Joey Myers

The hitter’s swings, foul balls, and takes give you a good idea of his approach. What do I mean? Fastballs: Is he late on the FB? Where are his foul balls? Pulled foul? Or over the opposite dugout? Or, is he taking them? So, if late, this means that we pitch FB in, up, and expand down. If he’s taking them, he might be sitting strike offspeed. Also, if he’s late on FB, be careful throwing a get me over strike offspeed pitch. You will be doing him a favor. A good question to ask is, where can we go where his barrel can’t square the ball up? Offspeed: is he pulling them foul? Are his takes good or bad? Does his swing look comfortable on the offspeed? Where does he chase? A good tidbit to follow is that we should chase bad swings. The best hitters in the world can make the adjustment pitch to pitch. Most players, especially at the HS and below level, can’t do that. So if he takes a bad swing on a pitch, throw it again. If he takes it, throw a different pitch, then go back to bad swing pitch. Another tidbit is that if the hitter fouls a ball straight back to the backstop, be very careful repeating that, because he just missed it. Many more nuances to this but this is basic food for thought.

I’ve heard this many times but most psychologists and experts will tell you that getting the anger “out” like this doesn’t work. It spikes adrenaline and raises heart rate from that action. I’ve also found, people do it for show. It’s a way of showing “I’m much better than this”

Only coaches that should be calling pitches in the dugout are former MLB catchers that have a clue. Or, at the very least, a former big league pitcher. This isn't a video game. Doesn't work like that. It's like standing behind a surgeon 10 feet away telling him how to do his job. The problem isn't the game calling itself, it's that the kids these days have had every pitch called for them since they were kids. I called pitches since I was 12 years old. Did I know what I was doing? Not even close. Experience teaches, not analytic dudes that never played. Orgs need to teach kids how to call games. Not do it for them. It's a job validation/security thing for them. Game goes well? It's the coaches, game goes bad, and it's easy to blame the pitcher or catcher. I'd personally love to sit behind these guys and teach them a thing or two about it.

How does the Pelvis ACTUALLY rotate open in the throw? No different than the gait cycle, the pelvis swings open because Lateral Bend coupled with the lordosis of the Lumbar spine induces an axial torque on the Pelvis driving it in the opposite direction Focusing on “back leg tension” or vertical shin to better “fire the hips” is like looking at the wheels spinning on your car and assuming that must be what’s propelling it forward on the road The pelvis is rotated from above - the legs provide kinetic and potential energy and act as amplifiers of more proximal movement around the spine Trying to use the back leg to open your pelvis is like using the Flintstones car - go get yourself a real engine