Love it. My son played as a fill-in for a select team a few weeks ago. When their coach suggested my son to crowd the plate as a batter, and explained by doing so he doesn’t need to worry about the pitches on inner half of plate because they’ll never come, I then told my son he decides how he wants to stand in the batter’s box. What I meant for my son, and he understood it (so I didn’t need to openly defy the team’s coach) is to face the pitcher fair & square. My son does very well at driving inside pitches. And the pitcher at this age group isn’t so fast the batter needs to focus on a certain pitch to hit. We then had a discussion when driving home. I told my son: if any batter ever crowds the plate while he pitched, I don’t want him to change how he pitches. In fact when he can locate his pitch with precision, I exactly want him to target inside 1/3 on whoever dares to crowd the plate. Hit by pitch, if in the strike zone, is the batter’s own fault. No freebie walks. Also, is the batter didn’t make attempt to dodge the pitch, even if the pitch is just a hair outside, the lack of attempt in dodging pitch, ump won’t give the walk. And no batter enjoys getting hit by pitch. So they will learn their lessons fast. It really comes down to a mental game.
I can tell you what to expect from a D3 from my experience. A tour by the coaches and players. Lunch with the some of the team and coaches, mainly just the coaches, and lots of reasons why you should go there. Oh and congrats on catching a colleges attention!
Yeah, you'll get a tour, probably a meal, probably meet some of the players or get to watch a practice or game. The big thing is writing down some questions you have about the program, the motivations of the coach (how many players go on to play in 4-year schools? How do they help players find colleges?), questions about student life and other things. Think hard about what's important to you and ask good questions during your visit.
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Thanks to your previous pitching tips my son just finished a tournament with a .700 batting average, which was a strange outcome in a way 🤣 So many thanks Coach 🔥
Have 10 year old righty good four seam,good velocity for age and control but if gets middle of plate gets hit(of course),pitching down does help though. next pitch to learn to get righties out?something that goes arm side? thx
What about the kid who stands close to the plate and is on the back chalk? How would that adjust this approach? Wouldn't being further back compensate a little for being close to the plate? You would create the illusion of being close and effectively move your center of contact more towards the middle. Am I way off on that?
Hey Dan, I'm 16 years old and always been interested in baseball just playing recreationally with my friends etc but I have never played for an actual team whether that is a high school team or a league in my area, would it be too late to start now or would I have enough time to learn and get better with actual mechanics and knowledge?
Try it and see. Also, be willing to get to practice early, and stay longer/later. You’ll need to fill-in what is right now a lot of knowledge gap for you, that are already 2nd nature to other kids. By showing up early and staying longer, you’re basically getting time from whomever (coach or players) that did show up early or did stay longer. Even if you find yourself alone in the field, you can practice hitting off the tee, or practice throwing into a net. (Yes get a small bucket of balls so you’re not dependent on the coach’s bucket of balls.) Beyond team practice, you need to work more practices. Find someone on the team who also wants to do the same, and you can help each other and train together. (You can’t hit fly ball or grounders to yourself.) Lots of batting cage visits, so you get batting experience on at least the straight fastball pitches at your age group’s pitch speed. This is a minimum. This doesn’t train you on hitting breaking balls, or speed change, but this is a minimum. If you can’t hit the regular straight ball, that’s how pitchers will get you out. Immerse yourself for at least a whole year. THEN decide if you want to stick with it. Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying after a year you will become competent. On the four stages, you will probably just advance from unconsciously incompetent, to consciously incompetent. Maybe you will have made a few freak great plays in that first year. But what you will definitely have after sticking for an entire year, is a better understanding WHETHER YOU ARE HAVING FUN while learning and struggling through this. If you enjoy the process, it doesn’t matter it’s hard, you will make progress. You’ll never know unless you try. And if you try, try it for real, not half-a__. Good luck! 👍
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Love it.
My son played as a fill-in for a select team a few weeks ago. When their coach suggested my son to crowd the plate as a batter, and explained by doing so he doesn’t need to worry about the pitches on inner half of plate because they’ll never come, I then told my son he decides how he wants to stand in the batter’s box. What I meant for my son, and he understood it (so I didn’t need to openly defy the team’s coach) is to face the pitcher fair & square. My son does very well at driving inside pitches. And the pitcher at this age group isn’t so fast the batter needs to focus on a certain pitch to hit.
We then had a discussion when driving home. I told my son: if any batter ever crowds the plate while he pitched, I don’t want him to change how he pitches. In fact when he can locate his pitch with precision, I exactly want him to target inside 1/3 on whoever dares to crowd the plate.
Hit by pitch, if in the strike zone, is the batter’s own fault. No freebie walks.
Also, is the batter didn’t make attempt to dodge the pitch, even if the pitch is just a hair outside, the lack of attempt in dodging pitch, ump won’t give the walk.
And no batter enjoys getting hit by pitch. So they will learn their lessons fast.
It really comes down to a mental game.
You are such a good coach and are doing really well with this channel
thanks buddy I appreciate it
I just got called up to varsity I'm a 9th grader and I'm pitching in 2 days this is clutch
congrats on the call-up. Good luck.
@@DanBlewett thank you
Hey dan i was wondering if you had some tips for the 2 seam fastball also keep up the great work
I have a whole video on it search it
manque juste des sous-titre en français mais trop bien! Merci Coach
Hey Dan, what can I expect at a college visit for a JUCO?
I can tell you what to expect from a D3 from my experience. A tour by the coaches and players. Lunch with the some of the team and coaches, mainly just the coaches, and lots of reasons why you should go there. Oh and congrats on catching a colleges attention!
Yeah, you'll get a tour, probably a meal, probably meet some of the players or get to watch a practice or game. The big thing is writing down some questions you have about the program, the motivations of the coach (how many players go on to play in 4-year schools? How do they help players find colleges?), questions about student life and other things. Think hard about what's important to you and ask good questions during your visit.
Thanks to your previous pitching tips my son just finished a tournament with a .700 batting average, which was a strange outcome in a way 🤣
So many thanks Coach 🔥
make those pitchers pay
@@DanBlewett As he is also primarily a pitcher, we both have mixed feelings about that.. But he'll take the stats 🤣
Have 10 year old righty good four seam,good velocity for age and control but if gets middle of plate gets hit(of course),pitching down does help though. next pitch to learn to get righties out?something that goes arm side? thx
he's 10. he does not need another pitch.
@@DanBlewett thanks!
What about the kid who stands close to the plate and is on the back chalk? How would that adjust this approach? Wouldn't being further back compensate a little for being close to the plate? You would create the illusion of being close and effectively move your center of contact more towards the middle. Am I way off on that?
most players are in the back of the box, and the variation from one hitter to the next is minimal, so this doesnt really matter.
Hey Dan, I'm 16 years old and always been interested in baseball just playing recreationally with my friends etc but I have never played for an actual team whether that is a high school team or a league in my area, would it be too late to start now or would I have enough time to learn and get better with actual mechanics and knowledge?
16 is pretty late, but you never know unless you try.
Try it and see.
Also, be willing to get to practice early, and stay longer/later.
You’ll need to fill-in what is right now a lot of knowledge gap for you, that are already 2nd nature to other kids.
By showing up early and staying longer, you’re basically getting time from whomever (coach or players) that did show up early or did stay longer.
Even if you find yourself alone in the field, you can practice hitting off the tee, or practice throwing into a net. (Yes get a small bucket of balls so you’re not dependent on the coach’s bucket of balls.)
Beyond team practice, you need to work more practices. Find someone on the team who also wants to do the same, and you can help each other and train together. (You can’t hit fly ball or grounders to yourself.)
Lots of batting cage visits, so you get batting experience on at least the straight fastball pitches at your age group’s pitch speed. This is a minimum. This doesn’t train you on hitting breaking balls, or speed change, but this is a minimum. If you can’t hit the regular straight ball, that’s how pitchers will get you out.
Immerse yourself for at least a whole year. THEN decide if you want to stick with it.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying after a year you will become competent. On the four stages, you will probably just advance from unconsciously incompetent, to consciously incompetent. Maybe you will have made a few freak great plays in that first year. But what you will definitely have after sticking for an entire year, is a better understanding WHETHER YOU ARE HAVING FUN while learning and struggling through this. If you enjoy the process, it doesn’t matter it’s hard, you will make progress.
You’ll never know unless you try.
And if you try, try it for real, not half-a__.
Good luck! 👍
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