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Offensive execution skills can help develop better barrel control, barrel awareness, barrel manipulation, and pitch-tracking ability. Several of these drills can also help shorten the swing, making them especially valuable when facing elite velocity or implementing an effective two-strike approach. Elite hitters don’t just train their swing, they train... show more

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Placing the bat on the neck or shoulder, allowing a hitter to know where their barrel is, can be a good unlock for some hitters. Shortening the swing arc can also help produce more consistent, hard contact. Coach Gary Ward of Oklahoma State fame.

Placing the bat on the neck or shoulder, allowing a hitter to know where their barrel is, can be a good unlock for some hitters. Shortening the swing arc can also help produce more consistent, hard contact. Coach Gary Ward of Oklahoma State fame.

Perk

43,169 views • 9 months ago

The Problem w/ extension drills !!! Too many hitters try to “muscle” the swing. They squeeze the bat, fight the barrel, and kill all the natural whip that creates real power. The best hitters don’t force the barrel — they release it. Loose hands allow the barrel to move freely and naturally through the zone. It doesn’t mean lazy or sloppy. It means relaxed enough to let your body’s sequence — not tension — deliver the barrel. Think: smooth → quick → explosive. When your hands are loose, your forearms and wrists stay live. That’s where the “Power V” starts to form — the natural extension of your hands and barrel after contact. This in many other Hiting tips can be found. In the Summers Method App

The Problem w/ extension drills !!! Too many hitters try to “muscle” the swing. They squeeze the bat, fight the barrel, and kill all the natural whip that creates real power. The best hitters don’t force the barrel — they release it. Loose hands allow the barrel to move freely and naturally through the zone. It doesn’t mean lazy or sloppy. It means relaxed enough to let your body’s sequence — not tension — deliver the barrel. Think: smooth → quick → explosive. When your hands are loose, your forearms and wrists stay live. That’s where the “Power V” starts to form — the natural extension of your hands and barrel after contact. This in many other Hiting tips can be found. In the Summers Method App

Stance Doctor

38,436 views • 9 months ago

This is one of the greatest feelings a hitter will ever experience… and most players never learn it. This drill has nothing to do with mechanics. It has everything to do with execution. The pitcher mixes fastballs and slow balls. Your only two rules: ⚾ Slow pitch or spin? Don’t roll it over. ⚾ Fastball? Don’t pull it. Now you’re forced to recognize speed instead of guessing. You’re training your eyes, your timing, and your approach—not just your swing. This is one of my favorite two-strike drills because it teaches hitters to trust what they see instead of committing too early. A great swing is important. Knowing when to use it is what separates hitters. Train with an expert, not an influencer.

This is one of the greatest feelings a hitter will ever experience… and most players never learn it. This drill has nothing to do with mechanics. It has everything to do with execution. The pitcher mixes fastballs and slow balls. Your only two rules: ⚾ Slow pitch or spin? Don’t roll it over. ⚾ Fastball? Don’t pull it. Now you’re forced to recognize speed instead of guessing. You’re training your eyes, your timing, and your approach—not just your swing. This is one of my favorite two-strike drills because it teaches hitters to trust what they see instead of committing too early. A great swing is important. Knowing when to use it is what separates hitters. Train with an expert, not an influencer.

Stance Doctor

11,693 views • 1 month ago

The University of Missouri led by Dennis Gates has become one of the most progressive programs in the NCAA. Their secret? They are committed to evidence-based coaching and are guided by the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) This game is an effective way for coaches to help their teams improve their finishing ability in live action. By practicing against live defense and in game-like scenarios, players can develop the necessary skills and adaptability to perform better in actual games. Implementing this drill, or similar ones that focus on live action and adaptation, could be a valuable addition to a team’s practice routine.

The University of Missouri led by Dennis Gates has become one of the most progressive programs in the NCAA. Their secret? They are committed to evidence-based coaching and are guided by the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) This game is an effective way for coaches to help their teams improve their finishing ability in live action. By practicing against live defense and in game-like scenarios, players can develop the necessary skills and adaptability to perform better in actual games. Implementing this drill, or similar ones that focus on live action and adaptation, could be a valuable addition to a team’s practice routine.

Transforming Basketball

138,136 views • 7 months ago

Everybody tries to fix their direction by training and feeling their bat path. Makes sense. The barrel and hands the part you can feel the most. But your path is mostly just following where your body already sent the energy. Posture leaks a little, the energy comes away from the ball, and the barrel goes right along with it. So when you’re pulling off, it usually started before your swing even starts. It started with your posture and where your body was working. Hands, path, posture, energy. They all work together. Clean up the stride, body energy and posture and the barrel falls in line on its own. Typically. The drill in the video is how you train that. Volume up so you catch the cue.

Everybody tries to fix their direction by training and feeling their bat path. Makes sense. The barrel and hands the part you can feel the most. But your path is mostly just following where your body already sent the energy. Posture leaks a little, the energy comes away from the ball, and the barrel goes right along with it. So when you’re pulling off, it usually started before your swing even starts. It started with your posture and where your body was working. Hands, path, posture, energy. They all work together. Clean up the stride, body energy and posture and the barrel falls in line on its own. Typically. The drill in the video is how you train that. Volume up so you catch the cue.

Trey Hannam

36,132 views • 1 month ago

Presence is the part of the 'swing' nobody trains. When you walk up to the plate.. Are people saying "oh, the pitchers in trouble here" Or do they see your presence and think "he's got no chance" Hitters spend all waking hours on their swing and zero time on how they carry themselves in the box. Or on deck. Or walking up to the plate. Train how you carry your bat walking up to the plate. Train how you have that slight 'good luck' stare down at the pitcher. Train how you give off 'you better not miss' vibes to the pitcher. Pitchers read it. Coaches read it. Your family reads it. You step in unsure with your head down and you've told them how the at-bat goes before the first pitch. The ones who own the box aren't faking it. They know their plan, they trust their swing, and it shows. Go watch your own video, Go train it. You'll be surprised by how much better you perform. > Send this to a hitter who needs it > Save this for when you need it.

Presence is the part of the 'swing' nobody trains. When you walk up to the plate.. Are people saying "oh, the pitchers in trouble here" Or do they see your presence and think "he's got no chance" Hitters spend all waking hours on their swing and zero time on how they carry themselves in the box. Or on deck. Or walking up to the plate. Train how you carry your bat walking up to the plate. Train how you have that slight 'good luck' stare down at the pitcher. Train how you give off 'you better not miss' vibes to the pitcher. Pitchers read it. Coaches read it. Your family reads it. You step in unsure with your head down and you've told them how the at-bat goes before the first pitch. The ones who own the box aren't faking it. They know their plan, they trust their swing, and it shows. Go watch your own video, Go train it. You'll be surprised by how much better you perform. > Send this to a hitter who needs it > Save this for when you need it.

Trey Hannam

50,289 views • 3 months ago

‘28 C/IF Hank Drew 16U WF Toronto Toronto Blue Jays Future every day MLB catcher or corner IF with All-Star potential. Offensive profile shows all characteristics to be a future A/AVG (55) or better hit tool w/ AVG or better Power Pro. Multidimensional approach pitchers can’t plan for, unpredictable. Just as likely to go 1st pitch 💣 as he is 12 pitch BB. Quarterback of the defense - advanced pitch calling, receiving, awareness. Great communicator, knows hitter’s tendencies. 1.98 to 2.05 pop times in game this spring. What makes him a future 55 or better bat? •Pro Approach - Cover the outer half, react inside •Elite pitch recognition, accurate processing+decision making, natural and trained adjustability •Controls effort in swing like a pro, never taking undisciplined 100% hacks. Stays 70-85%. •Head/eyes stay down on ball thru contact •Lets ⚾️ travel - Backside dominant hitter (head stays stacked over inside of back hip). More time to process movement+location & more time to react. •Rare swing mechanics - Ability to turn barrel in compact space, precise adjustability for each pitch location (shoulder planes, swing direction, arm adjustments). Elite top hand+back shoulder connection, elbows work close to body, shoulders always on pitch 🛬 •Rare hand-eye coordination •Rare timing - When to move & be in position to hit relative to pitchers delivery, great feel for location based contact points •Quickly understands pitcher’s approach vs him & tendencies •Walks twice as much as he K’s •50% oppo, 50% pull batted ball profile •Exceptional with 2 strikes. Wastes pitches with ease •Perfect hitter mindset. QAB’s & barrels over hits, not results based •Confidence is unwavering •OUTLIER MLB bloodlines

Justin Goetz

27,106 views • 3 months ago

I’m going to show you two pitches that encompasses the Padres offense Notice the situation bases loaded no outs. First pitch is a nasty sweeper in a 2-1 count. You would hope Manny lays off but it’s nasty and he swings out of his shoes looking to do damage. Okay fine. Now second pitch it’s a full count. It’s now time to be a team player. You would hope Manny shortens up his swing to make it easier for himself to cover whatever is coming. Nope, swings out of shoes again and whiffs on a pitch that has a 10.4% whiff rate. This is a selfish swing to me and it lacks situational awareness especially for a veteran. Then you have Manny nodding his head like yeah you got me. Brother you got yourself out. The team approach is horrible. Sometimes it looks like they just go up there without a game plan. They don’t hunt pitches where they can do damage early or when it’s two strikes they don’t have a 2 strike approach. They have one mode and that’s just to swing and to swing often. Making little to no adjustments inside the same at bat.

I’m going to show you two pitches that encompasses the Padres offense Notice the situation bases loaded no outs. First pitch is a nasty sweeper in a 2-1 count. You would hope Manny lays off but it’s nasty and he swings out of his shoes looking to do damage. Okay fine. Now second pitch it’s a full count. It’s now time to be a team player. You would hope Manny shortens up his swing to make it easier for himself to cover whatever is coming. Nope, swings out of shoes again and whiffs on a pitch that has a 10.4% whiff rate. This is a selfish swing to me and it lacks situational awareness especially for a veteran. Then you have Manny nodding his head like yeah you got me. Brother you got yourself out. The team approach is horrible. Sometimes it looks like they just go up there without a game plan. They don’t hunt pitches where they can do damage early or when it’s two strikes they don’t have a 2 strike approach. They have one mode and that’s just to swing and to swing often. Making little to no adjustments inside the same at bat.

Giannis Auntiegotapoodle

179,367 views • 3 months ago

“Captains aren’t always leaders” says Jose Mourinho… …sure… …but in high performance sport, all players can develop their leadership skills. Even just a little. It starts with helping them have a simple but broad ranging definition. To lead is to influence. And all players can influence their team mates. Influence in sport starts with action. This is level one leadership. When players compete in their High Performance Mindset…when they execute every action in their High Performance Mindset…they automatically influence others. Social and emotional contagion starts with action! One level up is influencing with confidence in mind. Many, but not all players can help others develop confidence. They just need to be shown how. Simply, they can help their teammates recall best moments, strengths, and successes. They can help teammates remember these and rehearse these…every day! By tapping into memory, players can help their teammates feel great! The next level is to influence by energy. Some, but not many players can influence others’ energy. Through voice and body language (the embodiment of that voice), players can inject feelings of energy through the bodies’ of their teammates. This takes moments of extraversion. It takes willingness to bypass any social anxiety. It takes a desire to be front and centre. Through tone of voice and assertive gestures, players can inject feelings of energy in others. The highest level is influencing through solution. Few players can do this. Few players can instruct. It takes knowledge of the game model and the responsibilities in others’ roles. It takes the ability to focus on self but be minded by the games of teammates. It takes the ability to compete through cognitive overload. Action…confidence…energy…solutions And this needs to be trained in every activity in every session. It needs to be incorporated into session design and coach behaviour. It needs to be made a big deal in a coach’s practice and process. To lead is to influence. And the ability to influence can be learned by anyone who deems it important enough… ******************************** 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩…𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬

“Captains aren’t always leaders” says Jose Mourinho… …sure… …but in high performance sport, all players can develop their leadership skills. Even just a little. It starts with helping them have a simple but broad ranging definition. To lead is to influence. And all players can influence their team mates. Influence in sport starts with action. This is level one leadership. When players compete in their High Performance Mindset…when they execute every action in their High Performance Mindset…they automatically influence others. Social and emotional contagion starts with action! One level up is influencing with confidence in mind. Many, but not all players can help others develop confidence. They just need to be shown how. Simply, they can help their teammates recall best moments, strengths, and successes. They can help teammates remember these and rehearse these…every day! By tapping into memory, players can help their teammates feel great! The next level is to influence by energy. Some, but not many players can influence others’ energy. Through voice and body language (the embodiment of that voice), players can inject feelings of energy through the bodies’ of their teammates. This takes moments of extraversion. It takes willingness to bypass any social anxiety. It takes a desire to be front and centre. Through tone of voice and assertive gestures, players can inject feelings of energy in others. The highest level is influencing through solution. Few players can do this. Few players can instruct. It takes knowledge of the game model and the responsibilities in others’ roles. It takes the ability to focus on self but be minded by the games of teammates. It takes the ability to compete through cognitive overload. Action…confidence…energy…solutions And this needs to be trained in every activity in every session. It needs to be incorporated into session design and coach behaviour. It needs to be made a big deal in a coach’s practice and process. To lead is to influence. And the ability to influence can be learned by anyone who deems it important enough… ******************************** 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩…𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬

Daniel Abrahams

37,807 views • 14 days ago

College coaches aren't watching your kid's batting average they're watching THIS They're watching how she moves. How she loads, controls her body, and works through the ball. Not just swinging moving well under pressure. Recruiting isn't about stats at 12U. It's about movement.The best movers = less to fix in college. The kid hitting .500 because she's bigger? She won't last when velocity and game speed pick up. Movement translates. Results fade. Parents stop worrying about other kids. Stop chasing hits. Stop obsessing over averages. "Home Town Hero Parents" bragging about 11U stats? It doesn't help your kid. Focus on development. Teach them to move well and handle failure. Strike out? Celebrate the movement. Error? Celebrate the rebound. Drills matter. Purpose matters. Ally's working on center mass drills to control the zone. Every rep has a movement purpose. We don't copy social media. We train movement that translates. She's also learning to connect swing to throw, whipping the barrel into a top-hand release. Follow the throw. Whip the shit out of the barrel. Movement first. Mindset second. Hits will come naturally. PVS Baseball

College coaches aren't watching your kid's batting average they're watching THIS They're watching how she moves. How she loads, controls her body, and works through the ball. Not just swinging moving well under pressure. Recruiting isn't about stats at 12U. It's about movement.The best movers = less to fix in college. The kid hitting .500 because she's bigger? She won't last when velocity and game speed pick up. Movement translates. Results fade. Parents stop worrying about other kids. Stop chasing hits. Stop obsessing over averages. "Home Town Hero Parents" bragging about 11U stats? It doesn't help your kid. Focus on development. Teach them to move well and handle failure. Strike out? Celebrate the movement. Error? Celebrate the rebound. Drills matter. Purpose matters. Ally's working on center mass drills to control the zone. Every rep has a movement purpose. We don't copy social media. We train movement that translates. She's also learning to connect swing to throw, whipping the barrel into a top-hand release. Follow the throw. Whip the shit out of the barrel. Movement first. Mindset second. Hits will come naturally. PVS Baseball

John Sangillo

53,025 views • 10 months ago

We all want secure attachment. And the best part of our attachment patterns is we can shift them. Through self awareness, practice, and healthy communication. People with secure attachment have 3 core traits: 1. The ability to not take things personally: this gives them space to understand people close to them aren’t attacking them. It also makes it so they can get to self reflection. 2. The ability to self reflect: this is actually more rare than people realize. Those with secure attachment can self reflect. They can ask “is there truth here?” “Is this valid?” If it is, they face it and begin to integrate. Integration is why people with secure attachment patterns tend to grow and evolve more than those with insecure patterns. 3. The ability to be accountable for their impact: if they self reflect and see that someone has a point, they can be accountable. Instead of deflecting or being defensive they can say “I see where you’re coming from” and “I’m sorry and want to do better.” They create a space to have conversations which is why people in their lives feel safe and heard. All of us can practice these traits. It’s about hearing things in new ways and responding in new ways. You’ll see how differently people engage with us when we’re not trying to defend our self image or deny their reality.

We all want secure attachment. And the best part of our attachment patterns is we can shift them. Through self awareness, practice, and healthy communication. People with secure attachment have 3 core traits: 1. The ability to not take things personally: this gives them space to understand people close to them aren’t attacking them. It also makes it so they can get to self reflection. 2. The ability to self reflect: this is actually more rare than people realize. Those with secure attachment can self reflect. They can ask “is there truth here?” “Is this valid?” If it is, they face it and begin to integrate. Integration is why people with secure attachment patterns tend to grow and evolve more than those with insecure patterns. 3. The ability to be accountable for their impact: if they self reflect and see that someone has a point, they can be accountable. Instead of deflecting or being defensive they can say “I see where you’re coming from” and “I’m sorry and want to do better.” They create a space to have conversations which is why people in their lives feel safe and heard. All of us can practice these traits. It’s about hearing things in new ways and responding in new ways. You’ll see how differently people engage with us when we’re not trying to defend our self image or deny their reality.

Dr. Nicole LePera

809,439 views • 2 years ago

Exit velocity, bat speed, and all the data matter. At some point, you do need to hit certain physical thresholds to compete at the highest levels of baseball. But once you get around players who are all talented, the separator usually isn’t another 2 mph of bat speed. It’s mental toughness. Resilience. Confidence. The ability to handle failure. Having a consistent approach. Showing up every day. Competing when things aren’t going your way. The numbers might get you noticed. Your mindset is what determines how far you go. I’ve seen plenty of players with elite metrics fail, and plenty of players with average metrics maximize every ounce of their ability because of who they were between the ears. Train the body. Don’t neglect the mind.

Exit velocity, bat speed, and all the data matter. At some point, you do need to hit certain physical thresholds to compete at the highest levels of baseball. But once you get around players who are all talented, the separator usually isn’t another 2 mph of bat speed. It’s mental toughness. Resilience. Confidence. The ability to handle failure. Having a consistent approach. Showing up every day. Competing when things aren’t going your way. The numbers might get you noticed. Your mindset is what determines how far you go. I’ve seen plenty of players with elite metrics fail, and plenty of players with average metrics maximize every ounce of their ability because of who they were between the ears. Train the body. Don’t neglect the mind.

Tyler Osik

17,036 views • 2 months ago

Training robot foundation models faces two key hurdles: how to get enough data to train an effective model, and how to make sure that new skills can be acquired quickly. The team at Rhoda AI believes that the answer is training Direct Video Action models from web data. Web data is plentiful, to the point where Rhoda can train their base model on hundreds of years of video data. And then, with the addition of robot data, they can quickly adapt it to new tasks with as little as 20 hours of in-domain data, performing complex, multi-step manipulation tasks with their purpose-built video foundation model. Tongzhou Mu 🤖🦾🦿 Eric Chan and Changan Chen joined us to talk more about their approach. Watch Episode #79 of RoboPapers, with Michael Cho - Rbt/Acc, Chris Paxton, and Jiafei Duan, to learn more!

Training robot foundation models faces two key hurdles: how to get enough data to train an effective model, and how to make sure that new skills can be acquired quickly. The team at Rhoda AI believes that the answer is training Direct Video Action models from web data. Web data is plentiful, to the point where Rhoda can train their base model on hundreds of years of video data. And then, with the addition of robot data, they can quickly adapt it to new tasks with as little as 20 hours of in-domain data, performing complex, multi-step manipulation tasks with their purpose-built video foundation model. Tongzhou Mu 🤖🦾🦿 Eric Chan and Changan Chen joined us to talk more about their approach. Watch Episode #79 of RoboPapers, with Michael Cho - Rbt/Acc, Chris Paxton, and Jiafei Duan, to learn more!

RoboPapers

24,475 views • 3 months ago

Good players have a BIG PROBLEM … That often keeps them from becoming great!!! …. They don’t like to look bad when they are training/practicing…. The result? They don’t challenge themselves. They stay in a comfort zone. Growth comes from challenge and eventual mastery. Start stacking bricks. Conquer a skill and then build on it.. Start simple and predictable and move towards complex and unpredictable. This is where authentic confidence is found! Yes, simple and predictable (easy) can be a part of your routine, especially as a warm up. But there needs to be an element of hard, or very hard in your offensive and defensive process. Why? The game is very hard and one day you want to be able to make the hard look easy… so begin to DO HARD BETTER! Dirt Bro Diamond Training Next Level Baseball Taber Mongero PBPro is The Proven Brand Brad Porter

Trent Mongero

71,217 views • 1 year ago

Since 2020, the athletes I’ve trained have earned 32 college scholarships, including some of the biggest programs in the country. One player I helped completely rework her movement went on to become the 2022 ACC Player of the Year. What makes it special is that I’m not connected to any organization, and I don’t have hundreds of athletes cycling through. My training happens in a Little League cage, no tech, no Rapsodo, no bat speed sensors. Everything I teach comes down to one thing: learning how to move from the center out. Five years ago, I realized we were training like everyone else chasing one swing method, one path and all my hitters started to look the same. I knew something was missing. That’s when I dove into movement science, retrained my own body, and discovered that real development doesn’t come from mechanics or cookie-cutter paths. I’ve never been one to settle. Today, I have a few trusted mentors across the country whom I speak with daily about movement and hitting, and I’ve spent significant time learning from them. Most parents and coaches think the next “best drill” will fix a player’s swing. What they don’t understand is that a tool starting in the hands cannot fix the swing. Real development starts from the middle out controlling center mass first. Start at the hands or barrel, and you fight the body’s natural movement. The swing doesn’t happen overnight. Consistency and true swing change come from years of learning how to move properly. When athletes get strong, develop great habits, and understand how to control their center, development skyrockets. Stay patient. Stay consistent. Prioritize movement over results. The swing is built on movement, not mechanics. Control your center, and the rest of the body follows. Adjustability, power, and consistency all start here. At the end of the day, I don’t care what a swing looks like I care how the body moves. Every athlete who trains here learns to control their center, adapt to every pitch, and build a swing that works naturally. Control your center. Control your swing. Be the best version of yourself.

Since 2020, the athletes I’ve trained have earned 32 college scholarships, including some of the biggest programs in the country. One player I helped completely rework her movement went on to become the 2022 ACC Player of the Year. What makes it special is that I’m not connected to any organization, and I don’t have hundreds of athletes cycling through. My training happens in a Little League cage, no tech, no Rapsodo, no bat speed sensors. Everything I teach comes down to one thing: learning how to move from the center out. Five years ago, I realized we were training like everyone else chasing one swing method, one path and all my hitters started to look the same. I knew something was missing. That’s when I dove into movement science, retrained my own body, and discovered that real development doesn’t come from mechanics or cookie-cutter paths. I’ve never been one to settle. Today, I have a few trusted mentors across the country whom I speak with daily about movement and hitting, and I’ve spent significant time learning from them. Most parents and coaches think the next “best drill” will fix a player’s swing. What they don’t understand is that a tool starting in the hands cannot fix the swing. Real development starts from the middle out controlling center mass first. Start at the hands or barrel, and you fight the body’s natural movement. The swing doesn’t happen overnight. Consistency and true swing change come from years of learning how to move properly. When athletes get strong, develop great habits, and understand how to control their center, development skyrockets. Stay patient. Stay consistent. Prioritize movement over results. The swing is built on movement, not mechanics. Control your center, and the rest of the body follows. Adjustability, power, and consistency all start here. At the end of the day, I don’t care what a swing looks like I care how the body moves. Every athlete who trains here learns to control their center, adapt to every pitch, and build a swing that works naturally. Control your center. Control your swing. Be the best version of yourself.

John Sangillo

26,549 views • 9 months ago

It’s a train! 🚂 You might have noticed that young children can develop particularly intense interests. These passions can dominate their thinking and play for a time… and may even feel a little obsessive. But rest assured they are completely normal - and likely beneficial. Research suggests that intense interests not only enhance preschoolers’ perseverance, but also improve attention and complex thinking. So roll with them! Whether it’s trains or dinosaurs or horses… you name it… it can be great fun to watch your child develop as a subject matter expert. I just love the joyful reaction of this little railroad enthusiast as he experiences his first train in the real world. What is/was your preschooler’s “area of expertise?” This little train expert was shared to TT by sarahreynard.

It’s a train! 🚂 You might have noticed that young children can develop particularly intense interests. These passions can dominate their thinking and play for a time… and may even feel a little obsessive. But rest assured they are completely normal - and likely beneficial. Research suggests that intense interests not only enhance preschoolers’ perseverance, but also improve attention and complex thinking. So roll with them! Whether it’s trains or dinosaurs or horses… you name it… it can be great fun to watch your child develop as a subject matter expert. I just love the joyful reaction of this little railroad enthusiast as he experiences his first train in the real world. What is/was your preschooler’s “area of expertise?” This little train expert was shared to TT by sarahreynard.

Dan Wuori

129,678 views • 2 years ago

Cracker Barrel has been one of the most loved brands in America for decades… That changed this week with a logo redesign that infuriated the public but… the problem goes MUCH deeper than a logo. Cracker Barrel has gone fully woke and now it’s time to expose everything. Here’s the highlights you need to know: • Cracker Barrel has funded "all ages" Pride events for many years like Nashville Pride and Third River City Pride. • Cracker Barrel worked with the far left HRC organization and reportedly sponsored HRC events for 10 years. They even brought an HRC representative to their Tennessee HQ to do a pronoun and transgenderism training. We’ve included photos of this in the video. As a reminder, the HRC supports child sex changes and men in women’s bathrooms. They work to normalize/legalize both things and they work to force transgenderism in the workplace. • Cracker Barrel worked with a group called Conexión Américas as part of their DEI efforts. This group helps illegal immigrants, providing them lawyers and the executive director opposes President Trump’s deportations. • Cracker Barrel sponsored the Out & Equal LGBTQ Workplace Advocate Conference and presented a workshop on how Cracker Barrel has made progress supporting LGBTQ+ causes. This group works to push sexual topics and pronouns into the workplace. • Cracker Barrel was awarded Out & Equal’s 2018 top LGBT ERG group award and they won the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce "Corporate Diversity" award. • CB created a special "diverse" suppliers program focused on increasing "diversity" among suppliers. To most people this just reads as: less white people. • Had Coming out day pamphlets passed out at their TN headquarters as well as pamphlets about supporting "LGBTQ YOUTH" and creating "Safe Zones" at work, free from "heterosexist or cwordgendered comments and actions" (X will downrank my post if I spell that word out). If you said anything activists would describe as "heterosexist" then you were told that you’d be "educated" by their LGBT office group. • CB has had multiple DEI focused employees and had CB employees attend DEI roundtables. • CB had pride flags at their corporate office. • CB promoted the Stonewall riot to employees and on their website despite the fact that the Stonewall Inn was reportedly owned by the mafia, rife with drug dealing and also the site of teen "prostitution" for older men. • Had a Cracker Barrel employee on the HRC’s business advisory council. • Has ERG groups in the office that are divided by race and sexual preferences. • A total commitment to DEI policies. • CB has had MANY activist employees driving this far left policy agenda, including a head of training + management, top execs and a board of directors member who owns a DEI consulting firm. To put it mildly, Cracker Barrel has forgotten who their core customers are. It’s time for us to remind them. They depend on YOU to keep their business afloat so now YOU have to ask yourself: Do you want to fund people or companies that hate your values? It’s time to remind them who their customers are. If you think their values don’t align with yours and you’re a customer who wants to speak out, you can write to them here: Reporters can also call their reporter hotline at: 615-235-4135 or email them: [email protected] Remember to ALWAYS BE KIND. Many in customer service agree with you. Being rude hurts our cause! I give everyone permission to use my video and what we found to make your own content. You can rip this, clip this, make your own content, etc. You can even monetize my video. Just get this information to everyone you know. We have to take our power back as consumers. Every company needs to get the message that THIS ENDS NOW. If you support our movement then subscribe to my X page for $5 a month or any amount at Become a whistleblower against a woke company at:

Robby Starbuck

5,404,690 views • 1 year ago

Philadelphia Eagles coach, Nick Sirianni: “Effort is free. You can control your effort” No it’s not and no you can’t! Effort is metabolically costly. You can say ‘effort is free’ every single day and players will still slack off; drop in intensity; give into distractions; be avoidant…to name a few behaviours. Effort is far from free. With every ounce of effort, sugars and glucose that power the brain deplete. Neural fatigue sets in throughout the course of the day. Anxiety is rife in competitive environments meaning effort can be quicker to atrophy. Effort is far from free… It’s also not completely under your control, not only for the very reasons above. Psychology offers us the law of least work: given a choice between similarly rewarding options, organisms learn to avoid those that require more work or effort. A better message? “To high perform and win, we have to put in enormous effort. And this is very, very hard. We’re going to support you to put in effort by giving you the environment, the education, and the skills to ensure that you can optimise your effort daily. By giving you this support we will be demanding. We will stretch you more than any other group of players in the NFL. This won’t be a comfortable process…but we will help you put more effort in that you thought possible…” What can be done? -education and support plans on nutrition; training; sleep; effective rest and recuperate; and lifestyle tools for daily planning -daily training structures that optimise periods during the day where effort can be optimised -engagement tools that help players engage during meetings and training…that help them exert effort appropriately and optimally -learning skills that help players apportion effort during training…that help them self-regulate their learning and practice deliberately -competitive mental skills that optimise player ability to compete while reducing the stress of competition By sending the message that effort is hard, but then providing the environment and skills to train and compete with enormous effort you are helping players develop ‘learned industriousness’ where effort can be experienced as valuable or rewarding in its own right. Effort is neither free nor controllable. But through environmental intervention and upskilling, coaches can help players take control of their effort and experience effort as rewarding.

Philadelphia Eagles coach, Nick Sirianni: “Effort is free. You can control your effort” No it’s not and no you can’t! Effort is metabolically costly. You can say ‘effort is free’ every single day and players will still slack off; drop in intensity; give into distractions; be avoidant…to name a few behaviours. Effort is far from free. With every ounce of effort, sugars and glucose that power the brain deplete. Neural fatigue sets in throughout the course of the day. Anxiety is rife in competitive environments meaning effort can be quicker to atrophy. Effort is far from free… It’s also not completely under your control, not only for the very reasons above. Psychology offers us the law of least work: given a choice between similarly rewarding options, organisms learn to avoid those that require more work or effort. A better message? “To high perform and win, we have to put in enormous effort. And this is very, very hard. We’re going to support you to put in effort by giving you the environment, the education, and the skills to ensure that you can optimise your effort daily. By giving you this support we will be demanding. We will stretch you more than any other group of players in the NFL. This won’t be a comfortable process…but we will help you put more effort in that you thought possible…” What can be done? -education and support plans on nutrition; training; sleep; effective rest and recuperate; and lifestyle tools for daily planning -daily training structures that optimise periods during the day where effort can be optimised -engagement tools that help players engage during meetings and training…that help them exert effort appropriately and optimally -learning skills that help players apportion effort during training…that help them self-regulate their learning and practice deliberately -competitive mental skills that optimise player ability to compete while reducing the stress of competition By sending the message that effort is hard, but then providing the environment and skills to train and compete with enormous effort you are helping players develop ‘learned industriousness’ where effort can be experienced as valuable or rewarding in its own right. Effort is neither free nor controllable. But through environmental intervention and upskilling, coaches can help players take control of their effort and experience effort as rewarding.

Daniel Abrahams

70,618 views • 25 days ago

Q: How do you build effective teams? Keith Rabois, Founders Fund Partner and former COO of Square, has a great framework for building effective teams that he calls: “Barrels and Ammunition.” When most companies begin scaling, they just hire a lot of people. Naively, they expect that—as they add people—their velocity of shipping will increase. But startups don’t work that way, and in fact you sometimes get less done when you add more people. Keith argues that the reason for this is that most people in your company—even great people—are what he calls “ammunition.” But what you need in your company are “barrels”. He defines barrels as extremely talented people who can take ideas from inception all the way through to fully shipped product. To increase company velocity, you need to add “barrels” and then stock them with “ammunition.” Most companies start with one barrel (the founder) and then double their throughput when they add another one. In the clip below, he explains this framework and some specific tactics for identifying and managing barrels:

Q: How do you build effective teams? Keith Rabois, Founders Fund Partner and former COO of Square, has a great framework for building effective teams that he calls: “Barrels and Ammunition.” When most companies begin scaling, they just hire a lot of people. Naively, they expect that—as they add people—their velocity of shipping will increase. But startups don’t work that way, and in fact you sometimes get less done when you add more people. Keith argues that the reason for this is that most people in your company—even great people—are what he calls “ammunition.” But what you need in your company are “barrels”. He defines barrels as extremely talented people who can take ideas from inception all the way through to fully shipped product. To increase company velocity, you need to add “barrels” and then stock them with “ammunition.” Most companies start with one barrel (the founder) and then double their throughput when they add another one. In the clip below, he explains this framework and some specific tactics for identifying and managing barrels:

Michael McGuiness

567,860 views • 3 years ago