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Shout out to my Buddy Coach CZAR!

CoachB25CoachB25Honorary "Old TImer"
I was able to speak with Coach Czar yesterday at Peoria. Great discussion as always. Coach, the stuff from Western Kentucky is great. We do something similar but that guy's system in a lot better. Also, I loved the presentation by the coach from Wisconsin. His presentation on "Baseball Myths" was TOP NOTCH! Also, I loved his example of how to teach the proper pitching motion with dowel rods. You can bet when we play this spring, my pitchers will be looking like fruit cakes on the side doing those dowel rod drills. BTW, I'm going to call Coach Haake and ask if we can play both you and Coach Ganser. It is our year to rotate away from playing your team. I don't think either one of us want that. Besides, you beat us so badly last year that I'd love to give you a chance to do it again. It was a lot of fun watching those balls leave the yard! Take care!

"Failure depends upon people who say I can't."  - my dad's quote July 1st, 2021.  CoachB25 = Cannonball for other sites.

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CoachB25CoachB25Honorary "Old TImer"
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Originally posted by wander:
Please do. Sounds very interesting. And if you are this excited it must be very good


Wander, we have some young men that I watch throw over the summer and have looked in so many journals, websites, etc. for that drill that could enable them to better use their bodies and not hurt their arms. I get scared anytime I see kids that "throw hand grenades, who don't use their bodies efficiently etc. I did this drill today and it really will fix their flaws. Thus the excitement. Also, I can't wait to see their faces when I hand them the dowel rods. It should be priceless. LOL!
CoachB25CoachB25Honorary "Old TImer"
Coach John Vodenlich of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater was the speaker. He did a fantastic job. His speech was on the "Myths of Baseball" and he covered both hitting and pitching. I'd remember his name. I think he's going to be someone that will climb very high in the coaching profession. JMHO!
C Coho10+ posts
Sounds like a drill I learned a while back where you take a broomstick and put it over your shoulders, arms out straight.

You try to keep your body perpendicular to the plate and then release your torso at the end of the step. something like that...anyhow, hard to describe but it is effective in teaching them how to use their body to throw. It also teaches em how to take a good step while staying balanced.

Try that in combo with putting the kid on a two by four so he stays balanced on the two by and plants his lead foot on that two by on the finish...that, with a dowel rod over his shoulders and his arms outstretched.

Video tape that and he'll pay you so you won't show it to his girlfriend and his buddies.
R rczar1110+ posts
Coach B25, It was my pleasure again to stand and chat with you for at least a few minutes. Even if we don't end up playing, I'm planning and plotting, as I type, on how we're going to defend your team. Just trying to stay away from getting caught with my pants down; I've experienced that before and it's not a good look for me! Coach, I will get to your PM or whatever soon to discuss what we talked about in Peoria. I hope that your AD will be OK with the idea. However, I don't want to put you in a bad situation, please just let me know if you can't and at least we'll play in Lincoln.

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