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7 Tips for Effective Team Defensive Work in Practice
A lot of times when a team struggles defensively, it usually comes down to details being focused and in the right mindset. Here are ideas and drills to help avoid defensive struggles and start making plays around the diamond!
How to Train Your Hitters at Game Speed
As your team and players train indoors, are they training in realistic environments to best help them successfully prepare for game speeds? Here are tips to elevate your batting practice by replicating game speed and adding healthy competition.
Indoor Throwing Routines for Colorado Baseball Players
Gearing up for the upcoming baseball or softball season in the winter and early spring is paramount to your player’s and team’s success and individual development. Here are ideas and tips to throw indoors safely, effectively while building up strength and caring for your player’s long-term health.
5 Tips for Efficient Winter Indoor Baseball & Softball Training
Even when the weather outside is frightful, the winter season is the time to take your baseball or softball player’s game to the next level. Here are tips for how how coaches and teams can maximize indoor practice time for players.
Three Reasons to Train With Wood Bats
Considering swinging a wood bat as part of your training? Hitting with wood bats can be a good idea for a variety of reasons. Here are three of them, and one possible downside to swinging with wood versus metal.
How to Play Catch the Right Way to Improve Your Game
Simply put, the act of playing catch is perhaps the most essential building block of a baseball or softball player. After all, every play on the diamond involves a player throwing a ball to another player. Here are tips on how to play catch the right way.
3 Benefits when Controlling the Forward Move
Coach Ty Jacobs explains the common flaw of many young players when loading and demonstrates the benefits of the “hover drill” and why a proper load is crucial to a hitter.
Softball player Zoe Bacon Shares How and Why She Uses the ProBatter
Zoe Bacon grew up playing softball in the Denver area for HitStreak before moving on to play at UTSA and for the University of Texas Longhorns. As an aspiring professional softball player, hear how she uses the ProBatter for hitting training throughout the year to sharpen her game.
Why Staying Inside The Ball Helps a Hitter
There are lots of different hitting philosophies and “gurus” on social media. Among those, you may have heard the term “staying inside the ball” before, but what exactly does it mean to stay inside the baseball and why is it important?
How Different Practice Balls Can Improve Your Hitting
Incorporating both weighted balls and small practice balls into your baseball and softball hitting training can help your hitters in a number of ways including hand-eye coordination, power and speed.
Three Basics of the Swing: Balance, Eyes & Follow Through
Three basics of the baseball or softball swing include balance, staying through the ball, and keeping your eye on the ball. Sounds easy, right? Here are some tips…
The Benefits of Practicing With Flat Gloves for Infielders
A flat glove is something our infielders can use that doesn’t require extensive explanation or background in how to use it, but can greatly improve our players’ fundamental skill sets and overall defensive ability including softer hands, quicker reaction time and getting the ball out of the glove faster.