On path and On plane. Pretty simple

Give yourself five points if you have ever heard of William of Ockham, the English philosopher and theologian born in the 13th century.  Give yourself another 5 points if you know what “Ockham’s razor” (more often spelled Occam’s razor)  means.  Have any points yet? Occam’s razor is a philosophical principle traced to William of Ockham that has […]

What does it mean to change a batter’s eye level?

There are many aspects of successful pitching.  “Changing a batter’s eye level” once in a while is one of them.  In today’s video tip, I explain what that phrase means. Thursday’s post:  On path and on plane ___________________________________________________________________ *To plan for the upcoming season, check out all the eBooks from Baseball By The Yard by […]

Forget goals. It’s about systems.

A lot of baseball players and coaches have goals but without establishing a system for success, goals are simply a wishlist. Want yourself or your team to improve during the offseason and throughout the regular season?  Start focusing on your systems!   A lot more about this in the future.  Stay tuned! Have a great […]

Runners, stay still at second base

Today’s video tip is for base runners at second base who don’t want their own teammates to hate them.   Monday’s post:  Forget goals.  It’s about systems ___________________________________________________________________ *To plan for the upcoming season, check out all the eBooks from Baseball By The Yard by clicking HERE! *My Four-Week Guide to Developing Pitchers For Game […]

The four seconds that could have cost the Red Sox the Series

A Major League Baseball season lasts over seven months.  That is over 18 million seconds.  What would you say if I told you that the Red Sox could have very well lost the World Series because of just 4 seconds out of those 18 million?  Below is a highlight video of the historic 18 inning […]

You had a bad season. Now what?

Hopefully, players and coaches are doing some reflecting this time of year on their spring, summer, and/or fall season(s).  Of course, the goal is to do it in such a way that will produce the best results. Over the years I have written about this topic and have provided some resources and activities as well.  […]

The timing of giving signs to pitchers

    Thursday’s post:  You had a bad season.  Now what? ___________________________________________________________________ *To plan for the upcoming season, check out all the eBooks from Baseball By The Yard by clicking HERE! *My Four-Week Guide to Developing Pitchers For Game #1 has been a big hit!  Get it HERE!  It’s less than 5 smackers which makes […]

What story do you tell yourself? – Part 2

In Part 1 of this post I wrote about something called the Reticular Activation System that all brains have.  In a nutshell, this system allows us to sift through the millions of bits of information we receive from our environment every minute and filter through the bits that are relevant and/or important to us.  I […]