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When the most talented player on the team is the most reliable and dependable.
Championship culture is attainable.
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We check in with the @northeastgators in our first installment of our Summer Ball Journal. Plenty of talent shining this summer.
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1/2: After appearing in 2 games earlier this summer, @BabsonBaseball RHP Jason Finkelstein has returned to @HarwichMariners (babsonathletics.com/sports/b…). @WalpoleBaseball
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I often get asked what is my favorite or the best pitch in baseball..
I always say the best pitch in baseball is strike one 🚀
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Team Massachusetts with an impressive 10-2 win over Utah. The Bay State Boys are feeling it in Omaha. #HSNC
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I couldn’t care less about being the smartest coach on the field.
I just want to be the coach my players know genuinely cares about them.
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One of the biggest mistakes I made as a hitter...
I thought hitting was all about my swing.
- If I struggled, I'd fix my swing.
- If I hit a ground ball, I'd fix my swing.
- If I popped the ball up, I'd fix my swing.
Then I got to professional baseball.
After being around Major League hitters, I realized something.
The best hitters weren't obsessed with their swing.
They were obsessed with their operating system.
- They knew what pitch they were hunting.
- They knew what pitches they could drive.
- They knew what type of contact they wanted.
- They had a plan before they ever stepped into the box.
That completely changed how I practiced.
I stopped studying my swing.
I started studying myself as a hitter.
I did this by...
Going to Walmart, bought a notebook, and started tracking everything.
- Every pitch I saw.
- Every swing I took.
- Every ball I hit.
- What I was thinking.
- What I was feeling.
At the end of each week, I'd go back through my notes and look for patterns.
Then I'd build a plan to improve my operating system.
I wasn't trying to build a better swing anymore.
I was trying to build a better hitter.
Because here's one thing I learned from being around Major League hitters:
The swing wasn't the starting point.
It was the result of everything that came before it.
Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis
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I watch a lot of HS and Travel Baseball and here’s what gets evaluated that most players/coaches/understand:
1. Catch Play - how do you treat “getting loose” before a game? Is there meaning to it or are you just throwing to throw….
2. Ground Balls between innings - 7-3-21
7 inn, 3 GBs/inn, 21 reps/game. How do you treat those? How are your throws?
3. On Deck Reps - What are you doing to prepare for your AB? You have three responsibilities. 1. Time the Pitcher, 2. Communicate w/base runners 3. Relay location to hitter. You’re not there to “get loose”
4. Response to Failure - how do you respond to a Strikeout, an error, a bad call, giving up a bomb?
5. Communication - Are you talking between pitches, directing cutoffs, helping teammates w/ pitcher tendencies, etc.
6. Competitiveness In Non Game Situations sprinting on and off the field, backing up bases, prep steps, moving with hitters tendencies, does every pitch matter?
These are the aspects of the game that are often taken for granted but make a huge difference for your evaluation.
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The GPA that decides college eligibility is not the one on the report card. The NCAA throws out electives and recalculates a separate core GPA from sixteen approved academic courses, on a straight four-point scale, no plus or minus. A student carrying a 3.2 at school can land at a 2.5 in the NCAA's eyes. Division I requires a 2.3 core GPA to compete as a freshman. The number that matters is the one most families never check until it is too late to change it. Pull your athlete's core course list this summer. Do the real math.
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Heart > Height.
Will > Weight.
Mindset > Metrics.
Every time.
What physical limitation have you turned into mental motivation?
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We caught up with @WalpoleBaseball standout Shane Harrington after his commitment to @RiverHawkBB
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The Team Massachusetts roster and schedule are set for the team’s annual trip to Omaha to compete against some of the best teams from across the country in the Stinger National Championship Tournament.
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For championship teams, success happens when players focus more on the teams vision and goals than their individual excuses.
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A travel coach who tells you your son is "definitely a D1 player" before junior year is not doing you a favor.
He is selling you the next tournament fee.
The coach who tells you the truth about your son's level is the one who is actually investing in his future.
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Coaches shouldn’t have to push you to work hard, you should push yourself to work hard because you want to be a great player.
– Bob Knight
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Hitters
As much as you want to swing at the 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 pitch with nobody in scoring position.
The other team wants you to swing at it even more.
Percentages say you're going to get yourself out.
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Pregame matters!! How you prepare before a game is a huge evaluation time for coaches/scouts. You may not get a ball hit to you during the game! Work with intent, at game speed and under control. Spoke to a college coach today, told me he stopped recruiting a player because his pregame was lazy. It translates!! You’re always being evaluated!!