• Drills we use with our clients as well as our own children to fix common bad habits kids have at the plate
• Episode recorded right before Alabama State Championships
• When should players start hitting lessons?
• What drills young hitters need most
• How to fix the chop swing in young hitters
• Why using weighted balls is important with young hitters
• Why visuals and external focus is a gamechanger for young athletes, "they need an external target"
• This is a build on what we have talked about before in the "How when, why of Baseball Lessons"

Today, Sean and Adam discuss the risk vs reward with baseball players and the bench press in the weight room. They share their personal experiences, the science, as well as the real expectations after training hundreds of athletes in the weight room. They touch on:

• Personal Experiences of injuries with the bench press
• IF the risk is worth the reward ?
• Does the bench press transfer to the field?
• Effective alternatives to the barbell bench press to keep you healthy
• They explain there is risk to any training, but explain the science of how the bench press can negatively effect baseball players and other overhead athletes.
• Important of technique, rotator cuff strength, and scapular function to stay healthy when pressing.

Sean and Adam cover the importance of in-season strength and conditioning to keep you performing at a very high level and the many bad excuses people use to not focus on strength and conditioning. They cover:

• Why training year round is like building and taking care of a house
• Why "Burnout" does not exist if you are training properly
• How many days a week you should train in season
• How you will lose lean mass, velo, strength, and power if you are not training during season
• Sean and Adam share how they train athletes in season and the common areas for soreness that Adam and Sean address 
• They touch on how training for recovery and specifically active recovery is key in season!

Sean and Adam sit down to talk the importance of executing your job or role without excuses and the importance of taking ownership over mistakes or when things do not work out the way you want them to on the diamond!  This includes not liking what the coach has to say about rosters, starting lineups, pinch hitters, relief pitchers, and more! They also touch on the record strikeouts in the MLB and what the cause may be,  as well as Parents taking coaching decisions personal, and the success of Heat and LT Players thus far this season!

In this short episode today, Coach Laird discusses the importance of 1 Coach, 1 Philosophy when it comes to hitting mechanics. He touches on how hurtful it is to the growth of hitters when HS coaches or parents are constantly trying to "change" things with hitters who already have a hitting instructor and how "out of touch" people are to the hitting process and hitting development, especially when it comes to stubborn coaches and/or parents. 

Sean and Adam sit down to discuss timing issues hitters have against slow pitching vs high velocity, introduce the new podcast short clips they will be releasing in the future, as well as touch on the importance of trust and commitment with your hitting coach when it comes to changes in the swing and why lessons are not batting practice sessions! They also cover realistic expectations of starting lessons in-season and why starting lessons in-season is great, but starting lessons in the off-season is the goal for maximum growth!

In this episode, Sean and Adam sit down with Professional Pitchers Ryan Garton and Keegan Curtis to discuss Weighted Baseball Training. Sean and Adam sit back and listen to Ryan and Keegan share their history and use of weighted ball training and discuss the different parts in their careers they decided to start using weighted balls. They also touch on:

• How Size and Weight is not an excuse to no throw hard as they both are "undersized" yet Keegan throws 99 MPH and Ryan throws up to 95 MPH
• Why the weighted ball training they utilize is focused more on recovery
• How Important the weight room is for their development
• What kind of prehab exercises they do to take care of their arms
• And Much More!

In this episode, Sean and Adam sit down to discuss the highly debated topic of Weighted Baseball Training. They talk science and history, health and effectiveness; as well as their own personal feelings toward weighted ball training. The 2017 ASMI study in weighted ball training is discussed as well as positive and negative reports on the training. They also cover:

• The force production differences of throwing a baseball on the ground vs the mound vs a weighted ball
• Types of weighted ball training
• They discuss the differences in the National Pitching Association and Driveline when it comes to weighted balls 
• They share the weighted ball training used in their use Certifications through the Florida Baseball Ranch's Savage Program
• They share how important an assessment of mobility, stability, age, strength, and mechanics is before even thinking about a weighted ball
• They also discuss their own opinions as to why Strength and Conditioning and training for Speed and Power as a complete athlete is most important when working to increase velocity
• And Much More