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@MikeNellis I know right Mike? He’s such an incredible guy, what a hero.

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@CoachBeede @TomeeJones31 Any idea what it was this day last year?

Wouldn't it just be easier to list who isn't in the portal??? @CoachBeede

@CoachBeede When a kid signs up to transfer and enters the transfer portal, is there a questionnaire or survey to fill out prior? Is there any data collection being done? Useful information, for a lot of reasons!

May is over. Here is what the next thirty days actually look like inside college baseball, since most parents do not see it. June 1 opens the main transfer portal window. Within seventy-two hours, hundreds of college players enter. Some are walking away. Most have been pushed. Coaches who lose players to the portal are on the phone within hours, sometimes minutes, reshaping their rosters. That reshaping cascades downward — Power 4 takes from mid-major, mid-major takes from D2 and NAIA, D2 and NAIA take from junior college, and junior college reaches into the high school class. A 2026 who thought his commitment was settled in March can find his depth chart completely different by July 4. If your son is committed, this is the month to have an honest check-in with his future coach. Not a panicked one. A direct one. "What does the roster look like for me right now?" is a fair question. Coaches who answer it honestly are the coaches you want. The June portal does not slow down for anyone. The families who watch it carefully are the ones who avoid the August surprise.

@rlbonesio Same thing if your team is 2-52.

If your 12u team is 52-2, you aren't playing the correct competition.

A player flew into Nashville from Alabama today and told me: "I want to be more consistent." So I drew this picture for him. Because I think most hitters misunderstand consistency. They think consistency comes from making more perfect swings. I don't. I think consistency comes from what happens when you MISS-HIT the baseball. The numbers aren't actual batting averages. They're simply a visual. 100 = a miss-hit pulled ground ball 300 = a miss-hit through the middle 400 = a miss-hit toward the opposite side of the field The point is simple: A right-handed hitter who rolls over and pulls a ground ball usually hits it right into defenders. Out. But a hitter who is working through the middle and opposite-field gap? When he misses it... that same ball often sneaks through the infield for a hit. As I think back on the most consistent periods of my career... it wasn't because I never miss-hit the baseball. It was because my miss-hits were still finding grass. That's a strategy. The most consistent hitters aren't perfect. They simply create a larger margin for error. That's why you'll hear great coaches say: "Hit line drives through the middle." "Drive the ball to the opposite-field gap." They're not just teaching direction. They're teaching hitters how to stack the odds in their favor. When your miss-hits still have a chance to be hits... consistency becomes a lot easier. Thank you for reading, Jermaine Curtis P.S. - If you found this helpful, please share it. That tells me you want more content like this.

Poor people: tax the rich! Rich people: don't tax the poor

Zero out taxes for the bottom half of earners. A nurse in Queens shouldn’t be sending money to Washington. Washington should be sending her an apology.

@CoachBeede Great post Coach!

Forty years in this game. Here is what I have learned about the families who navigate it best. They are not the ones with the biggest budgets. They are not the ones with the most connections. They are the ones who decided early that this is a forty-year decision, and started behaving accordingly. They turn down the showcase that does not fit the plan. They pass on the travel team that promises exposure for a price. They put their son in front of honest evaluators instead of marketing departments. They are not chasing baseball. They are building a man who happens to play it. The trophy is the relationship you have with your son when he is thirty.

@nypost They travel light years across the universe….make it all the way to earth….then crash?

Four species of aliens have been pulled from crashed UFOs: ex-government researcher trib.al/joEAoCd

A bad coach tears people down. An average coach focuses only on results. A good coach teaches skills and systems. A great coach builds confidence and trust. An exceptional coach helps people believe in themselves at a higher level. And the best coaches impact lives long after the scoreboard stops mattering.

@MatthewChr32563 @TreadAthletics Oh yeah, well 100% agree with that. I was thinking this was more for high school.

@Dredrid @TreadAthletics No. I mean when you are in college. It is year round....No need for summer ball every year

Before you play summer ball, genuinely weigh the options against your goal. Putting on 10-12 lbs and adding 15-20% to your lifts may be a better use of those precious months than getting 20 sporadic innings across 2 months of long bus rides. You can work on executing that 72 mph curveball all summer, but the best thing for that pitch might actually be not being 170 lbs with average strength and numerous mechanical inefficiencies.

@MatthewChr32563 @TreadAthletics And you’re talking about other sports in the fall correct? Because we have no school baseball in the fall. For us, competition and reps increase in summer substantially. So missing that would be a big loss when there is plenty of time in fall and winter to make gains.

@Dredrid @TreadAthletics Yes.

@MatthewChr32563 @TreadAthletics Do you mean are they more competitive?

@Dredrid @TreadAthletics What about the fall and spring competition at your school?

@AdamStensonACS Pitching speed is so hard to tell on video. It doesn’t look like mid 90s, based on the dad’s opfffs…maybe. I’ve never known an ump to allow sunglasses on the mound either. Learning all kinds of stuff here. 🤣

What is this??? Sunglasses on the mound with overcast and throwing the most casual mid 9’s at like 15 years old.. league him

Showcase players born from showcase culture doing showcase player things ruining college baseball and I been saying it FOR YEARS to only get eyes rolled back at me… I couldn’t be happier in these moments.

@PenguinOfTroy It wasn’t a walk off. It’s 12u baseball. My wife could throw a baseball over the fence from home plate, it’s not a big accomplishment especially for an oversized kid. I’d be embarrassed if my team/coach/kid went viral for this. State win for high school walkoff, sure.

If this was football and the kid scored a walk off touchdown, would we be wringing our hands over this level of celebration? Get the sticks out of your asses and let kids celebrate big moments in big ways.

@realcoachmatt23 @GetGameChanger Just for fun, I’d be curious what you are doing with this.

Your best hitter is batting 7th. Your leadoff has a 42% K rate. Lineup order matters - data shows where. 3-page lineup analysis from your @GetGameChanger data. Built for HS and travel ball programs. #baseballanalytics #highschoolbaseball #yourdata

@DMEASrecruiting @coachzblair10 Big kid, probably hit it 160’…wow, what an accomplishment, it’s embarrassing. Big field will humble him quickly.

@coachzblair10 The wrong people coaching and parenting-these are usually the ones who cause the issues in programs also.

Here we go again. Another over the top celebration at 12u. If you think this is good for baseball, you are the problem. Bat almost hits him in the face after the spike, then all the "look at me" antics, and you gotta love the cameraman on the field running with the kid. What a joke. It's all a show...🤦🏼‍♂️