The Throwing Blocking Stance I remember a game at Shea stadium. Four hours and twenty-five minutes. I have no idea what the score was. My legs hurt so bad by the end of it. It’s because I spent too much of the game in my throwing blocking stance with runners on base....
Your Bat Grip – What You Need to Know So we’ve made our selection on a bat. Now how do we hold our weapon? To some of you this may seem a bit remedial at first but it is very important. Let’s start at the basics. First off we got our weapon. If you’re a...
A Catchers Set Up Position in Relation to the Hitter Where should the catcher set up? So my teammate Carlos Lee with the Milwaukee Brewers did something I’ve never seen happen and you probably won’t see it happen again. He took a swing, came all the way...
Baseball Hitting Stance – Where to Put the Body My teammate with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Milwaukee Brewers, Craig Council, used to have one of the strangest stances. Guess he’s changed it now, but he used to stand up there, his hands pointed so high. He...
Catcher Set Up – Catching the Ball Fundamentals Receiving So my high school coach coach. He was a large man. About six foot four, six foot five three hundred pounds. Really loud voice. Never cursed, but you always new where he was. That voice was unmistakable....
How to Place Your Hands in Your Hitting Stance So as in our previous lesson, we talked about stance. In this lesson I want to talk to you about where our hands should be. We talked about where our feet, our chest, our legs should be in our stance. Where...
