Rafael Betances

@BUncommitted @PG_Uncommitted @PBR_Uncommitted @JucoUncommitted @BUncommitted

Challenging Quickness Holding launch position. Focusing on being efficient, short, and quick to make solid contact w/ the baseball. ✔️ Controlled quickness/ violence ✔️ Balanced ✔️ Pushing off the ground @huckleberryshenk | OF | 2028 #uncommitted @northbaysox

What does your Launch Position and First Move look like? ✔️ Moving balanced & efficiently ✔️ Whipping barrel through the zone ✔️ Sticking the finish - Grounded. Anchored. @gillyroth_ | @adub_baseball | C | ‘24 #uncommitted @barrelfinder | @northbaysox

Progress Check ✔️ So incredibly proud of this dude! Keep pushing! ✔️ Strong direction ✔️ Delivering backside strong through the middle ✔️ Balanced moves Kingston Jepma | 11u @barrelfinder | @northbaysox | northbaysox.com

✔️ Holding a strong direction through the swing. @jackevans07 | @AWHS_Baseball_ | MIF | ‘25 @barrelfinder | @northbaysox northbaysox.com #HealthyHacks #barrelfinder #hitting #cagework

▪️Rubber Band Effect - allowing your hands to be free and maximizing potential energy in the kinetic chain of movements. ✔️ Stretching the band in rhythm + good/clean energy transfer through the middle. ✔️ Tight barrel turns from the backside.

Focusing on staying grounded + extending. ✔️Stable Base ✔️Using the ground ✔️Good energy transfer with direction @ethanfrankel44 @barrelfinder | @northbaysox

Fall baseball is finally here! Let’s get to work!🍁⚾️ @marinbaseball #FallBaseball #barrelfinderbyRB

Simple math: put in more hour than others, and let the results speak for themselves @gilly_roth | @AWHS_Baseball_ | EV 93 | C | 2024 #uncommitted @BUncommitted @PG_Uncommitted @PBR_Uncommitted @JucoUncommitted @BUncommitted

Doing the simple things correctly on a consistent basis is what sets the best in the world apart. They also are the most creative in their process! @jonassalk | MIF | @portlandbsb | 2026 northbaysox.com #barrelfinder #barrelfinderbyRB

✔️ Precise catch, not quick - if the ball hits “that spot” on your mitt/hand every time, it will feel automatic. Use the sound/feel of the ball hitting your glove as a way of timing your move secure the baseball. ✔️ CREATE REPETITION

Infielders - What are you doing to activate/ train your hands? After isolationg the upper body with our fundamentals routine, we worked on tranfers and double play turns. @jonassalk9 | MIF | @PortlandBSB | 2026 CONT…

L.U.C.K. Laboring Under Correct Knowledge. The harder you work the luckier you get. Fielding routine + DP feeds and turns @jonassalk | MIF | @portlandbsb @northbaysox - northbaysox.com

Another PR from last night’s session ✔️ 92.9 EV @GilbertRoth5 | C | @AWHS_Baseball_ | ‘24 #Uncommitted @northbaysox - northbaysox.com #healthyhacks #barrelfinder #barrelfinderbyRB

👁️‍🗨️ 103.3 EV today from “la cabra” @jonassalk 👁️‍🗨️ #pr Hardest worker in the room. @jonassalk | MIF | @portlandbsb @northbaysox @AWHS_Baseball_

👁️‍🗨️ Pushing off/ working against the front side 👁️‍🗨️ ✔️ Maintaining direction with the frontside ✔️ Delivering backside strong through the middle ✔️ Balanced, quick, and efficient moves @Block3August | INF | EV 92 | @AWHS_Baseball_ | ‘26 #uncommited @northbaysox

Work. @jonassalk9 | @PortlandBSB @barrelfinder

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