Tagged With "Steve Springer"
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Re: Help with mental game.
Steve Springer, I talk about you all the time. Glad you are here. What a valuable addition to this site. Lots of "Old Timers" here have sons who are in college or pros who have your CD and listen regularly. Folks, listen to this guy... he knows what he is talking about!
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Re: Best Books
It has been a long time since I listened to the original. Not a huge difference but as I recall, Q2 has more up to date and better anecdotes that drive home his points. Q2 is a bit smoother also. Springer does such a great job of making it feel like he is right there talking to you.
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Re: Best Books
I agree that " Heads Up Baseball " is a classic. Springer 's original CD and his V2 the DVD is "awesome". I highly recommend " Sixty Feet Six Inches " by Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson . You get both sides of the game, hitting and pitching. Back & forth on topics like "stuff", "velocity", etc. Two HOF players describe their feelings. They don't always disagree. They also cover preparation, what they ate, off-season approach, conditioning, etc. It's unique, funny and informative. " Out of...
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Re: Who's throwing 90?
SpringLions07, I would agree that Mr. Becker probably meant to say Josh Beckett. As this is the Texas Forum and not just the DFW Forum, here is the complete list: Chris Anagnostou, RHP, La Porte – TCU Blake Beavan, RHP, Irving – Oklahoma Chad Bettis, RHP, Lubbock Monterey – Texas Tech Drake Britton, LHP, Tomball – Texas A&M Kristian Bueno, LHP, Corpus Christi Calallen – Angelina College PJ Dean, RHP, New Caney – Oklahoma Paul Demny, RHP, East Bernard – Blinn College Chase Dempsay, RHP,...
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Re: 4/3 Games
Congrats on the win! Tell Riley congrats on the double, and Springer congrats on the homerun.
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Re: 4/3 Games
Well now, is that double digits for Springer now? Jesuit called in the bottom 4th, due at first to lightning then it started RAINING. We just joked about it. I want to bring up jesuitbaseball's question again, their coach told us that we could just start the game where it got delayed. I guess maybe it can be flexible as to the coaches whether or not they want to start it over...different case with the Marcus/Coppell game though, two top teams in that district...the Coppell coach certainly...
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Re: 4/3 Games
Second time this season, that I know of, Denton's Preston Springer has hit a HR to put Denton and head for the win. Congrats to this young man. From the Denton Newspaper: Senior third baseman Preston Springer belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to help Denton rally for a 6-2 victory over Denton Ryan on Tuesday night at Bronco Field. The win gave Denton sole possession of first place in District 5-4A
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Re: Congrats to Matt Shelton
Congratulations on the coverage Matt. Coach Mark Johnson and staff at SHSU have signed an impressive group of pitchers including Matt, Zach Neal from Flower Mound, Brent Powers from Richardson Pearce, Jerad Stevens from the Woodlands and Cody Springer from Montgomery. Should be a lot of fun. Eat 'em up Kats!
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Re: May 3rd Playoff games and scores
Lovethatbaseball: Congrats on the win and congrats to your son!!!! In the Marcus game Sean Springer hit a 2 run homer, first one this season for this Senior. M. Pitts pitched a complete game for Marcus.
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Re: 5/10 Games
Congrats SA Reagan, Denton McKinney, and Coppell on their wins. Good luck to PCA and TCA this weekend at State. And CONGRATS to P. Springer on another HR (3 run homer) tieing the school record at 12 for the season.
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Re: 5/10 Games
On SLC: Because they pour all their money into football. Actually it might be a city ordinance against those types of lights in a residental area, but not sure on that. The Plano school districts didn't have them until last year and I think that was a matter of until we can light them all (money) then none get lighted. On P. Springer: keep pitching to him I want to see him set a new record at Denton, how cool would that be.
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Re: Help a parent with the hype....
njbb- No offense but your analogy sucks. You are talking about the first picks of a draft that were freaks and .001% of the baseball population. Was your son Arod or D. Young? My mother could pick those guys out! I've had six first-rounders from my program and 14 big-leaguers. Looking back at when they were in their mid-teens (much easier to judge than if they are 8 or 9), they all displayed talent but were not neccessarily our best players. As a matter of fact, I've had better players not...
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Re: High School Politics
Thanks KnightTime. Experience does seem to prevail in no matter what we all do. Coach May knows our coach and I think will vouch for him as to the kind of coach he is. A fair and dedicated Coach who loves what he does more now than the first day he began this profession. To answer your question. Resoundingly YES, I DO know why they have made that kind of policy. Some of the parents I have been around over the past 3-4 involved with HS baseball have never ceased to amaze me with their antics...
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Re: Who is Number 1 for athletes arrested?
What's going on here? Is this the HS baseball forum or the Jerry Springer forum? Let's keep this forum focused on what it is intended for!!
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Re: Philosophy on taking pitches
Stats -- one more clarification. While we did not track 'the best pitch' statistically, we used it as a way to analyze every at bat. Historically, the at bats where he took 'the best pitch' looking were not as successful as the times he swung at it. Now, simply swinging at that pitch does not assure success because we had more than one discussion about the weak ground out on a change up because he fouled of the fb on the pitch before. Ultimately, you still need to be a good enough hitter to...
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Re: Philosophy on taking pitches
I wasn’t at all trying to “call you out”, but I can understand how you might take it that way, and apologize if that’s how you took it. I would gladly do that, if I had the data to do it with. Evidently you haven’t read enough of my stuff to know I don’t believe in charting pitch types or locations. At least without the help of the technology the ML uses. Because of that, I have never, nor will I ever gather or analyze that kind of data. Others can do it all they wish, but I’ll just stick to...
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Re: Difference between JV and Freshmen in batting average
As Steve Springer says the batting average is E V I L. Forget about it. Hit the ball hard, stay inside it and everything else will take care of itself. A player can tear it up in Freshmen and JV ball, but when he gets to Varsity and is seeing upper 80's pitching and serious breaking balls the game changes. Our best hitter from JV is up with the Varsity team this year and he is doing OK, but his swing is too long and he will have to go back to the drawing board this summer and rework his...
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Re: Does this mean that all the 2005's willl...
My Tennessee list to date: 10/11/04 - Brett Basham - C - Bearden HS - University of Mississippi 10/24/04 - Steven Watson - Catcher - Oakland HS - University of Memphis 11/2/04 - Jay Moreland - Catcher - Goodpasture HS - Vanderbilt University 11/3/04 - Brandon Turner - MIF/3b - Walker Valley HS - Mississippi State 11/3/04 - Ryne Simpson - RHP/INF - Baylor School - University of Tennessee 11/3/04 - Ryan Jones - CF - Ooltewah HS - University of Tennessee 11/3/04 - Jacob Fabry - CF - Red Bank HS...
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Re: Does this mean that all the 2005's willl...
Some new ones: 04/13/05 - Justin Suiter - 2b - Clarksville HS - Belmont University 04-14-05 - Nick Lakin - INF - Powell HS - King College 04-14-05 - Paul Sorah - P - Walker Vally HS - King College 04-14-05 - Drew Bowlin - P/C - Jefferson County High School - Univ of Tennessee 04/19/05 - Brantley Kilgore - RHP/INF - Dobyns-Bennett HS - Tennessee Tec 04-21-05 - Tate McMillan - C/1B - Houston County HS - Tennessee Tech 04/21/05 - Stephen Shults - SS - Lawrence County HS - Walters State CC...
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Re: steve springer
I recently interviewed Steve Springer and turned it into a podcast. I think you'll like it. He's always a treat to listen to. http://www.baseballbytheyard.c...with-steve-springer/ BaseballByTheYard
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Re: steve springer
Recently got to listen to Springer talk and it was awsome. My son loves the cd listens to it everyday. I would highly recommend it. hitballharduwin
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Re: steve springer
hi everyone my twitter acc is blowing up @qualityatbats-please checkout my website also qualityatbats.com check out new testimonials-hope all is well-compete-springer
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Re: Broadcasting Break
Exciting times Josh. We hopefully have some really big names coming on the show in January and thanks in part to Josh and some of our esteemed past guests for helping us like Coach Bill Hutton and Steve Springer. We are building our program one listener at a time. Each time we get a guest, it leads to more guest opportunities and I believe our guests are enjoying being on the show. There are not many baseball-only shows out there and we have a good one that is starting to grow imho.
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Re: Your Favorite Offensive Stat
I'm with Sdlefty, I would say that Quality At Bat is the most important. As Steve Springer says "get inside the ball and hit it hard somewhere, the rest you have no control over" As far as strike out rate this can be very deceiving, if it was a QAB, then yes, but if it is a weak grounder and an unproductive out then no. My son has a very low strike out rate (college - 10%) and the coaches are suggesting that he takes a few more aggressive swings "some times" and accepts a few more...
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Re: Swing mechanics and mental mistakes
GoldenGraham34- Are you familiar with Steve Springer at all?
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Re: Swing mechanics and mental mistakes
Originally Posted by J H: GoldenGraham34- Are you familiar with Steve Springer at all? I've heard of him before, but I don't really know who he is. What does he do?
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Re: MaxPreps
Cabagedad got it. It depends on the program and who is authorized to upload them. I have seen cases where they were accurate, but then go look at what the opposing school put up for the same game...not so much. I'm with Steve Springer anyway....batting average is evil
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Re: Kudo's to Webster's sons on Jason Becker's Preseason All State List
What a rotation that would be and then add the bats esp. the one carried of Preston Springer.
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Re: Kudo's to Webster's sons on Jason Becker's Preseason All State List
Agree, ob-n...as you know, we saw PS hammering baseballs when he was 11 and 12 years old. Not much has changed except they carry further now. Great family as well.
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Re: HSBBW Hall of Fame?
I will personally hold up picket signs outside MNMOMs house, go on Larry King, and if necessary Springer if PIAA is not elected. I might even get violent and try to make a snowball and throw it at someone……as long as they are within 20 feet or so. Problem is we haven’t seen snow in Atlanta for a long while – can you buy that stuff at K-mart? Givens: FUNGO TRHIT MNMOM Bob GOTWOOD – Just because PGStaff ITS But look out folks the rising class can play – you better keep your A game up. Got...
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Re: Mental hitting
The best item I've ever found for mental hitting is the Quality at Bats CD by Steve Springer. Listen to this a few times and you will get lots of good insights. Per Springer "...Put Q's next to your name in the lineup card on a daily basis and at the end of the year, your numbers will be where you want them to be..."
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Re: front page los angeles times article on travel baseball
consultant, since 1991 the Jerry Springer show draws a large audience too, your point is?? 55,000 show up to watch a hs coach?? I guess japanese people will watch anything too?? most all of the international players you mentioned playing pro ball in the USA are Latin Americans who grew up playing on vacant lots with a home-made glove, and a taped ball and bat - a few got academy coaching or is the DR not a good road trip? do our best ML players flock to Japanese pro ball - or do a few of...
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Re: BA by number of pitches
stats4Gnats.....I was not trying to start a QAB debate, although the problem with GC is that not every coach that measures QAB uses the same criteria. GC is fairly arbritrary and therefore probably not as relevant although our HSV coach did look at it. You could certainly justify a more precise and rewarding calculation. I was simply curious about the outcomes by pitch, so I was envisioning a fairly simple spreadsheet/report where the leftmost column is the pitch where the ball was put in...
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Re: BA by number of pitches
OK, schwam, Got some time to mess around. But before I go off starting something new, I thought you might want to look at something I’ve been doing for more than 10 years now. Although it doesn’t EXACTLY match what you said, I think it might be close, so if you could take a look and get back to me I’d appreciate it. http://www.infosports.com/scor...r/images/battle3.pdf I don’t know squat about Steve Springer, but like everyone else, I do have an opinion about taking pitches. Having messed...
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Re: BA by number of pitches
well, that is what I was looking for and confirmed what I expected. My thesis was that the deeper into the AB you got the more it favored the pitcher, although I expected more of a bell curve where the trend went back in the batter's favor but that is not true from this data. If I did the math properly you get: <colgroup><col span="2" width="64" /></colgroup> Pitch BA 1st 0.397 2nd 0.380 3rd 0.312 4th 0.245 5th 0.236 6th 0.216 7th 0.258 8th 0.227 9th 0.188 >9 0.200 So,...
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Re: BA by number of pitches
You better watch out! You’re thesis is heresy!!!!! I have to make sure you understand that data represents OUR batters. Here’s our hitters and the 2 nd page is opponent hitters. http://www.infosports.com/scor...images/battle3ba.pdf I sure wish I could verify your feeling that HSV pitchers tend to throw 1 st pitch FBs, but alas I can’t since I don’t chart pitches. I agree with him that BA is definitely not the BEST stat, but its far from meaningless. One just has to be careful about how stats...
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Re: Need some opinions
I second both of the above comments. Springer is great and a very nice guy in person as well. My son has had a similar problem (maybe everybody has) and there is nothing better than a tee and a net and lots of reps.
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Re: I still think, he's thinking too much?
The best source on mental hitting is CD by Steve Springer. Quality At Bats. Much more direct and practical advice than Dorfman. This will clear your head, stop focusing on batting average, and focus on hitting the inside of the ball hard. Per Springer, get your Q's, by the end of the year, your numbers will be where you want them to be.
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Re: Summer ball
Im sure you know the answer to your question is NO . That being said , despite the tone of some of my comments i have the utmost respect for the HS coaches out there . I respect the time committment they put in and the values that are being taught to the student athlete . I dont understand how some of the hs coaches can expect to control the summer travel stuff when they have the player in the fall ( for those who have some sort of fall practice schedule ) , and then you have the winmter...
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Re: Summer ball
Sull- 1) It STRINGER not SPRINGER, I host baseball camps not talk shows. 2) If you think HS players (not your top 5%, think bell curve) know how to condition their bodies then you are watching from the stands with blinders on and kool-aid in hand. If there is one thing I think is MOST lacking in HS players it is proper conditioning. 3) Said by u- "Im guessing that most of the travel guys will tell you they have a heck of a lot more fun during summer than the spring" This statement saddens me...
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Re: North Texas 4A poll
Guyer plays no one in their pre-district schedule they come into district every year on a high note cause they have been beating the 2A and 3A teams they play. Then reality sets in and they get it handed to them. They have a good group of kids and should be competitive in the next couple of years but as of right now they just don't have it in them. They are in a tough district that no one really notices both Denton and Denton Ryan made it to the 3rd round last year before losing heart...
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Re: The Mental Game
matt bragga at tennessee tech talked about the quality at bat cd by steve springer at the tbca clinic. he said it was good.
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Re: Plate Attitude
Quality At Bats tape by Steve Springer is very good on the mental side of hitting. Kids, and parents, need to stop obsessing about batting averages, and focus on well struck balls. The numbers will be there if this is done.
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Re: What happened to the poll?
The poll got closed and was ended with a Jerry Springer-ess final thought. I had it deleted because that was not the purpose of my poll or my idea to invite tpg back...
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Re: What happened to the poll?
deemax- Thanks for letting me know you deleted the thread. For everyone, I locked it.
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Re: Moderator for congratulations!?!?! :)
2007 4A-5A South All-Stars PITCHERS: Ryan Duke - CC. Calallen, Joaquin Hinojosa - McAllen, Matt Rein - Langham Creek, Chris Anagnostrou - La Porte CATCHERS: Logan Moro - Katy Taylor, Jake Rowell - Little Cypress Mauriceville FIRST BASE: Chase Hernandez - Deer Park, Greg Herbst - Helotes O'Connor SECOND BASE: Jose Mendoza - C.C. Moody, Cesar Guerrero - Mission Sharyland SHORTSTOP: Kevin Ahrens - Houston memorial, Carter Jurica - Katy THIRD BASE: Michael Dickson - Austin Westlake, Trey...
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Re: I love animals - but?
Well, all this talk about dogs made me stop and ponder something, since I spend an inordinate amount of time around plenty of dogs. I wonder why all the dogs I see in duck blinds are Labrador Retreivers, or even the occasional swamp collie (more commonly known as a golden retriever). Out if the game birds fields, we see german shorthairs, springer spaniels, brittany spaniels, as well as labs and goldens. I wonder why we never see any pit bulls, rottweilers, dobermans or such. I think Bee can...