Training to develop soft “pillow-like” hands… “out front” to... all three lanes. Neutral, forehand, backhand.. with firm underhand feeds, belly button high and using a real baseball. Develops rhythm, tempo, timing, soft touch and eye-hand coordination. Two baseballs add to the difficulty and challenge elite players hands and timing. Dirt Bro Diamond Training Taber Mongeroshow more

So you’re too good for JUCO Baseball? Check out... Snead State JUCO in Alabama! They take their baseball seriously… can you tell? Wait to you see their field. Being a former JUCO bandit, as well as my son Taber, it’s an honor working with their team and infielders this weekend! Snead State Baseball Dirt Bro Diamond Training Taber Mongeroshow more

This is why you need to be an elite... thrower (arm strength/accuracy/on the move) to play shortstop at the highest levels. This throw is 50 yards! Most high school aged players don’t even long toss 150 feet, but they think they can come close to making plays like this (backhands in the 5/6 hole) in 4 seconds. Players: prepare for all plays that must be made between the lines. The toolbox must be complete. It all starts with elite catch play before practices/games. Do hard better. Dirt Bro Diamond Training Taber Mongero UNCW Baseball Campsshow more

These 2 key throwing drills focus on body control... and following throws. Many players from youth through HS don’t have good body control to transition from an athletic move (play) into an accurate throw. They also don’t follow their throws. ** Instead they cut themselves off and lose all momentum and direction to target. Following a throw improves “carry” or the ability of a baseball to travel further with the same effort put into the throw. It also reduces stress on the arm. Lastly, when a player follows their throw correctly, it improves accuracy. ** Notice player 1 (LHP/1B) cuts off his follow just a bit compared to player two (C). Key: The faster you sprint into the throw, the more the follow will begin to happen naturally. Both players shown played in college after graduation and both had very strong college careers. These drills, as well as many others, should be done regularly to help players become elite throwers and significantly improve game success. Let me know if you would like to see more throwing drills and the how and why behind each… #infield #baseball #baseballdevelopment Next Level Baseball Dirt Bro Baseball Taber Mongeroshow more

Hand eye coordination drills with 12oz, 14oz, and 16oz... weighted balls. The goal is to land every shot thrown, and on the main two knuckles. Timing & Precision. Bonus points if you can return the ball back to the pitcher. I love drills like this. They’re fun, require 100% attention and have great results. I want to be one of the most accurate strikers in the game. I’m looking to have an above average % on with punched landed and that requires a lot of reaction time & accuracy drills 💯🧠. Tag a friend that should try these! #boxing #workout #calisthenics #fitness #drills #fighting #boxer #boxersofinstagram #mmafighter Subscribe to me on youtube to watch more of my training & recovery leading up to my next big fight! 🔗 is in bio 🫡show more

We’ve seen guys like Judge, Stanton, Wells and others... tinker with their stances to get into a better hitting position to attack strikes in the zone. When a guy like Volpe has struggled to hit consistently for his first 3 years, is constantly late on mid-velocity heaters in the middle of the zone and is constantly off-balance when he misses the off-speed stuff; you think to take a look at his pre-pitch habits especially what he’s doing with his hands and stride, and consider eliminating some of the unnecessary movements to simplify things and be ready to attack a pitch in the strike zone sooner. Volpe starts with his hands high above his head with some waggle to probably keep his hands moving and stay in rhythm, then as he strides he drops his hands into the slot while he loads, then wraps his hands behind him as he strides and keeps his weight back on his backside. That front foot needs to get down early as he gets his hands back to be ready to smoke something in the zone. Why hasn’t someone suggested dropping his hands pre-pitch in his stance to get them into the slot early, keep them back to prevent wrapping, and cut out one less moving part to get him better ready to attack pitches in the zone? He can even still have some waggle back there if he prefers to keep his hands moving. In theory if his hands are down and back already, all he needs to do is get his front foot down in time? It’s worth a try lolshow more

I’ve been obsessed with forearm training ever since I... was a kid playing baseball. One moment that really stuck with me was seeing Mark McGwire play in person and being absolutely blown away by the size of his forearms. That left a lasting impression on me. Strong forearms and a powerful grip aren’t just about looking impressive. They carry over into nearly everything we do, helping us lift heavier, control weights better, improve pulling strength, enhance athletic performance, and make everyday tasks easier. A stronger grip is a foundation for strength throughout the body. Personally, I like using the Captain of Crush hand grippers one to two times per week, varying my sets and reps depending on how I’m feeling and what I’m training. It’s simple, effective, and something I’ve consistently believed in for years. I’m a big believer in training every part of the body and leaving no stone unturned. The little things add up over time and often become the difference makers, and that’s the last bite. Feed Me More!show more

This woman stands harnessed on the edge of a... towering military training platform, rope gripped tight in her gloved hands as she gazes down at the long drop below. With calm focus she steps off, leaning back into open air and descending in one smooth, controlled rappel down the massive metal structure — body suspended, boots pushing off the side while the camera tilts to follow her fearless drop all the way to the gravel below, fellow soldiers watching and training on the ground. There’s something electric about those displays of raw courage and unbreakable precision — when dedicated service members push their limits in training and remind us what true grit and teamwork look like under pressure. What’s one moment of incredible courage or high-stakes precision you’ve ever witnessed (or been part of) in real life? Drop it below and let’s swap stories.show more

Oh my! The cute baby and the adorable pet... cat are just so lovely! Look at the baby with those chubby cheeks and bright, innocent eyes that seem to hold the whole universe of curiosity. Every little movement of the baby, like the way they wave their tiny hands or kick their little feet, is filled with an irresistible charm. And the cat! With its soft fur that shimmers in the light, and those big, round eyes that are like two glistening jewels. When it moves, it's like a fluffy ball of cuteness gliding gracefully. When the baby and the cat are together, it's a scene straight out of a heart - melting fairytale. The baby's giggles as they try to touch the cat's tail, and the cat's gentle purrs as it rubs against the baby's side create a symphony of cuteness that can make anyone's heart melt in an instant.show more

Many people are unaware of this but Hand Dryers... get disgustingly dirty due to their design and the nasty environment they’re in All you have to do is flip the blower over These units pull air from the room and to blow on your hands. Public restrooms have high humidity, aerosolized particles from toilets like fecal matter and bacteria get airborne when flushing. So does dust, lint, soap scum, skin cells, hair, and mineral deposits from water. Over time, this stuff gets trapped inside But it gets even worse, there are real studies on this. It’s a real, well-documented issue Studies have shown hand dryers can blow out bacteria, sometimes including fecal bacteria, onto clean hands because they’re circulating contaminated air I never use these anymoreshow more

Back when we were developing GEN3C, we often imagined... a Holodeck-like future: a simulator where multiple agents can enter the same generated world, act independently, and learn to collaborate. Gamma-World makes this feel more concrete. It is a generative multi-agent world model that takes synchronized observations and actions, then rolls out what each agent will see next in the same evolving world — action-responsive at 24 FPS. For me, the key challenge is going beyond two players. As more agents enter, identity cannot be tied to fixed slots, interaction cannot rely on dense pairwise attention, and independent actions still need to resolve into one shared state. Two ideas make this work: 1⃣ Simplex RoPE Distinct agent identities without slot bias — unique, but permutation-equivalent. 2⃣ Sparse Hub Attention Agents communicate through learnable hubs instead of dense all-to-all attention: agent → hub → agent This keeps cross-agent communication scalable. The exciting part: training on two-player data can generalize to four-player rollouts without additional training, and the same formulation extends to real-world bimanual robot coordination. A step toward populated world models: many agents, one shared world. Congrats to the team on Gamma-World! Project:show more

良いダンスPrompt✨ HipHopスタイルに変更。 Vertical 9:16 hip hop dance video. The... dancer faces camera and performs sharp cute Hip Hop choreography: small rhythmic chest bounces, step-touch footwork, hips shifting side to side, palms low and open, wrists flick outward, shoulders roll, arms sweep from waist to chest, quick hand accents near the face, point to camera, body wave, then return to center pose. Facial expression is important: start with a cool confident gaze, slight pout, relaxed lips. On the beat, switch to playful smirk, quick eyebrow lift, direct eye contact with the camera. During hand-to-face accents, make a teasing wink or soft half-smile. On the chorus hits, open the mouth slightly as if mouthing the lyric, then finish with a sharp charming smile and confident idol stare. Keep expressions natural, cute, flirty, and synchronized with the choreography. Stable camera with slight push-in, clean realistic motion, smooth full-body dance, natural hands and legs, realistic anatomy. #capcut生成ai CapCut.Japanshow more

CapCut seedanceで生成したよ😆 プロンプト書いとく Vertical 9:16 K-pop dance video, The... dancer faces camera and performs sharp cute K-pop choreography: small rhythmic knee bounces, step-touch footwork, hips shifting side to side, palms low and open, wrists flick outward, shoulders roll, arms sweep from waist to chest, quick hand accents near the face, point to camera, body wave, then return to center pose. Facial expression is important: start with a cool confident gaze, slight pout, relaxed lips. On the beat, switch to playful smirk, quick eyebrow lift, direct eye contact with the camera. During hand-to-face accents, make a teasing wink or soft half-smile. On the chorus hits, open the mouth slightly as if mouthing the lyric, then finish with a sharp charming smile and confident idol stare. Keep expressions natural, cute, flirty, and synchronized with the choreography. Stable camera with slight push-in, clean realistic motion, smooth full-body dance, natural hands and legs, realistic anatomy. #capcut生成ai CapCut.Japanshow more

Was happy to get my first look at SS... Rock Arnold (OSU Cowboy Baseball) down in Jupiter. Went 1-for-2 in the game I saw him and hammered a backside RBI triple. Recently re-classed into the C/O 2026. Listed at 6'1" and 190-lbs, Arnold has a lean, athletic frame with some length in his lower-half and present strength. Stands fairly tall in the box, small leg lift gives way to a normal stride. Hands will drift and drop a bit in his load that includes a barrel tip. Present bat and hand speed, slightly uphill swing path that's geared towards lifting the baseball. There's a degree of adjustability in Arnold's swing, and he's shown the ability to drop his back knee to help create leverage. Some swing and miss, particularly against secondaries, but Arnold's swing decisions were sound and he stayed within the strike zone in my look. Has shown he can impact the baseball—especially to the pull side. Arnold's athleticism is evident both in the box and on the dirt. Flashed an above-average arm on the left side of the infield with solid carry across the diamond. Didn't display the quickest first step on the play I saw him attempt to make, though he showed comfortability attacking the baseball. Figures to get the chance to stick at shortstop. When bucketing these players out, Arnold fits into a handful of them: He's an athletic, lefthanded hitting SS with present power and potentially more on the way. Definite name to follow closely this spring in the Northeast.show more

Listen, I don’t know shit about fuck, but here... is my honest critique: Ditch the bag, get a good holster and belt system, carry on body. I use a Bawidamann Gotham + Viking Tatics CCW belt and inner belt all day. If you’re going to temple index, meat of the palm on your temple, not muzzle next to Tempe. That was dangerous and silly. We leave our non shooting hand free, it’s not a two handed maneuver. Shit happens. The drill should’ve been stopped immediately there and corrected. Get to cover for a reload, don’t dance around, that mag on the ground is gone, try to be cognizant of your guns condition if you’re doing an emergency reload versus topping off... You can simulate cover with a barricade/change in elevation. Try to use workspace to get it done efficiently. You still need to earn that space back when the gun is back in the fight. We fight, assess, and scan. Take cover, top off, trade up, take off, treat injuries, talk to who needs to be talked to. Deliberately and violently. You look super tense. I think it’s time to slow down and start with the fundamentals. Everything else is a distraction. The drill itself, shooting from retention, is valuable. However there is work to be done to make this applicable IMHO. Otherwise it’s fanfare. I like to start this drill with my non firing hand on my head and elbow extended to the target in a block, then a single handed draw and shooting from retention that is high and tight as possible, otherwise you risk losing that gun. If you want some real practical training, go down to AZ and hit a two day with Warlizard Tactical. In time you will see. It’s a journey, we all grow. I can’t recommend them enough. Good on your for getting out there an training. Here’s some close up stuff and some temple index:show more

For my friends that have an issue with white-knuckling... their pistol (example pic on the right), give this a try. Once you understand physically that it’s not going to jump out of your hand, the mental part will immediately click. All you need to do to retain the pistol is touch your thumb and middle finger. Then, return to your proper 2 handed support grip. You’ll see immediate improvement. Sometimes I describe grip pressure as holding a soft-boiled or raw egg. Your hands are locked firmly together, but don’t squish the egg between your palms. (Don’t do this with a Deagle!🤣) I’m not here to show off flashy stuff, so I went with something many people have. The only flashy stuff I’m going to post are my mini-horses.show more

It's Tuesday, let's tongue out!!😜 Oops, it seems that... the Sydney's zipper doesn't work!😅🤭 Emma Myers, Sydney Sweeney, Gemma Atkinson, Elle Fanning 👅 👉🏻Subscribe for more content!💥 Nano Banana Pro via Hailuo AI & Kling 3.0 Turbo via Higgsfield AI Prompt: { "image_description": "A highly detailed, photorealistic close-up portrait of a stunning young woman with two-toned hair (blonde on top, dark underneath) styled in voluminous waves, fair skin, and striking facial features with heavy makeup, long lashes, and multiple facial piercings including lip studs. She wears black-rimmed glasses and a glossy black leather halter top with a front zipper unzipped. She playfully sticks her tongue out while looking directly at the camera with a seductive and fun expression. The background has soft pink and red ambient lighting.", "composition": "Tight close-up selfie-style shot focusing on her face, upper chest, and playful expression. Soft colorful ambient lighting with pink/red tones creates an intimate, edgy, and vibrant atmosphere.", "details": { "woman": "Beautiful woman in her early-to-mid 20s, alternative style, two-toned wavy hair, multiple piercings and tattoos visible on neck and arms, confident and playful expression with tongue out.", "clothing": "Glossy black leather halter top with front zipper unzipped.", "environment": "Modern indoor room with colorful pink/red ambient lighting.", "props": "None additional." }, "modifications": { "additions": "Add a small, elegant embroidered sign reading 'Keor' in delicate cursive script on the visible border or edge of her black leather halter top unzipped. Place it realistically along the neckline, zipper border, or hem using fine metallic or contrasting thread that blends naturally as a subtle, high-end custom detail." }, "style": "Photorealistic, high-resolution alternative/glamour photography, soft colorful ambient lighting, sharp focus on facial features, piercings, leather texture, and hair details, playful and seductive mood.", "technical": { "resolution": "8K", "aspect_ratio": "portrait", "quality": "Extremely detailed wavy hair strands with two-tone color, realistic skin texture, glossy leather reflections, piercing details, and subtle embroidered 'Keor' sign." }, "full_prompt": "Photorealistic close-up portrait of a beautiful woman with two-toned wavy hair and glasses wearing a glossy black leather halter top unzipped, playfully sticking her tongue out at camera, soft pink and red ambient lighting, add subtle embroidered 'Keor' on the border of the leather top --ar 2:3 --v 6 --q 2 --stylize 250" }show more

One player I've really grown to like over the... last several months is OF Kane Kepley (Carolina Baseball). Started right away at Liberty where he hit .310/.457/.432 with 13 XBH, but had a breakout summer in the Coastal Plain League to the tune of a .339/.468/.546 slash line with 8 2B, 5 HR, 26 SB and 29 BB to 11 Ks. Carried that momentum over into last season and hit .330/.482/.521 with 12 2B, 9 HR, 25 SB and an impressive 53 BB to just 27 Ks. Kepley then proceeded to have a productive summer on the Cape in which he was named an All-Star. Compact build at 5'8" and 165-pounds with sneaky strength packed into his frame. Crouched stance in the box with a medium-high handset and slightly open front side. Kepley has a minimal load and utilizes a toe tap that leads into a normal stride. With two strikes, Kepley will widen his stance and sit deeper in his base, choke up a bit, and shorten his stride in order to maximize his chances of moving the baseball. Quick hands with present bat speed. Will drop his back side to help create leverage. Overall, it's a compact operation in which he takes an efficient path to contact. Kepley's bat-to-ball skills and hand-eye coordination are outstanding. Last spring at Liberty, he boasted a 90% overall contact rate and a 93% overall IZ contact rate. It was a similar story this summer, as he ran an 89% overall contact rate and a 94% overall IZ contact rate. Kepley's pitch recognition skills and approach are both highly advanced and he rarely expands the strike zone. On the Cape, his overall chase rate was a minuscule 13%. Kepley has high-level barrel skills, a trait that is on display day in and day out. His bat control and adjustability are also advanced. Kepley is capable of using the entire field, but his highest quality of contact does come to the pull side. Hit tool is comfortably a 55, but it's closer to a 60. Kepley without a doubt is a hit-over-power profile, but there is a little bit of thump to the pull side. Has shown the ability to turn on pitches on the inner-half and drive them to the PS. For a player with this kind of profile, he posted respectable Max EVs of 106.1 and 101 during the spring and summer, respectively. Below-average power, but he'll run into a ball on occasion and hit 10+ HRs this spring. Not only is Kepley a plus runner, he most importantly knows HOW to run and get the most out of his legs. Quick first step and really advanced baseball sense both translate to the base paths where he's a chaos causer and speeds up the game for opposing teams. Kepley's speed also allows him to take an extra base on a ball in the gap or down the line. Across 179 games between college and summer ball, Kepley is 89-for-97 on stolen base attempts. Kepley this spring will rove CF for North Carolina. His speed and instincts plays at the position and he has gap-to-gap range with solid closing speed. Gets good reads off the bat. Kepley's arm is fringy, but his overall defensive skillset will give him the opportunity to prove he can stick at the position professionally. Versatile enough to play all 3 OF spots. Kepley is an old-fashioned baseball rat who plays at one speed. Selfless, high-energy player who can affect the game in a myriad of ways. A little reminiscent of Tommy Hawke. Top-5 round type this July.show more

Genesis Update: Diamond Hand Bonus + Take Profit Cooldown... Live Today, we’re rolling out two major features to Genesis Launch, designed to reward strong hands and keep the system fair for all players. ⸻ 1. Diamond Hand Bonus (Claim going live in 24h) Hodl your Genesis tokens. Earn free points. •Every 24 hours you stay strong, bonus points are unlocked for you. •Bonuses must be claimed manually, claim within 24 hours. •The longer you hodl, the more you can earn. This is our way of rewarding true conviction and loyalty. ⸻ 2. Take Profit Cooldown Winning too hard? Time for a quick cooldown. •Trigger: Taking profit on your Genesis allocation activates a cooldown. •Recovery: Points steadily recover throughout the cooldown period. Cooldowns are a natural part of the game, keeping the system fair while letting long-term players continue building momentum. ⸻ Why This Matters Genesis Launch is built for Virgens. By introducing the Diamond Hand Bonus and Take Profit Cooldown: •We reward loyalty and conviction. •We maintain fairness. •We strengthen the long-term foundations of the agent economy. More rewards. More balance. More strength across Virtuals Protocol.show more

[VAE] by Hand ✍️ A Variational Auto Encoder (VAE)... learns the structure (mean and variance) of hidden features and generates new data from the learned structure. In contrast, GANs only learn to generate new data to fool a discriminator; they may not necessarily know the underlying structure of the data. The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) this year announced its first ever "Test of Time Award" to recognizes the VAE paper, published 10 years ago. This exercise demonstrates how to calculate a VAE by hand. [1] Given: ↳ Three training examples X1, X2, X3 ↳ Copy training examples to the bottom ↳ The purpose is to train the network to reconstruct the training examples. ↳ Since each target is a training example itself, we use the Greek word "auto" which means "self." This crucial step is what makes an autoencoder "auto." [2] Encoder: Layer 1 + ReLU ↳ Multiply inputs with weights and biases ↳ Apply ReLU, crossing out negative values (-1 -> 0) [3] Encoder: Mean and Variance ↳ Multiply features with two sets of weights and biases ↳ 🟩 The first set predicts the means (𝜇) of latent distributions ↳ 🟪 The second set predicts the standard deviation (𝜎) of latent distributions [4] Reparameterization Trick: Random Offset ↳ Sample epsilon ε from the normal distribution with mean = 0 and variance = 1. ↳ The purpose is to randomly pick a offset away from the mean. ↳ Multiply the standard deviation values with epsilon values. ↳ The purpose is to scale the offset by the standard deviation. [5] Reparameterization Trick: Mean + Offset ↳ Add the sampled offset to predicted mean ↳ The result are new parameters or features 🟨 as inputs to the Decoder. [6] Decoder: Layer 1 + ReLU ↳ Multiply input features with weights and biases ↳ Apply ReLU, crossing out negative values. Here, -4 is crossed out. [7] Decoder: Layer 2 ↳ Multiply features with weights and biases ↳ The output is Decoder's attempt to reconstruct the input data X from reparameterized distributions described by 𝜇 and 𝜎. [8]-[10] KL Divergence Loss [8] Loss Gradient: Mean 𝜇 ↳ We want 𝜇 to approach 0. ↳ A lot of math called SGVB simplifies the calculation of loss gradients to simply 𝜇 [9,10] Loss Gradient: Stdev 𝜎 ↳ We want 𝜎 to approach 1. ↳ A lot of math simplifies the calculation to 𝜎 - (1/ 𝜎) [11] Reconstruction Loss ↳ We want the reconstructed data Y (dark 🟧) to be the same as the input data X. ↳ Some math involving Mean Square Error simplifies the calculation to Y - X.show more

This is an example of a justified punch. As... you can see the guy is merely holding his arms out the entire time trying to get the guy to hold back/deescalate the situation, the black guy swats his hand (this counts as a physical attack) the guy doesn't back down so he punches. The law literally doesn't care about whether you are justified or not though, so don't throw sucker punches, be ready to counter/defend against them, once someone physically lays their hands on you THEN you unload. As long as you fear for your life after all. NOTE: I've noticed this a lot, but a lot of people from "the hood" have a habit of saying shit like "don't touch me" when you aren't even touching them just trying to use motions and body language/defensive posture and then they make physical contact with you and throw the first punch or make physical contact: NEWSFLASH—saying "don't touch me" while touching someone doesn't make you the good guy lmao, same thing with the Alex Pretti case, the dimpshit put his hands on an officer, then proceeded to resist arrest while yelling "no don't touch me" like a retard, him getting shot was entirely legally justifiable (especially considering his gun discharged and instead of having his hands up or laying down/still he tries to get up and is reaching at his pants) I'm not trying to be tough (lmao) nor am I saying you have to fight fair (I don't) but you 100% need to know the law if you're going to have your ass covered. ITT: Don't be a retard and know the law.show more