The Hitting Force

"We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us up, and by their great stature add to ours." - Sir Isaac Newton

Attn: Coaches “If you disappear on a guy when he makes a mistake, I’m not so sure that’s a genuine relationship you built”

Robin Yount

Nick Saban shares what transformational leadership really looks like and the trap most leaders fall into. "If you're in any kind of managerial position, I think you should define your job the same way: Provide the leadership to develop the relationships to help people create and accomplish the opportunities that they have, and help them establish the discipline they need to do it." Then he broke down what leadership actually is: "Leadership is about helping somebody else, affecting somebody else for their benefit. Not for your benefit - for their benefit." "If you're doing it for your benefit, it's manipulation. And people can see right through that." That's the line right there... Leadership serves others. Manipulation serves yourself. "You gotta develop a relationship, because they gotta know you care. Hard to affect people if they don't think you care about them." Then he called out where most leaders spend their time: "How do you spend all your time? If you're a manager, you spend all your time with the people who don't do the right things. I call them energy vampires." "We got 5 guys on our team - they don't go to class, they don't do the right thing in practice, they loaf all the time. Those are the guys I meet with every day. They're energy vampires." So he made a commitment: "I'm gonna meet with 3 guys who didn't do anything wrong every day to see how they're doing. To make sure they know I care about them, their family, and what's happening in their life." "I wanna have a relationship with those people, so that when I need to affect them, I have a chance to do it." "People gotta know you care. If they think you only care about yourself, they're gonna think you're just a manipulator and you're not really going to affect them in a positive way." "You gotta serve other people." The core of servant leadership is wanting to see others at their best. It's not about control, it's about serving others. (🎥 CBT Automotive)

"Practice habits were crucial to my development. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing.” Larry Bird. "You're a real wuss, every night, I see you. You're just here in the training room icing." Indiana Baseball Coach Bob Warn called Larry Bird a “wuss” for his seemingly endless post basketball game recovery and picked up a baseball. “Real men play with balls this size." Larry Bird had enough and was ready to prove a point. “I could do that. I could play baseball." Indiana didn’t have equipment big enough to accommodate Larry Bird’s 6 foot nine inch frame, so they stretched out the longest pair of pants they could find, procured the largest hat on campus, and trotted out onto the baseball field one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

@shegone03 @Teacherman1986 Don't know how he got these movements out of the swing of Barry Bonds.

Hey @Teacherman1986 I thought you might like this! “This is by far the worst wanna be hitting guy in the business . The problem is most won't question him because Aaron worked with him. I'm still waiting for The slop king to invite the man he said he figured out and knows what Barry Bonds was feeling and doing. I think he said he went down in his basement and duplicated Barry Bonds swing and a light went off his his head. This is when he started stirring up his poison and created drills that might not feel right but this is what the greats do. This is Jim Jones reincarnated into a baseball hitting trainer come on children drink the swing kool aid it won't harm your swing just lean back and gargle it and swing for the sky yeeeeha!” 🤷🏼‍♂️ #shegone

@shegone03 @Teacherman1986 Don't know how he got these movements out of the swing of Barry Bonds.

Bryce Harper on congratulating Team Venezuela on the field: ‘I want to win gold, just like anybody else. But at the end of the night, man, they did it. They won. I mean, all, you know, all the congratulations to them and what they did, and they fought hard, they played a great game. I mean, I got nobody, nothing but respect for them.

Coaches: Honesty matters. Be a truth teller. Don’t sugar coat or lie. It will come back to bite you.

CLASS ACT: Team USA star Bryce Harper went over to shake hands with the entire Team Venezuela and congratulate them on their victory after receiving his silver medal. 👏 Harper is the definition of the class act. This is great sportsmanship.

@DanClarkSports @RDA805 No one really hit for the USA against Venezuela except Harper. Credit Venezuela's bullpen except for Machado. But, if you're going to fault Judge, blame his mechanics, which are exploitable. Everybody knows how to get him out, but some pitchers just don't have the command.

Aaron Judge's inability to step-up in big moments continues to hinder his legacy. In #WorldBaseballClassic elimination games he hit just .182 (2-for-11) and struck out six times. He failed to notch an RBI.

@CameronW_34 @DrJosephSm @FoulTerritoryTV I don't think that it was just him. Otherwise, he wouldn't drive down to Miami in the rain to root the boys on the other night.

@forcefulhitting @DrJosephSm @FoulTerritoryTV Probably, or it was placed in his contract. Or Scott boras doesn't want his walking gold to get hurt

Tarik Skubal drove through a rainstorm yesterday to get to Miami. "I just can't miss an opportunity to share a dugout with these guys."

@DrJosephSm @CameronW_34 @FoulTerritoryTV Was it that the Tigers pulled him since it's his walk year?

@FoulTerritoryTV Skenes = All in Skubal = All Excuses

Catching a fly ball properly is a lost art. Let’s work on it. #baseball #practice #development #michigan #drills

@readswithravi Dick Vermeil said, "The number one concept is to make sure people know you care. If you want to win over a person, first you have to win over their heart." You coach people, not players. • Great leaders care. • Great leaders connect. • Great leaders influence.

Rick Pitino was asked what stops people from being great. His answer was one word. "Ego stops greatness. I call it edging greatness out." "In a spiritual sense, ego is edging God out. But ego is edging greatness out." And he made a key distinction: "I'm not talking about confidence. You have to be a confident person." "But ego really gets you to where you think you've arrived. You think you know it all. You stop learning. You stop listening." That's the trap. Confidence keeps you hungry. Ego convinces you that you've already made it. You lose your hunger and humility. "Learning and listening are important for great leaders. Great leaders have to listen and they have to continue to learn and surround themselves with people that are better than them." EGO = Edging Greatness Out The moment you think you've arrived is the moment you stop growing. Stay confident. Stay humble. Never stop learning. (🎥@LewisHowes )

Julius Peppers shares what being a Hall of Famer really means. "It's not about how many touchdowns you scored or how many Super Bowl rings you have - even though those things are nice." "It really comes down to who you are at your core and what's in your heart." "Are you resilient? Do you stand tall in the face of adversity when things get tough or do you quit?" Greatness isn't measured by stats - it's measured by character. And then he said something everyone needs to hear: "Everyone can't play in the NFL. And everyone can't have a bust here in Canton. But everyone can be a Hall of Famer in your own life." "You can be a Hall of Fame dad. Hall of Fame student. Teacher. Spouse. Co-worker. Friend." Your character is what you do. "Whatever it is that you do - do it with respect, integrity, passion, resilience, dedication, and gratitude." "That alone will make you a Hall of Fame person. And you too can have a legacy that lives on forever." You don't need a gold jacket to be a Hall of Famer. Be great where you are. That's the legacy that matters. (🎥NFL Network)

Tony Gwynn talks about the two most important things you need to do in order to be a successful hitter 💯

@prospectdugout @shegone03 @twuench @artofhitting @hittingguru7 @SalMarinello @Fiveframeswing I don't know if you realized it, but I wasn't knocking Jeff. My P. T. Barnum quote was directed to the HeLPers.

@shegone03 @twuench @artofhitting @hittingguru7 @SalMarinello @Fiveframeswing @forcefulhitting Maybe a better question is why are people going to them and not you…?

Why would anyone pay $200 for a 2 hour clinic with you slappy’s when it’s taken your clueless ass 8 months to teach this terrible swing to this kid? Are people really this stupid? #shegone @twuench @artofhitting @hittingguru7 @SalMarinello @Fiveframeswing @forcefulhitting

@SteveTeel17 @Chapel14Billy Just ask Judge

This is why you can’t ever go 100 percent all in on the High level pattern nonsense. We need to let good athletes move and be adjustable when they are off timing. This is a swing and miss 100/100 with a HLP swing.

@OleTimeHardball @Velo_doc Walt "No Neck" Williams

What’s your all-time favorite MLB player nickname? 1. Mad Hungarian 2. Iron Horse 3. Left Arm of God 4. Splendid Splinter 5. Georgia Peach 6. Say Hey Kid 7. Ryan Express 8. Mr. Cub 9. Sultan of Swat 10. Write in another nickname