Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast

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In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast, you will learn:

Why bat speed is so important

How do you measure bat speed?

What is a good bat speed

What can coaches and players do to improve bat speed

How to make sure your bat speed readings are accurate

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In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast, you will learn:

Why we may need a new way to teach hitting.

How much time do you actually get with each player each practice?

What could be lost in transition when you are talking to your hittes and how to work around it.

Why pitch recognition and plan are the base of my hitting pyramid.

Simple things you can do to train pitch recognition/plan with your hitters

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn:

How to structure your offseason pitching program

Should your pitchers take time off from throwing?

How much time should pitchers take off from throwing from a mound?

How to structure your offseason hitting program

How to create more athletic infielders this offseason.

 

 

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In this Sneak Peek Inside a Member's Only Q and A, you will learn:

Recovery protocol for pitchers in an individual setting

How to help players through slumps

Why there is no magic pill or instant way to get out of a slump

What signs should I use?

 

 

 

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In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will learn:

Why timing is so important for hitters

What you can do to emphasize timing for hitters

Why cueing hitters to improve timing is worthless

A drill called speed it up

A drill called slow it down

How to work on various timings during practice

What players should focus on during sessions dedicated to timing.

 

Resources of the Show

Week long batting practice plan for your team - A day by day plan to create better decision makers in the box

A sample of 5 of our Chaos Hitting Drills (over 50 available to Elite Members) - This drills challenge hitters to be warriors in the box during practice.

Recognizing, Diagnosing, and Fixing Common Hitting Flaws eCourse - This course takes you all the way through running a hitting assessment with your team to how to individualize training for your hitters

This is part 1 of 4 or our pitching pyramid series.  In this part you will learn:

Our plan for off speed pitches this year and how many we were hoping to play

Why a series a few years ago shaped my view on breaking balls.

How you can train change ups with your pitchers.

 

Resources of the Show

Join Cornerstone Elite today for just $1 for your first month and you can get access to the entire pitching program I describe in the podcast PLUS all 37 of our variability training drills to develop pitcher command.

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Mini Podcast on Throwing a Change Up

Mini Podcast on Throwing a Throwing a Slider

How when and why of throwing a curveball in high school baseball

 

This is part 3 of 4 or our pitching pyramid series.  In this part you will learn:

What I consider elite movements to be and how you can train them.

The definition of command, why it MAY BE at the wrong place on the pyramid

Can you train command?  If so, how?

 

Resources of the Show

Join Cornerstone Elite today for just $1 for your first month and you can get access to the entire pitching program I describe in the podcast PLUS all 37 of our variability training drills to develop pitcher command.

Get 5 FREE variability pitching drills to help pitchers develop better command.

 

 

This is part 2 of 4 or our pitching pyramid series.  In this part you will learn:

Why arm health is the base of my pitching program.

Why I have velocity 2nd in on my pyramid and why I might be wrong about that.

How you can help your players learn to develop velocity on the mound.

 

Resources of the Show

Join Cornerstone Elite today for just $1 for your first month and you can get access to the entire pitching program I describe in the podcast PLUS all 37 of our variability training drills to develop pitcher command.

Get 5 FREE variability pitching drills to help pitchers develop better command.

 

 

This is part 1 of 4 or our pitching pyramid series.  In this part you will learn:

Why arm health is the base of my pitching program.

How arm health affects EVERYTHING ELSE on the pyramid.

What a coach can do to make arm care the center of their pitching program and why it should start as early as possible.

 

Resources of the Show

Join Cornerstone Elite today for just $1 for your first month and you can get access to the entire pitching program I describe in the podcast PLUS all 37 of our variability training drills to develop pitcher command.

Get 5 FREE variability pitching drills to help pitchers develop better command.