler Kolek — expected to be the first right-handed pitcher selected in MLB’s amateur draft Thursday. Any person with a brain would look at the potential $5 million bonus Kolek would receive as a top-five pick and say he would be a fool to attend any college.
What Boras has discovered, and Schlossnagle sells hard to a prospective 18-year-old who is weighing accepting a big bonus vs. playing in college, is that those with brains say no.
The first thing Schloss asks of that kid is, “Do you want to be a professional player, or a major league player?”
The answer to that loaded question is the latter.
“Quickest route — this isn’t my opinion, this is fact — go to college,” he said.
Baseball execs agree with the math, and have for more than a decade — your chances increase exponentially if you play in college rather than go straight to A-ball. Studies of today’s big league rosters, which Schloss sells hard, show that between 52 to 58 percent of today’s big leaguers attended college. An additional 27 percent, roughly, are not from the United States. The rest are high schoolers.
And the most sobering statistic: 2 percent of the players drafted end up in the big leagues. So of those 2 percent that make it, the great majority go to college first.
“This is a business decision,” Schloss said. “That is what we try to stress to them.”
Schloss is loaded with material to sell a kid to stay in school, right down to the breakdown of exactly how much money a prospect will take home if he receives a $1 million signing bonus — $469,000.
To manage that money properly requires discipline and education
The problem is there is a number at which they can’t say no. Maybe it’s $5 million for Kolek.
But what of the prospect who simply has no interest in attending class?
“Those are the guys that need to go to school the most,” Schloss said. “Fight through it, go now and work toward your degree while you are young and not the creepy guy in the back of the classroom.”
College baseball’s scholarship limit — 12.9 per team — severely hurts any college baseball coach’s sales pitches; only the excellent receive a full ride as a baseball player. A baseball player either receives some type of financial aid or is helping pay his own way.
But in basketball, where every player is on a full ride, it’s much the same thing. The top routinely play one season of college ball to apply for the NBA Draft, even though the odds of making it in the league are horrible.
Combined with the righteous anger toward the NCAA, and the lure of a seven-figure paycheck, it makes “more financial sense” for the kid to go pro when the data show the best financial decision, long term, is to stay in school.
Tryout Notice From Chris Corniel
Our first free tryout back on May 26th in Dallas was great. We offered 5 players a spot in our program from that tryout. If you are a 2014 UNSIGNED graduate, please know we will be heavily recruiting at the below FREE tryouts.
1) June 9th - Monday - Premier Baseball of TX in Cypress, TX
2) June 12th - Thursday - St. Edwards University in Austin, TX
3) June 23rd - Monday - Gabe Nesbitt Field in McKinney, TX
Website - www.TCSpostgrad.com
To Register for Free Tryout --- Please copy and paste the below chart as a reply to this email. You can then put your information into the table. Once your information is received, I will confirm your spot at the tryout.
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Video that explains our program:
Cliff Corniel
Recruiting Coordinator
ccorniel@tcspostgrad.com
214-491-0353
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