Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast

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

How I structure my summer ball to get the most out of limited time.

How you can force players to work outside their comfort zone.

Focus your tactics, what is important to you.

How you can use the summer to develop your small ball philosophy.

 

Resources of the show

Tactical Success Checklist - This checklist will give your team a laser like focus for team and individual development focusing on offense, baserunning, team defense, and pitching.

Small Ball for Big Innings - This course, available to Elite members only, will totally revolutionize your small ball game, and give you tools to teach bunting, hit and run, straight steals, and tactical games to make your practices translate into games.

Free access to our top 5 hitting drills that translate practice time to game performance. 

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy, you will learn: How I structure my summer ball to get the most out of limited time. How you can force players to work outside their comfort zone. Focus your tactics, what is important to you. How you can use the summer to develop your small ball […]

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

What I learned form our season

What victories really mattered during our season

How I learned from our pitching staff this year.

How you should change your philosophies to meet the skills and talents of your players

How we challenged our pitchers to keep their arms healthy

How we gave pitchers the freedom to choose drills within our "Daily Dozen" pitching drills that create more athletic pitchers.

Resources of the show

7 points of emphasis for pitchers in 2016 - This document and video show exactly what we are focusing on in 2016 to make pitchers with average velocity and average stuff extremely competitive.

Our Daily Dozen pitching drills gives you 12 drills to do with your pitchers to create more athletic, harder throwing pitchers who can more easily repeat their delivery.

Two way players podcast - How to properly handle two way players so their arms stay healthy and strong.

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast, you will learn: What I learned form our season What victories really mattered during our season How I learned from our pitching staff this year. How you should change your philosophies to meet the skills and talents of your players How we challenged our pitchers to […]

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

My overall philosophy shift with using my pitching staff

The main two reasons to pull a pitcher from a game

Why your pitchers being on a pitch count can actually make them pitch deeper into games

Three things to look for as signs of your pitcher fatiguing.

How knowing your individual pitchers can help keep them healthy, and can help your team win more games.

Resources of the show

Check out our pitcher usage worksheet here. This worksheet is great for programs and organizations to teach all of their coaches how to manage pitchers to minimize health risks. 

Cornerstone has published a variety of pieces on helping maintain pitcher health...

The coach's role in helping prevent Tommy John surgery.

Part two of this blog post/podcast, post pitching recovery.

Pre-Game Pitcher Routine - This routine will prepare your pitcher's body body for the game and help minimize their recovery time after the game.

Two way players podcast - How to properly handle two way players so their arms stay healthy and strong.

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast you will learn: My overall philosophy shift with using my pitching staff The main two reasons to pull a pitcher from a game Why your pitchers being on a pitch count can actually make them pitch deeper into games Three things to look for as signs […]

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast we will take a look at what we have been doing in practice this past week:

How we have worked on our two strike approach.

The change we are tying make with our middle infielders, specifically on double play feeds

Our 7 points of emphasis for pitchers in 2016

Why we were struggling bunting and what we did to fix it.

 

Resources of the show:

7 points of emphasis for pitchers in 2016 - This document and video show exactly what we are focusing on in 2016 to make pitchers with average velocity and average stuff extremely competitive.

Double play series - Covers all feeds and turns for middle in fielders, along with practice organization to maximize practice time with middle infielders

Small Ball for Big Innings course- Bunt, steal, hit and run, squeeze, and much more to put pressure on your opponents and use small ball to generate big innings.

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast we will take a look at what we have been doing in practice this past week: How we have worked on our two strike approach. The change we are tying make with our middle infielders, specifically on double play feeds Our 7 points of emphasis for […]

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

How I construct a line-up to maximize run production.

Why the "traditional" leadoff hitter and #2 hitter might be costing you runs

Where to put those "traditional" top two hitters

How to get your best hitters more at bats

How to hid hitters with weaknesses in your line-up

 

 

Resources of the show

Weighted quality at bat spreadsheet - To measure players true offensive output so you can construct your order more efficiently.

In game dugout chart - This easy to use template helps you communicate your line-up to your players, as well as substitutes and bullpen responsibilities, and helps efficiently tract in game substitutions.

In this episode of the Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast, you will learn: How I construct a line-up to maximize run production. Why the "traditional" leadoff hitter and #2 hitter might be costing you runs Where to put those "traditional" top two hitters How to get your best hitters more at bats How to hid hitters […]