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Founder @MPLegends & SpeedBall ⚾ Former College Player/Coach💥 Experience Designer | Dad | Coach 🚀 I help coaches create transformational sports experiences

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For youth pregame, Ive moved away from 1 kid hitting and the rest shagging. Here’s my preferred method 👇⚾️💪

For youth pregame, Ive moved away from 1 kid hitting and the rest shagging. Here’s my preferred method 👇⚾️💪

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If towels are good enough for big league pitchers, they are good enough for youth pitchers. #pitching #pitchingdrills

If towels are good enough for big league pitchers, they are good enough for youth pitchers. #pitching #pitchingdrills

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We dont need to overcomplicate hitting. Here's 5 simple steps! ⚾💪🔥

We dont need to overcomplicate hitting. Here's 5 simple steps! ⚾💪🔥

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⚾The Most Underrated Weapon In Amateur Baseball 🚀 Especially at the High School level and below, I have rarely seen teams able to defend this at a high clip. For runners without speed this is the way they can steal bags.

⚾The Most Underrated Weapon In Amateur Baseball 🚀 Especially at the High School level and below, I have rarely seen teams able to defend this at a high clip. For runners without speed this is the way they can steal bags.

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My son’s coach pitch team won their playoff game Saturday. But he barely remembers the game. After the game, we had a potluck at the park. I brought out my Legends summer camp playlist, fired up the speaker, and before long... Every player and sibling was singing and dancing for well over an hour. It was pure joy. Parents laughed. Took photos and videos. Bonded. And on the walk back to the car, my son looked at me and said: “Dad, that party was so much fun.” He didn’t even mention the game. And that stuck with me. As youth coaches, we have limited impact on what happens between the lines. We can teach the game. We can prepare. But we can’t control the outcome. Where we can have the most impact… Is outside the lines. That’s where the magic lives. That’s where the memories are made. So yes—let’s compete. Let’s aim to win. But what if we tried to out-fun everyone instead of just outplay them? What if we made intentional space for kids to be kids? To dance. To sing. To laugh. To play. Because years from now... They won’t remember the batting order. But they will remember that dance off.

My son’s coach pitch team won their playoff game Saturday. But he barely remembers the game. After the game, we had a potluck at the park. I brought out my Legends summer camp playlist, fired up the speaker, and before long... Every player and sibling was singing and dancing for well over an hour. It was pure joy. Parents laughed. Took photos and videos. Bonded. And on the walk back to the car, my son looked at me and said: “Dad, that party was so much fun.” He didn’t even mention the game. And that stuck with me. As youth coaches, we have limited impact on what happens between the lines. We can teach the game. We can prepare. But we can’t control the outcome. Where we can have the most impact… Is outside the lines. That’s where the magic lives. That’s where the memories are made. So yes—let’s compete. Let’s aim to win. But what if we tried to out-fun everyone instead of just outplay them? What if we made intentional space for kids to be kids? To dance. To sing. To laugh. To play. Because years from now... They won’t remember the batting order. But they will remember that dance off.

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Travel ball teams will travel 2 hours to play a team based 20 minutes from them. Prediction... For areas with many travel ball providers, “league formats” will soon be more popular than tournaments. People are realizing they dont need tournaments for quality competition. Legends Baseball ⚾️ #legendsbaseball #baseball #baseballlife #youthbaseball #baseballforkids #kidsbaseball #coaching #coachdavid #coach

Travel ball teams will travel 2 hours to play a team based 20 minutes from them. Prediction... For areas with many travel ball providers, “league formats” will soon be more popular than tournaments. People are realizing they dont need tournaments for quality competition. Legends Baseball ⚾️ #legendsbaseball #baseball #baseballlife #youthbaseball #baseballforkids #kidsbaseball #coaching #coachdavid #coach

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Nobody carries groceries with arms extended. So why would you swing that way? 🤔 #BaseballCoaching #HittingDrills #YouthBaseball #SwingMechanics #BaseballTips

Nobody carries groceries with arms extended. So why would you swing that way? 🤔 #BaseballCoaching #HittingDrills #YouthBaseball #SwingMechanics #BaseballTips

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Failure to complete the pass costs your team a run, an out and potentially the game. Left foot in front of plate Let the ball travel Catch it deep Secure it with 2 hands Drop the right knee Glove swipe to running lane w/ 1 hand Glove side turn Look for next play

Failure to complete the pass costs your team a run, an out and potentially the game. Left foot in front of plate Let the ball travel Catch it deep Secure it with 2 hands Drop the right knee Glove swipe to running lane w/ 1 hand Glove side turn Look for next play

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This game deserves your best. When you give anything less than 100%, this game will get the best of you. Not just in baseball. That’s goes for life as well. Whatever you do, bring full passion, full energy, and full effort. No exceptions. This umpire gets it. He shows up for these kids and gives it everything he has! Legend!🔥 #umpire #littleleague #youthbaseball #baseballumpire

This game deserves your best. When you give anything less than 100%, this game will get the best of you. Not just in baseball. That’s goes for life as well. Whatever you do, bring full passion, full energy, and full effort. No exceptions. This umpire gets it. He shows up for these kids and gives it everything he has! Legend!🔥 #umpire #littleleague #youthbaseball #baseballumpire

117,602 views • 12 days ago

You get 1 spring Little League season per year. You can play tournaments every weekend. Missing your rec league games to play in a travel ball tournament is not legit. It's also not safe from an arm care perspective. The travel ball player is probably a top Little League player, so it really hurts the team. Dont put your child that situation. And dont do that to the team. It puts the Little League head coach in an awful position. What are they supposed to tell the team? "Oh yea, little Bobby is playing on his travel team this weekend instead of with us..." And then that travel ball player is expected to just be slotted back into the lineup? That's not right. I bet if the LL coach sits the player for skipping out on the team, those parents complain. In fact, I literally just had this happen with a good friend... which prompted this reflection. Play Little League or Travel Ball. And if you do both, prioritize the rec league with the team who has worked together for months with the goal of playing meaningful baseball at the end of the season. Show up for the volunteer coach who probably selected you as one of their top picks to carry and lead the team. And just wait a few more weeks and play in as many weekend tournaments as your heart desires. ⚾💪🔥 #baseball #travelball #littleleague #youthbaseball

You get 1 spring Little League season per year. You can play tournaments every weekend. Missing your rec league games to play in a travel ball tournament is not legit. It's also not safe from an arm care perspective. The travel ball player is probably a top Little League player, so it really hurts the team. Dont put your child that situation. And dont do that to the team. It puts the Little League head coach in an awful position. What are they supposed to tell the team? "Oh yea, little Bobby is playing on his travel team this weekend instead of with us..." And then that travel ball player is expected to just be slotted back into the lineup? That's not right. I bet if the LL coach sits the player for skipping out on the team, those parents complain. In fact, I literally just had this happen with a good friend... which prompted this reflection. Play Little League or Travel Ball. And if you do both, prioritize the rec league with the team who has worked together for months with the goal of playing meaningful baseball at the end of the season. Show up for the volunteer coach who probably selected you as one of their top picks to carry and lead the team. And just wait a few more weeks and play in as many weekend tournaments as your heart desires. ⚾💪🔥 #baseball #travelball #littleleague #youthbaseball

61,511 views • 13 days ago

Tried this wall ball game with my kids today and they played for 20 straight minutes. 1 tennis ball 1 wall Everyone wears a hat Catch clean? You’re good. Bobbled? Hat turns sideways (1st out) Hat backwards (2nd out) Hat off (3rd out, but you can still play) Simple. Competitive. Non-stop reps. #YouthBaseball #baseball #littleleague

Tried this wall ball game with my kids today and they played for 20 straight minutes. 1 tennis ball 1 wall Everyone wears a hat Catch clean? You’re good. Bobbled? Hat turns sideways (1st out) Hat backwards (2nd out) Hat off (3rd out, but you can still play) Simple. Competitive. Non-stop reps. #YouthBaseball #baseball #littleleague

300,749 views • 1 year ago

The moment I walked away from travel ball forever... Its been 6 years and we havent looked back. Since then our program has exploded. Coaches are happier. Kids are progress faster. Parents are obsessed. We have ZERO competition because we are the only ones who do what we do. Over time I believe more programs will liberate themselves from the unnecessary and unethical travel ball model and innovate within a league format instead. Isnt that how the game is played in HS, College and Pro? Every game matters, right? Not like tournaments where we play everyone on Saturday, pitch our crapiest pitchers.... and then all of a sudden, we hit 9 and play to win on Sunday. What an awful message to send your players! In the game of life, it all matters! If you have a half a dozen travel teams within 30 minutes of you, your wasting your time and money going to travel ball tournaments and chasing rings. When YOU own the experience, you dont rely on a tournament director to create a quality playing environment. You create your OWN experience with YOUR vision for YOU kids in YOUR community! I promise you, everything will be better when you take the leap. It wont be easy at first. You'll lose kids. But you'll also attract new families who have your shared values. Not going out to tournaments every weekend anymore is a BIG DEAL. Now we have prescheduled games and can plan our family weekends. We can now go on bike rides, hikes, concerts, sporting events and other adventures which are FAR MORE enriching than sitting around a tournament facility all weekend eating fast food. I get that tournaments provide many families with "something to do" and they are great memories... But I'd argue that your missing out on other, more impactful opportunities and quality family time when dedicated so much time and money chasing tournament AB's. Im not a hater. So Im sorry if this comes off negative, but Im so tired of what Im seeing and am hoping to capture attention and inspire others to BUILD YOUR OWN FORMAT and STOP lugging 7-10 year olds out to play 5 games in the middle of no where. Im telling you, your life will change when you create something new and unique. Its way more fun for everyone. Rant over. #baseball #littleleague #homerun #travelball #summercamp #fun #baseballseason #littleleaguebaseball #softball #mlb #speedball #legendsbaseball #sports

The moment I walked away from travel ball forever... Its been 6 years and we havent looked back. Since then our program has exploded. Coaches are happier. Kids are progress faster. Parents are obsessed. We have ZERO competition because we are the only ones who do what we do. Over time I believe more programs will liberate themselves from the unnecessary and unethical travel ball model and innovate within a league format instead. Isnt that how the game is played in HS, College and Pro? Every game matters, right? Not like tournaments where we play everyone on Saturday, pitch our crapiest pitchers.... and then all of a sudden, we hit 9 and play to win on Sunday. What an awful message to send your players! In the game of life, it all matters! If you have a half a dozen travel teams within 30 minutes of you, your wasting your time and money going to travel ball tournaments and chasing rings. When YOU own the experience, you dont rely on a tournament director to create a quality playing environment. You create your OWN experience with YOUR vision for YOU kids in YOUR community! I promise you, everything will be better when you take the leap. It wont be easy at first. You'll lose kids. But you'll also attract new families who have your shared values. Not going out to tournaments every weekend anymore is a BIG DEAL. Now we have prescheduled games and can plan our family weekends. We can now go on bike rides, hikes, concerts, sporting events and other adventures which are FAR MORE enriching than sitting around a tournament facility all weekend eating fast food. I get that tournaments provide many families with "something to do" and they are great memories... But I'd argue that your missing out on other, more impactful opportunities and quality family time when dedicated so much time and money chasing tournament AB's. Im not a hater. So Im sorry if this comes off negative, but Im so tired of what Im seeing and am hoping to capture attention and inspire others to BUILD YOUR OWN FORMAT and STOP lugging 7-10 year olds out to play 5 games in the middle of no where. Im telling you, your life will change when you create something new and unique. Its way more fun for everyone. Rant over. #baseball #littleleague #homerun #travelball #summercamp #fun #baseballseason #littleleaguebaseball #softball #mlb #speedball #legendsbaseball #sports

478,957 views • 2 years ago

In our league the play stops when the ball gets back to the pitcher. So getting it back in fast is everything! Our team was struggling with it so I came up with this game on the fly. One practice. Fixed. And the kids were BEGGING to play it again! Here's how it works: ⚾ Two teams. Defense takes their positions. ⚾ Hit through the full order with a tennis racket and tennis ball. ⚾ Every base touched before the ball gets back to the pitcher = 1 point. ⚾ For example: Pitcher secures the ball between second and third? 2 points. ⚾ Out at first before runner gets there or fly ball caught? Zero points. ⚾ Score and keep running if the ball still isn't back. The play never stops until the pitcher has it in the pitchers circle . Works on getting the ball back in fast, backing up throws, base running, communication, and teamwork. We saw a massive difference the very next game! PLEASE SHARE with someone this can help! ⚾💪🔥

In our league the play stops when the ball gets back to the pitcher. So getting it back in fast is everything! Our team was struggling with it so I came up with this game on the fly. One practice. Fixed. And the kids were BEGGING to play it again! Here's how it works: ⚾ Two teams. Defense takes their positions. ⚾ Hit through the full order with a tennis racket and tennis ball. ⚾ Every base touched before the ball gets back to the pitcher = 1 point. ⚾ For example: Pitcher secures the ball between second and third? 2 points. ⚾ Out at first before runner gets there or fly ball caught? Zero points. ⚾ Score and keep running if the ball still isn't back. The play never stops until the pitcher has it in the pitchers circle . Works on getting the ball back in fast, backing up throws, base running, communication, and teamwork. We saw a massive difference the very next game! PLEASE SHARE with someone this can help! ⚾💪🔥

44,072 views • 2 months ago

Been thinking a lot about this… if this progression was adopted across all recreational baseball we’d be creating more baseball lovers. Ages 4 and under: no baseball game play. Only practice/fun stuff if anything at all. I believe we are pushing kids away from the game exposing them too early. Ages 5-7: Tee ball. Asking kids to hit a moving baseball at this time isn’t necessary. Let’s solve for action and reps. ELIMINATE RECREATIONAL COACH PITCH! Coach pitch can only be executed properly with professional coaches who throw consistent strikes understand how to deliver reps. IT DOES NOT WORK AT SCALE WITH REC. I’ve seen enough to feel strongly about this. Ages 8-9: Machine Pitch. If someone would invent a pitching machine with an arm that was mobile they’d make a lot of money. I know about the slingshot and I think it’s a good start but not quite it. Ages 10-12: Kid pitch. No earlier. Practice pitching/throwing in practice starting at age 8. Just finishing up my third year as a head coach within Little League but I’m also coming off of 16 years of running a massive youth baseball organization in Northern California so I have seen enough to confidently make these conclusions.

Been thinking a lot about this… if this progression was adopted across all recreational baseball we’d be creating more baseball lovers. Ages 4 and under: no baseball game play. Only practice/fun stuff if anything at all. I believe we are pushing kids away from the game exposing them too early. Ages 5-7: Tee ball. Asking kids to hit a moving baseball at this time isn’t necessary. Let’s solve for action and reps. ELIMINATE RECREATIONAL COACH PITCH! Coach pitch can only be executed properly with professional coaches who throw consistent strikes understand how to deliver reps. IT DOES NOT WORK AT SCALE WITH REC. I’ve seen enough to feel strongly about this. Ages 8-9: Machine Pitch. If someone would invent a pitching machine with an arm that was mobile they’d make a lot of money. I know about the slingshot and I think it’s a good start but not quite it. Ages 10-12: Kid pitch. No earlier. Practice pitching/throwing in practice starting at age 8. Just finishing up my third year as a head coach within Little League but I’m also coming off of 16 years of running a massive youth baseball organization in Northern California so I have seen enough to confidently make these conclusions.

160,600 views • 1 year ago

Don Mattingly with a refreshingly simple, old school approach. Why can’t we keep hitting this simple anymore? ABCA

Don Mattingly with a refreshingly simple, old school approach. Why can’t we keep hitting this simple anymore? ABCA

63,033 views • 4 months ago

4 simple youth pitching drills! Comment "DRILLS" for an awesome PDF with a bunch of drills and pre-made practice plans! ⚾💪🔥 #baseball #pitching #pitchers #pitchingdrills

4 simple youth pitching drills! Comment "DRILLS" for an awesome PDF with a bunch of drills and pre-made practice plans! ⚾💪🔥 #baseball #pitching #pitchers #pitchingdrills

34,286 views • 2 months ago

Here's a 4 step outfield progression which is for more advanced players ages 12+ Great for bad weather when your stuck inside with limited space.

Here's a 4 step outfield progression which is for more advanced players ages 12+ Great for bad weather when your stuck inside with limited space.

39,149 views • 3 months ago

The attack angle mirrors the shoulder angle. This “Airplane Drill” helps kids understand… 👇✈️

The attack angle mirrors the shoulder angle. This “Airplane Drill” helps kids understand… 👇✈️

108,848 views • 1 year ago

If Division 1 athletes are training at multiple positions, so should youth. We want athletes, not robots.

If Division 1 athletes are training at multiple positions, so should youth. We want athletes, not robots.

56,287 views • 6 months ago

For hitters whose swings are too flat... If they are rolling over and chopping down, this can help.

For hitters whose swings are too flat... If they are rolling over and chopping down, this can help.

22,761 views • 2 months ago

My favorite way to teach youth hitters.

My favorite way to teach youth hitters.

90,933 views • 1 year ago

Barehand outfield progression great for indoors and confined spaces. Ages 12+

Barehand outfield progression great for indoors and confined spaces. Ages 12+

34,703 views • 6 months ago

5 drills to help youth hitters develop a "load"

5 drills to help youth hitters develop a "load"

33,850 views • 5 months ago

How to put on a baseball hat and not look like slob! 😜⚾️🔥Nick Sanzeri

How to put on a baseball hat and not look like slob! 😜⚾️🔥Nick Sanzeri

27,142 views • 4 months ago

6 catching movements to incorporate daily! Comment "DRILLS" for an awesome PDF with a bunch of drills and pre-made practice plans! ⚾💪🔥

6 catching movements to incorporate daily! Comment "DRILLS" for an awesome PDF with a bunch of drills and pre-made practice plans! ⚾💪🔥

19,779 views • 3 months ago

There’s 2 ways to throw from 1 knee: 1. Throwing arm knee: works on arm path and power position 2. Glove side knee: works on hip rotation and follow through to target Do both in succession.

There’s 2 ways to throw from 1 knee: 1. Throwing arm knee: works on arm path and power position 2. Glove side knee: works on hip rotation and follow through to target Do both in succession.

59,339 views • 1 year ago