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Episode 010: The six core principles of pitching
In today’s episode, Coach Bob McCreary lists and explains the six core principles of successful pitching. Hint: Velocity is not one of them!
Coach McCreary is the founder of BaseballByTheYard.com, the website that teaches the finer points of baseball for all levels.
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YouTube video: The in-between move from the stretch
Episode 009: Advice I gave to a high school team
In today’s episode, Coach Bob McCreary talks about a sociology concept he shared with a high school program at their annual “First Dinner” to start off the season. The concept involved is the positive side to deviance. For more tips in all areas of the game, be sure to check out BaseballByTheYard.com.
Episode 008: Five tips for infielders when runners are on base
In today’s episode, Coach Bob McCreary explains five things that infielder must be aware of and do when there are runners on base. Unfortunately, infielders at all levels are often not taught several of these which can come back to burn their teams eventually.
Episode 007: What is pitchability?
In today’s episode, Coach Bob McCreary explains what the term “pitchability” means. He breaks down ten things that go into the term and uses explanations, examples, and stories of how quality pitchers use them effectively and consistently.
Episode 006: Seven habits for highly effective infielders
In this episode, Coach Bob McCreary lists several behaviors that high level infielders do on a consistent basis that separate them from average players. He also provides some exciting news about a new product coming from Baseball By The Yard for coaches and players, especially those transitioning to the regulation size (60/90) field.
Episode 005: Tryout tips for coaches and players
In this episode, Coach Bob McCreary provides valuable tips for coaches trying to organize and run a more effective tryout. Also discussed are ways to head off some of the problems with the aftermath of tryouts. Part 2 of the podcast is for players where Coach provides some do’s and don’t no matter what age level is involved.
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Baseball Tryouts & what coaches look for
Tryouts: Know what an 8 looks like
How do coaches judge potential
Baseball Tryouts: Current ability vs Potential
Episode 004: Five pitching hacks to conserve energy and pitch longer
In this episode, Coach Bob McCreary opens the podcast with the first “I won the Internet Award.” In the feature segment, he gives numerous tips to pitchers on ways to conserve their energy before and during the course of a game so that they can let longer in games. Many pitchers sabotage their performance by “leaking” energy in several not-so-obvious ways. In the Blast from the Past segment, Coach McCreary shares a two-part written post written in April, 2011, where he explains in much more detail how a pitcher should be warming up prior to games. Both the timing of the warm-up and the actual throwing schedule in the bullpen are addressed. Links to these two posts are below.
Pitchers: Pre-game Routine (Part 1) – The proper routine
Pitchers: Pre-game Routine (Part 2) – The timing
Episode 003: If you are giving 100% then you need to stop!
Coach McCreary explains some psychology in this episode and tells players and coaches why “You need to give 100%!” is not necessarily good advice. In the second part of the show, Coach McCreary shares a 2014 post he wrote on his website (BaseballByTheYard.com) titled Level of Mastery. In that post, he explains why it is so counterproductive for players to think that their performance and fundamentals will improve in the game when they don’t focus on them in practice.
Level of Mastery – March, 2014
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Episode 002: The Streetlight Effect and what it means for baseball players
The Streetlight Effect is a form of bias that an effect researchers in any field of study. Coach McCreary gives the full explanation and connects it to the current state of baseball analytics. This episode’s blast from the past takes us back to 2014 with a post called Your imaginary opponent.
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Episode 001: Welcome to the Baseball By The Yard Podcast!
To leadoff, Coach McCreary tells a little about his baseball background and explains what “Baseball By The Yard” means. He shares a couple stories from his youth that greatly impacted his view of the game back then and continues to influence the content he creates for players, coaches, and parents.
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