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108 Performance
Takeaways & Nuggets
Stacking
Be a student of the game
Reciprocal Movement
Side Bend
Get the barrel square
Lower Half: Hitting
See how high your elbow is?
Is this a good position to punch from?
It’s like a peg
It sinks and folds
“Get your hands back”
The best make it look…
Pitch Counts
Differences in Coaches
OKC Cages: Pitching Foundations (full convo)
Change the way you throw
Mom’s Meatloaf
Lower Back Lean
Four Corners
If I want to throw a punch
Training is like a Marriage
Don’t let the Environment
UTA Wrap Up Talk
Pull it back faster
How do you walk?
Look at your Shoelaces
“Step Across” Move
Stay Inside unlock
Barrel Swivel
Open vs. Closed swings
Bracing demo
Eval Tee & Machine swings
Way better without a bat
Get across this hip forward
Rubber Bands
Interpreting Cues
Barrel gets stuck behind body
Why is my arm late?
Tear down the House
Timing of Force with Back Leg
Punch Demo
Recoil Tips
I’m Listening to You
Max Effort Throwing
Head Movers
Holding the Hinge
Foot & Hip Co-contraction
Getting the Arm Up
Arm Should Feel Like Nothing
Blending
Tips for Recruiting Emails & Video
Arm Needs Time & Space
Ask the Difficult Questions
High Intent Throws
Putting your Eggs in the Right Basket
Recruiting “Big Rocks”
Find the Best Fit
Education
Recruiting Tips: 50 Schools
Do Your Research
Landing Positions
Put Force into Ground
Connecting Rotation
Sitting on the Back Hip
Roadmap Analogy
Reciprocal Movement
Get Connected
Hitting Example
Donaldson vs. Trout
Fascia Analogy
Arm Path
Capturing Energy
Staying Back
Offspeed Pitches
All Ideas are Good
Staying Inside the Ball
Creating the Movement
Blending Movement Work
Everything is Reciprocal
Driving Out of the Ground
Closing Off
Everything Starts with Movement
All Players Must Get Across & Work Reciprocally
Hip Shoulder Separation
Listen to Your Body
It’s Not About Bat Speed
Movement First
J Band Drill idea
When You Need Tension
Goal of Overload/Underload Training
Strike from the Middle
Turn from Middle, Get Across
Auger Metaphor for GRF
Rotation Must Match Translation
Big Rocks
Rotation Must Match Translation
Favorite Feels
Improving Feedback – Make it Loud!
Movement Analysis: Rear Hip underneath Front Hip
Kershaw and Greinke Breakdowns
Trandelenburg Gait
Stomp with Lead Leg
Hip and Shoulder Angle Mismatch
Catcher Throws
Foot Plant from Above
Hinge First
Give Yourself Credit
Getting Creative
Solving Puzzles
Teach a Man to Fish
Start with Why
Advantages of Remote Training
Stress & Workload
Journey is the Reward
Pelvis opens, Arm gets stuck
We’re Responsible for the Energy
Find the Question
Relationship with Coach vs. Parent
Benefits of Pool Work
Get to a Point of Understanding
Stuck on backside
Cracking whip analogy
Landing closer to even
Joint Centration
Can you go faster than you can stop?
Elbow path injured athletes
Energy doesn’t come from ground
Don’t treat the site
Quarantine Results
Chase Feelings
Benefits to Bench Press
High Pelvic Rotational Speeds
Reverse Engineer the Skill
Cross-body, Directional Energy
Being a Generalist
Tips for Video Analysis
Error is in the model
How to find truth
Forgetting how to play the game
Why mattress training works
Arm slot and pulling out slack
Make it Natural
Chi Drill
Too much stretch too soon
Get to the front side
Biotensegrity Misconceptions
No Stopping
Pick up front leg with back
Velocity Depression
Throwing on the Mound more
Finishing Pitch & Staying Back
Over Striding
Adapt the drill to the player
It’s not usually a mobility problem
Extremes
Outside of 90
Speak their Language
Overuse
Knowledge
Why the Recoil Works
Speak their Language
How the Arm Needs to Work
Twitter Group Zoom Full Convo
Tighter Springs
Inverted W
Structuring Catch Play
Dealing with Multiple Coaches
Role of Coach
Will & Parks full convo May 24
Twitter Zoom full May 23