We can all agree that when it comes to batting, practice is important. In my 10 plus years of playing baseball and living in a house surrounded by baseball, my brothers and I developed a few fun ways to increase our contact with the ball. The follow are three ways we use to “train” when [...]
Speed kills! In a sport like baseball, speed is necessary in order to achieve victory. Whether running for a home run, stealing a base or throwing a fast curveball pitch. Speed spells the difference between winning and losing. Things like that can turn things around and change the course of the game. Although, one may [...]
I never heard of teeball or t-ball growing up. What is teeball? Teeball is very similar to baseball with a few exceptions. Teeball is ideal for children ages three to six, though age requirements vary by youth leagues. Batters hit off a batting tee that’s waist high so there’s no pitching involved. In each inning, all [...]
Image via Wikipedia Baseball has been a well known sport for a very long time in the United States and now, all around the world in several different countries. From securing the best baseball equipment to guaranteeing the best baseball instruction, there are many different things that one can do to better the chance of [...]
Image via Wikipedia When learning to play baseball, many people begin by playing little league at a young age. As you grow older, baseball because a bigger part of your life that you might play in high school and possibly in college. As you get older and get better at playing the game, there are [...]
Image via Wikipedia Much can be gleaned by interacting with a baseball pitching machine. The best lessons taken from baseball or a softball pitching machine actually have very little to do with baseball. Standing in the batters box with balls flying by at 70 miles an hour offers itself to insight and awareness. Everyday a [...]
Image via Wikipedia With the advent of the sporting season many players will be anxious to get back out on the field to hone their skills. baseball hitting drills are the best way to ensure that each individual player reaches his full potential, and these can be found on the baseball instruction DVDs that are [...]
Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox, provides a baseball training how to, addresing the importance of hard work and the difference between high school and college training. Pedroia: “”I went to Arizona State, and in the fall there, when we weren’t playing, it was always, get as strong as you can as fast as [...]
Watch a commercial of 2006 Major League Baseball batting champion and Minnesota Twins starting catcher Joe Mauer demonstrating the Quickswing batting training aid. Get it at www.mauersquickswingstore.com Related articles by Zemanta Pitching’s Bright Stars Sometimes Flame Out (nytimes.com)
by The Pitching Academy Pitching Mechanics are important to know considering they can add years to your pitching career and decrease the likelihood of injury to your arm. Pitching Mechanics are helpful, if done properly, because you utilize your entire body to throw the baseball as opposed to merely relying on your arm for velocity. [...]