Many hitters are put in between a rock and a hard place regularly where they’re asked to perform a high-speed, multi-variable task while considering where parts of their body are moving through space. To create some awareness of what’s being asked of our hitters, let’s consider a few different aspects of how our brain and …
The last couple of months have been an unprecedented time for everybody with the spread of COVID-19, and in our case it has been especially trying for our players who have had their spring baseball season taken away from them, school moved to an online format, and their social lives as teenagers drastically altered. We …
With the beginning of baseball season upon us, we will take a look at our Advanced Group Hitting program and what it can provide during the season for hitters serious about improving their skills to scale to the next level. Logistically, the amount and quality of swings players are able to get during a high school …
Starting this month, Rogue Baseball is introducing Advanced Group Hitting, a month to month training program concentrated on individualizing our athlete’s needs as hitters while creating an autonomous and competitive training environment. Players will often be hitting in groups, allowing them to learn and conceptualize with their fellow trainees as much as they do with …
From January 17th, 2019 – Utilizing Technology to Assess Hitters As mentioned in my post outlining the how we assess our hitters, having detailed information is great but utilizing it in a training environment is the key. As we look at a player’s assessment and organize and evaluate the data, we try to create a picture that provides players …
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As we start the new year, I wanted to share a little bit about the process of how we are integrating technology, and discuss how the data that it provides us allows us to better train our hitters. It should be said up front that while having access to technology and data tracking is great, …
More and more hitters at the highest level are showing the ability to keep their feet planted in the ground and use it to create torque. Based upon our assessment video from the beginning of winter training, many of our hitters appear to shift their entire body weight to their rear foot during the load, …
In the age of information, both players and coaches struggle with balancing the plethora of information we have and our ability to coach or play well on the field. Sometimes practicing the most basic skills of hitting fall through the cracks in our programs. I keep finding myself wondering if hitters prioritize thinking about their …
“Have an approach!!” – Every Coach Ever While this is sound advise, players are often in the dark on what having an approach actually means, and if it’s not clear what approach a player should have, how can a player have one?? As we went into our fall season this year, it was my …
I’m a nerd. So a while back, Robb Paller, Lake Erie Crushers power hitter and Rogue Pro, and I were nerding out talking about why it is hard to get your body to move continuously, smoothly, and consistently while picking up a 90-100 mph baseball coming out of a pitcher’s hand 60’ 6” away. It’s …
