Coach Kyle Nelson10 Simple, Overlooked Tips to Play Better Team Defense
Baseball has often been described as a team game made up of individual match ups. We often get lost in the individual match ups and forget the team aspect of the game. The following are 10 simple tips you can take to your next practice to play great team defense. 1.) Get to bunts quickly […]
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Mar, 11, 2015
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CCA Podcast 009: Running a Tryout
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/cornerstonecoaching/CCA_Podcast_009_-_Conducting_Tryouts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS In this episode you will learn: How to develop a fair tryout process How to maximize your indoor space How to manage your roster What to look for at each position How to measure during tryouts in case you are questioned by parents. […]
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- Posted in Parents, Podcast, Practice Organization
- Feb, 19, 2015
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Player Development Through Tactical Games
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/cornerstonecoaching/CCA_Podcast_008-Tactical_Games.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS By popular demand after our two part “Running Efficient Practices” podcast, we have released a podcast on “Player Development Through Tactical Games.” In this episode, you will learn: What are tactical games? How often you should use tactical games in practice? How to make your […]
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- Posted in Coaching Philosophy, Hitting, Infield, Mental Game, Outfield, Pitching, Podcast, Practice Organization
- Feb, 03, 2015
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CCA Podcast 006: Maximizing Practice Efficiency Part 2
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/cornerstonecoaching/CCA_Podcast_-_006_Running_Efficient_Practices_Part_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS In this episode you will learn: How to keep players from tuning you out in practice. How to get players to utilize your practice time efficiently so they are active at least 1/2 of the time. Instructional strategies to help your player’s retention […]
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- Jan, 05, 2015
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Podcast Episode 005: Maximizing Baseball Practice Efficiency
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/cornerstonecoaching/CCA_Podcast_-_005_Maximizing_Practice_Time.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS Maximizing the efficiency of baseball practices is one of, if not my favorite topic to discuss with coaches. The game of baseball is fighting a losing battle against other, more fast paced games in the age of instant gratification. Coaches have to start […]
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- Dec, 26, 2014
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Baseball Conditioning: Without a Weight Room
Every year, I get emails, texts and calls from our baseball alumni that they would like to come back and use our weight room over their Winter Break to keep up with their conditioning program. Assuming the weight room isn’t too crowded (which it usually is because we had 48 players in it every day […]
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- Posted in Conditioning, Practice Organization
- Dec, 18, 2014
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Opposite Field Hitting: Theory, Cues, and Drills (2 FREE Reports at the End)
The ability to drive the ball to all fields becomes more and more important as a player gets older and pitchers begin to locate their pitches. Show me a hitter who cannot hit the ball to the opposite field and I will show you a player whose time in the game is limited. At […]
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- Posted in Hitting, Practice Organization
- Oct, 20, 2014
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A New Hitting Game
“Win this pitch!” That’s a line I say all the time during games. We say it, and the kids understand what it means, but we don’t often practice it. Then I had one of those “coaching moments.” You know that time when you have 30 minutes in the cage, you have run through […]
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- Posted in Hitting, Mental Game, Practice Organization
- Apr, 18, 2014
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My New Favorite Fielding Game
Practicing baseball in a gym for 4 weeks will force you to get creative. Those of you who have been following me, my blog, and my products over the past year and a half know that I have been making a huge push to make players more athletic and less robotic and mechanical. […]
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- Posted in Infield, Practice Organization
- Mar, 28, 2014
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Creating challenges for practice
In one of our last posts (and Podcast), we discussed ways to keep practices fun and energetic by using tactical games. Another effective method that will accomplish the same goal while creating pressure is to use a daily skills challenge. We start every day with a specified amount of conditioning at the end of practice […]
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- Mar, 03, 2013
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