Next Level Baseball

Real players want the unfiltered truth all the time. and They do not need glitz glamour or vanity to run through the wall.

Ask a coach which player on his team he would want to hire as a future assistant or administrator. His answer will rarely be the most talented player on the team.

Pitchers-want to throw 90? Be able to long toss 300 ft! Want to throw 97? 360 ft is the goal. "Bingo 👍. In 30 years of doing it, you can pretty much take it to the bank - 300 feet = 90mph (of course body types, age, dna matter too, but man, that’s been really consistent)" Alan Jaeger

Teaching hitters to swing down-No Teaching hitters to swing up-No Teaching hitters how to get on and match plane-Yes

This is intelligence.

Not even arguable.

The overwhelming majority of players belong in junior colleges for an array of reasons.

The grass is always greener over there if you are not watering it where you are.

Recommending kids to college coaches is becoming more and more difficult for credible coaches. The truth about reliability dependability and toughness are required. A lot of kids are raised to believe they are entitled to do whatever whenever and however they want. When the stars are not aligned their parents allow and even encourage them to pull the chute. A lot are conditioned to start thinking about the portal as soon as they get on a college campus. They find reasons not to like it. Instead of being conditioned to fight their ass off and make it work. They make every excuse in the book. The team is not good enough. The coaches are not good enough. The facilities are not good enough. The glitz and glamour is not good enough. The coaches do not know what they are talking about. The truth is. The player is not tough enough and cowards down with even an ounce of adversity. Because his parents have taught him that he deserves things he has not earned. Almost every college freshman athlete that is away from home wants to quit at some point during the fall. The soft entitled kids buddy up and destroy each other mentally. The tough kids that have been raised void of entitlement call home and their parents tell them they are not leaving and to toughen the f-ck up.

Think about where this country would be in terms of free speech if Elon Musk did not buy Twitter. I hope we are saying the same about the Brewers winning the world series and baseball. Hopefully a lot of organizations get their train back on the tracks with basic fundamentals and junk yard dog competitors.

Agree or Disagree? Simple Hitting. Getting on plane requires the barrel separating slightly under the ball and working slight up. Although. Strikes at the top of the strike zone require a different swing. Hitters. You want to think about swinging slightly down on the ball up in the zone.

Simple Hitting. Why do more amateur hitters not look like this from the waist down? Because it requires work to get into their legs. It is easy to straight back leg it. It is not easy to sink into the legs and a lot of gurus do not understand how to teach it. Elite hitters get on plane with their legs.

#simplehitting Lower Half If a coach tells you to get into your legs. This is what it looks like. Notice Piping on back thigh angles back. Chest behind waist. Hitting against firm (inverted front knee). Put on pants with piping and get into this position in front of a mirror. Feel it.

The swing isn't changing ladies and gentlemen. Don’t let these new wave circus act coaches fool you with all their gizmos and gadgets. Find a hitting coach that understands how to get you to contact on time and on plane with torque and leverage. and Someone that can teach you the most important aspect of being a productive hitter. An adjustable approach based on situation and count.

It is better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. Malcolm Gladwell The book Outliers This is something I would have argued against vehemently but something I have changed my mind on completely over the years. Long term development is a puzzle that so many simply do not understand. Searching for bigger and better usually results in diminishing returns. Players do not have to play on the supposed best team in the best division in the best tournaments or in the best league to develop. Usually it is the opposite. They need to play for the right team in the right division in the right tournaments or right league. The misunderstanding of development is why the transfer portal is absolutely overflowing with kids and parents that bit off more than they could chew. They were always looking for the glitz glamour and more.

It is rarely the head coach. Which coach is responsible for the performance of the players. Before and after practice? Off days? Who is the guy in the trenches with the players? Who is the player guy? Who is running through the wall for the players? This guy is a part of the staff on championship caliber level programs and void on the staff of the average. Dynamic assistants impact players and become their guy and are also unquestionably loyal to the head coach. Who is the guy on your staff that is all in for the players?

Can we all agree that using the whole field is important for all hitters? The launch angle, exit velocity craze has crippled some hitters development drastically. Very few kids work on driving the baseball the other way anymore. If I had a son that was a lefthanded hitter. He would grow up from a very young age understanding that if he could consistently drive the ball in the left center field gap. and Was addicted to not striking out. He would have a monumental advantage.