Embracing Variability in Pitcher Training: The Key to Performance and Injury Prevention
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Authentic Extension and the Secrets of the Pelvis
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Faux Rocket Scientists and Linguists
Did you know this? I’m a rocket scientist, and I [...]
Vince Vannelle: Undrafted to AA Baseball In Eight Months
Vince Vannelle was no slouch. An All-American closer at [...]
SAVAGE And The Survivorship Bias: Overthrow The Status Quo
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Building Ferraris, Not Pintos
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Welcome To TWITs Anonymous
My name is Randy Sullivan, and I am a recovering TWIT coach. For years my coaching style involved a traditional style that has come to be popularly known as TWIT Coaching. Here’s the basic formula for TWIT coaching: T: We Tell the player how to perform a skill (maybe even demonstrate it.) W: We Watch him do it. I: We stop Immediately Inform of all the things he did wrong. T: Then we Tell him how to do it better (sometimes demonstrating again while pointing out the most intricate details of the movement). If the player doesn’t get it quickly enough, we make him do punishment runs or pushups.
Sullivan! Get Off The Field!
History is replete with examples of uncommon men who have found the courage to scorn their critics and their own demons of self-doubt to produce uncommon achievements. Orval and Wilbur Wright, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, and too many more to name have all faced their critics and doubters. I’m certain that at some point each of these iconic heroes was met with the same kind of pivotal moment when self-doubt threatened to dash their dreams and disrupt the trajectory of their lives, when they said ....“I can do it.”.
The Top 4 Ways Pitchers Become Disconnected
Throwing at a superior level is about being “connected”. When a delivery is connected all the body parts are acting in timing and synergy with one another. Every part is playing its proper role and performing in concert with all the other body parts…and those parts are operating around a stable spine.
Self-Organization: Training's Secret Sauce
In baseball and sports in general, athletes and coaches are [...]