Cornerstone Coaching Academy Podcast

"Pitchers and catchers report"

Tomorrow (2/12/20), you will hear four of the greatest words ever spoken in the English language (for us baseball nuts anyway), "pitchers and catchers report"

 

In honor of this day, I have put together some great resources for you to use during your bullpen sessions this season, check them out below:

 

Quality Strike Chart (bullpen session) <~~~ Use this to chart pitchers during their pens

Catcher Responsibilities During Bullpens <~~~ Print this chart and laminate it for your catchers to see every day during bullpen sessions

Catcher Bullpen Session Chart <~~~ Measure how well your catchers are blocking and receiving during their pens

Blog post on 5 ways to maximize your bullpens this season

S-T-R-I-K-E-S <~~~~ competitive bullpen game

 

 

Keep an eye on your inbox, tomorrow starts our Spring Training $1 - 30 day trial of Cornerstone Elite!!!

 

 

In this episode you will learn:

Why you should bucket your hitters

My plan for bucketing our hitters this year

The buckets I'm creating for my hitters

What drills and protocols I plan on giving each bucket

When we plan on doing this in practice

Resources of the Show

Recognizing, Diagnosing, and Common Hitting Flaws eCourse - From assessment to what drills to prescribe fore your hitters.

5 Chaos Hitting Drills to challenge your hitters in batting practice. 

The hitting pyramid - The skills I value to make quality high school hitters and where we can make the most change.

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

How to improve your players dirt ball reads

How to organize practices for base running to be more efficient

How you can change a culture in a program you are taking over.

Why your players may not trust you right away.

 

Resources of the Show

Join Cornerstone Elite to be a part of your next member call - Plus get access to all of our chaos hitting drills, variability pitching drills, practice plans, hitting plans and eCourses.

Get a sample of 5 chaos hitting drills - These drills will create a more competitive hitting environment in practice to translate your practices to game performance.

In this episode, you will learn:

How to use Blast Motion sensors in a competitive environment to create a good attack angle.

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Take advantage of our Spring Training Special $1 for a 30 day trial. .  I'm only letting 15 members in so I can give each member the personalized attention and help they deserve!

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

A better way to test your players hitting ability

How to determine player's speed more than a 60 yard dash.

How to evaluate in a more game-like setting

How to evaluate pitchers, infielders, outfielders, hitters and catchers in practice.

Q and A with listeners

 

 

Resources of the Show

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Take part in our next Elite Member's Q and A by Joining Cornerstone Elite

Take the next steps with your hitters with a formal assessment and individualized hitting plans

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

Good set ups for tryouts

Why tryouts may be a bit slower than your normal practices

If you're not doing this during tryouts, you're missing out!

Why tryouts are good for competition EVEN IF you don't have that many players trying out.

The downfall of many showcases

 

 

 

Resources of the Show

Get our tryout evaluation form completely FREE!

Take part in our next Elite Member's Q and A by Joining Cornerstone Elite

Take the next steps with your hitters with a formal assessment and individualized hitting plans

In this episode of the CCA Podcast, you will:

Get a sneak peek inside an Elite Member's Q and A

Learn how to get involved in our next Elite Member's Q and A

Is a pitcher first practice right for our program?

Should I practice my varsity and JV teams together?

What should I do if players get to practice early?

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Here is an indexed list of topics in today's best of CCA 2019 podcast part #2!

3:27 - CCA Podcast 173 - The value of hitting protocols that DON'T translate directly into the game - To listen to this entire episode, go to https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/173

13:45 - Mini - I'm stronger, I Win - To listen to this entire episode, go to https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/mini-stronger/

16:30 - CCA Podcast - Is Bat Speed Overrated - To listen to this entire episode, go to https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/mini-bat-speed/

20:50 - CCA Podcast 179 - A review of our pitcher work load management program from 2019 - To listen to this entire podcast, you can go to https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/179/

26:18 - CCA Podcast 198 - The batting practice continuum - To listen to this entire episode, you can go to https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/198/

Join Elite Today!

Cornerstone Elite is my top shelf online website for baseball coaches, created EXCLUSIVELY for coaches who are SERIOUS about improving their teams, their programs, and their coaching career.

Cornerstone Elite is packed with drills, tips, practice plans and more that you need to bring today's most modern baseball instruction into the team setting.

These are the very BEST techniques, drills, philosophies, and trainings that I have found to improve my team each year and create game a game ready team.

It's no secret setting up and running an effective baseball practice that is game-like and translates what you do in practice to the game is incredibly difficult!

I'm here to help guide you on your journey to creating practices that develop dynamic game ready players.

Here is an indexed list of topics in today's best of CCA 2019 podcast part #1!

2:00 - Mini - Choosing positions at a young age.  The whole episode can be found at https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/mini-positions/

3:22 - Episode 172 - Things I learned at our hitting pyramid in 2019 - This whole episode can be found at https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/172/

6:50 - Episode 156 - Elite Member's Q and A Sneak Peek - Helping hitters recognize and hit breaking balls - This whole episode can be found at https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/156/

12:45 - Episode 151 - Variability training to develop pitching command - This whole episode can be found at https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/155/

18:55 - Episode 171 - Running youth practices - This whole episode can be found at https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/171/

28:20 - January 2019 Elite Member's Q and A Sneak Peek - How can I stop my son from lunging at the ball

35:00 - Episode 176 - How we used Blast Motion Sensors with our team in 2019 - You can listen to the full episode here https://www.cornerstonecoachingacademy.com/176/

Join Cornerstone Elite Today!

Cornerstone Elite is my top shelf online website for baseball coaches, created EXCLUSIVELY for coaches who are SERIOUS about improving their teams, their programs, and their coaching career.

Cornerstone Elite is packed with drills, tips, practice plans and more that you need to bring today's most modern baseball instruction into the team setting.

These are the very BEST techniques, drills, philosophies, and trainings that I have found to improve my team each year and create game a game ready team.

It's no secret setting up and running an effective baseball practice that is game-like and translates what you do in practice to the game is incredibly difficult!

I'm here to help guide you on your journey to creating practices that develop dynamic game ready players.

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

Why traditional BP isn't likely to improve your hitters

The batting practice continuum from least to most game-like

Ideas for overcoming limitations and obstacles in BP

Specific drills you can use to make your practice more game-like

Q and A on running batting practice in your specific setting

 

Resources of the show:

Sign up for next week's LIVE web clinic on using random drills in practice (not just hitting!)

Join Cornerstone Elite for 3 months for the price of 1 through Tuesday, December 17 @ noon Central Time