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When you are practicing, practice like you are trying to make the team every day andyou don’t want to let your teammates down.

Controlled aggression and purpose behind every swing. Don’t just push the ball around the field. But don’t swing max effort trying to hit pull-side home runs every round of BP either. MLB hitters are the strongest and most physical players in the game. They could launch balls out all day if they wanted to. Yet the great ones understand that batting practice is about building a swing that performs in games. Watch hitters like Miguel Cabrera. Sure, they hit some out, but they aren’t constantly hooking and top-spinning balls to the pull side. They’re hunting backspin and driving the baseball with authority. Controlled aggression and driving the ball to the opposite-field gap helps hitters stay on fastballs to all fields, avoid pulling off, and buy time to adjust to off-speed pitches and breaking balls. Many amateur hitters struggle with both because they train their swing to look good in BP, not perform in games. They become one-dimensional. Be a mature hitter. Train for game performance, not batting practice applause.

Your captain sets your ceiling. 8 things great captains do that average ones don’t. Which one is hardest to find? 👇 1. They hold teammates accountable so the coach doesn’t have to. 2. They lead harder in practice than in games. 3. They check on the player who’s struggling before the coach notices. 4. They own losses without pointing fingers. 5. They make the bench feel as important as the starters. 6. They know when to pump the team up and when to settle it down. 7. They protect the culture when no one is watching. 8. They make their teammates better just by being in the room. Your captain is either raising or lowering your ceiling. Choose them carefully. Develop them intentionally. 🏆

Finished my last conference game this week and looking forward to getting playoffs started. Here are the regular season stats for the year 40.2 IP 4-1 (W-L) 64Ks 1.89 Era 1.20 Whip .212 OPP BA @Jwownew @3PMPitching @CoachBroadhurst @PB_Uncommitted @PrepBaseballIL @sheag09

Pitched great this Wednesday 5/13 against Hersey. Had a no hitter through 6.2 innings. Ended up with a complete game shutout 7IP 1H 0R 3K 87 pitches. Team got the win 7-0. Finished the regular season with 49IP 6-2 W/L 2.4ERA 34K @FremdBaseball

Great game today. Went 3-3(1 2B, 2 1B) 1 BB @FremdBaseball @MVPEliteIL @PB_Uncommitted @PrepBaseballIL @BUncommitted

💣#7 @FremdBaseball @RPJ1317 @RaysIllinois

Good day today 3-3 (1 HR, 1 2B, 1 1B) 1 BB 5 RBI @PrepBaseballIL @FremdBaseball @cacini_jr @MVPEliteIL @ITBMarucci

Winners practice winning. Every practice. Every game. They learn how to fight and raise their game so it becomes a habit.

Will Graba (@FremdBaseball, 2026; Harper JC) impressed our staff with his performance a few weeks back. Catch the full episode with the links below.👇 #TheBullpen 📺 prepbsbl.com/4uELGyN

Key Hitting Reminders: 1. Be an athlete, not a robot. 2. Train your eyes to see game-like velocity and movement during pregame BP. Have a good balance of feel-good and challenge work off machines. Try not to be all one or the other. Balance both. 3. Compete with confidence. Play with zero fear of failure. 4. Have a short memory. Learn from it, flush it, reset. Don’t waste at-bats with a lack of focus or a selfish approach.

1 unselfish AB can win a game 1 high baseball IQ play can win a game 1 hustle play can win a game 1 great base running read can win a game ….And it could be early in the game! If you REALLY want to win, dominating the “minor” details leads to “major” W’s! #BaseballTruth

Teams that don’t strike out at a high clip win more games. Simple as that. This is amplified at the college level — and even more at the high school level and below. Once you get to two strikes, it becomes a team at-bat. Grind it out. Compete your tail off. Choke up, shorten up, widen out, move closer to the plate — whatever helps you execute your two-strike approach. Some call it their “B swing.” Make the pitcher work. We preach “look fastball away and adjust,” but there are plenty of effective two-strike approaches. You have to experiment and find what fits your swing and mindset best. A quality two-strike approach often leads to hard-hit balls. But even when it doesn’t, the defense still has to field it, throw it, and catch it. That’s pressure. A lot tougher to defend than a right turn back to the dugout. #DoingDirtWork

3rd base coach: “Let’s go! Get a good pitch to hit!” 1st base coach: “Let the ball travel!” Dad: “Remember to keep your weight back!” Grandpa: “Get that runner over!” Little bro: “Hit a bomb!” Dugout: “Don’t lunge!” “Stay thru the baseball!” “Stay short to the ball!” “Watch for the 1st pitch curveball!” “Sit fastball!” Hitter thoughts: You gotta block out the noise, have extreme focus, control the pressure and anxiety, have your plan and compete. Just writing this gave me anxiety, imagine what that young ballplayer is going through in the moment the next time you want to start barking out instructions on how to hit! 🤐 #BaseballTruth

Thanks @PrepBaseballIL for the kind words and the shout out from @PeterHamot13 in the most recent bullpen podcast @Jwownew

Another great day today going 3-4 (2 1B, HR#7) @PrepBaseballIL @FremdBaseball @MVPEliteIL @cacini_jr @ITBMarucci @dmilano224

Another good day at the plate. 2-3 (single and 💣#6) 3 RBI @FremdBaseball @PrepBaseballIL @cacini_jr @MVPEliteIL @ITBMarucci @dmilano224

Yuhki Yamada and Caleb Coberley earned Second Team honors! #WeAreNC #W2W

@PeterHamot13, thanks for coming out to watch Fremd host Barrington last week. Appreciate the mention of me and my teammates @Will_Graba @robbyseifert44 @GrahamStaub2027 @will_clark11 — great to compete against a top MSL team and get an important win! @PrepBaseballIL @FremdBaseball @RaysIllinois @Jeff_Duncan24 @GregReinhard19 @mickmatsie @PG_Illinois @DrewLocascio @josh_laurie @cpigs25