Over the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure of attending the ABCA convention in Chicago, the I-70 clinic in Greenville, Illinois, and the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association clinic in Lombard, Illinois.   It is the first time I can remember that I attended three clinics, and while I admit it was a […]

How many times have you spent what seems like forever meticulously introducing, going over, or reviewing a topic only to turn it over to your athletes and they are unable to execute what you just taught them?  Frustrating isn’t it?   Another scenario we have all seen is, we introduce a technique or tactic and […]

Chances are, every single athlete you coach will earn a living doing something other than playing sports.  Regardless of the profession they eventually choose, having good character and leadership skills will be a must in their professional career.  As a coach, realize that your job not only consists of teaching your athletes the game, it […]

I know it is very cliche to write a “things I am thankful for” post on Thanksgiving, but this is my first Thanksgiving with a blog and I have a lot of things I am thankful for.  I have decided not to get very personal on this blog since the topic is baseball coaching, but […]

Even great players such as Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, and Alex Rodriguez go through slumps at some point each season.  Jeter once went 0-21, Pujols, who is one of the greatest home run hitters of all time, went 110 at bats (almost 1/6 of a season) without hitting a home run, and Arod has gone […]

In this installment of “Scoring Runs Without Hitting,” we will look at how to score runners from third primarily with less than two outs, and a few techniques you can use to improve your chances of scoring a runner from third with two outs.               Squeeze bunt: I am […]

 “Get ‘em on, Get ‘em over, Get ‘em in.”  This is the motto of many coaches who believe in generating runs though small ball.  As we discussed in Part I, there are some days where your team just will not hit.  On those days, hopefully you get good pitching and you are able to get […]

Many times, you will hear coaches and players mistakenly refer to offense strictly as “hitting.”  They will say things such as “we just didn’t hit today,” or “we could not hit that pitcher.”  There is no doubt that on a day when you don’t score many runs, those statements are true, however this rationale shows […]