Coach Kyle NelsonCCA Podcast Episode 002: Playing College Baseball Part 2
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/cornerstonecoaching/CCA_002_Playing_College_Baseball_Part_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS In part 2 of the Playing College Baseball Podcast we discuss what to look for in a college coach: Playing college baseball can be a great experience, and can help shape the rest of your son’s life in a positive manner, but […]
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Nov, 25, 2014
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CCA Podcast Episode 001: Playing College Baseball
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/cornerstonecoaching/CCA_001.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS Part 1: Run time 11:38 Resources mentioned in this podcast: NCAA Eligibility Center/Clearing House What is an NCAA Core Course? Recruiting Timeline This book is by far the most popular in the library of books I have for my players. It gives a […]
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- Nov, 19, 2014
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Adding Agility Drills to Improve Baseball Footwork
This is the second in a series of posts we will be doing on off season conditioning specific to baseball players. In this post, we will focus on footwork and agility. Any experienced coach will tell you that most errors, especially throwing errors are a result of poor, lazy, or improper footwork. We often just […]
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- Nov, 10, 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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Swing XP Power Series Practice Baseball Bats
Cornerstone is pleased to bring you this blog by Coach Michael Kuebler of Colonial Baseball Instruction. Coach K is an expert in baseball training equipment and uses many training aids with his high school team and in his camps. There’s a new baseball training aid on the market that will change the way many coaches […]
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- Aug, 31, 2014
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My son has great mechanics, but can’t hit!
I hear this a lot when I work with young players in individual lessons, and I see it a lot in high school baseball. There is no doubt that having a proper mechanical foundation will help hitters be successful, but it is far from the ONLY ingredient for success. I would challenge that the […]
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- Jul, 04, 2014
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Wanna Have a Catch?
During the preseason, we get an hour and a half in a gym with 20+ players and one batting cage. Maximizing our time is absolutely imperative in order to get our program implemented and to maximize the repetitions our players get in a short amount of time. This download from Cornerstone will allow your […]
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- Jun, 12, 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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What Makes a Good Hitting Drill?
There are literally millions of hitting drills available on the web right now, many of them are good, but many of them are just plain counterproductive. When you are a looking for a good hitting drill for your player or team, make sure it accomplishes one ore more of the following criteria. 1.) Promote […]
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- Mar, 18, 2014
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