The Sports Lab

Sports Parents: If you teach your kids to be coachable, and make sure they know they’re accountable for their actions, behavior & performance, they’ll be ahead of most kids. Teach them to take responsibility & to not blame others ... That’ll help them their entire lives!

Easton Rakers ‘22 6’0 155lb @C3NTRALBASEBALL Commands 4 pitches. 78-82 FB. 68 Ch. Velo will continue to grow. Changeup working its way towards @trevrchrds stuff with movement down & in. @UncommittedBsb @PBRIllinois @PBR_Uncommitted @DruryBaseball @QUHawksBaseball

Great new tournament in Metro St. Louis. Let us know if interested

His college career began as a basketball player for @QUHawksMBB and he returned as a reliever for @QuincyGems after shifting sports, now @itsgeoffnotjeff has accomplished "something I won't forget" with his first big league victory. whig.com/20200804/forme…

A little tweak to my delivery this week resulted in my personal best Max FB. FB 82-84 T85 CB 72-75 CH 75-78 @SLPnation @C3NTRALBASEBALL @UncommittedBsb @FlatgroundApp

Congratulations to this guy, @itsgeoffnotjeff, on his first MLB win!

Moving on 🆙 The @Pirates have recalled Geoff Hartlieb and Miguel Del Pozo from the Alternative Training Site in Altoona. Updated roster 🚖 bit.ly/atsroster

Great job @Rbraund14!

Great day at the field with the boys. 2-0 headed into bracket play. @C3NTRALBASEBALL @FlatgroundApp @UncommittedBsb @SLPnation

2021 6’3 Rhp Parker Johnson (Mater Dei HS, IL) Long bodied projectable arm 86-88 w/ a tight 74 cb used for show and put away pitch and a 79 CH for ⁦@SLPnation⁩ ⁦@PBRIllinois⁩ ⁦@PBRTournaments⁩ ⁦@PBR_Uncommitted⁩

You DO NOT & SHOULD NOT have to sacrifice *development* to teach competitiveness at the youth level. Competitiveness isn’t measured by wins & losses, it’s measured by character, attitude, enthusiasm, hard work & being a great teammate. All things parents & coaches can influence.

Felt great this weekend to finally pitch close to home. The team got the job done.@C3NTRALBASEBALL @SIUEBaseball @SIU_Baseball

Incredible achievement!

SWIC Baseball looking forward any uncommitted 2020 arms. DM me if interested in joining a winning culture centered around player development @jucoroute @PBR_JUCO

17u wins a rain shortened semifinal over Extreme Elite Nat’l 3-0. @HaakeMitchell with the shutout allowing 1 hit & striking out 5. Mitch was up to 86mph tonight. The big hits came from Jacob Rowold and Marcus Heusohn, who laced a 2-RBI double. The champ. game was then rained out.

As a youth coach, you should have two goals every time you’re coaching your team: 1) Help kids learn life lessons through sport. Teach them something each day that’ll be beneficial throughout their life. 2) Make the experience so enjoyable the kids can’t wait to play next year!

A look at my curveball and change-up from today's game. Vs Midwest Stars 17U 3INN 7Ks 2BB 4H 3R @C3NTRALBASEBALL @FlatgroundApp @UncommittedBsb @SLPnation

Playing sports should be fun & competitive at the same time. At the amateur level, that doesn’t mean winning at all costs... it means teaching kids how to compete hard and work as a team so they know how to EARN what they want. All skills that translate to the real game... LIFE!

Motor learning; We really need to stop telling patients how to move. It doesn’t do them any good & mostly interferes with their process. Change something in the task or enviromnt to nudge them to change if you think they need to.

This is an alarming trend...