Jerry Weinstein
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Jerry Weinstein
@JWonCATCHING
Professional Baseball Coach - Chicago Cubs
From the Arkansas-Florida game today. With a runner on 3B tagging the Arkansas CF dekes an early catch before he really catches the ball. It triggers the Florida runner to leave early & then return to 3B to retag the base. That gives Arkansas time to throw him out at HP.
00:00- This is what coordinated synchronized pre pitch infield moment looks like.
00:00 - The statistical validation for 1st pitch strikes is irrefutable... 92.7% of first pitch strikes lead to an out or strike one; so that means that less than 8% of first pitch strikes become hits. 69% of strikeouts start with first pitch strikes. MORE: WeinsteinBaseball.com/Strikes
- Good external target focus cue to develop throwing accuracy. A little like spot bowling.
00:00 - Interesting stat on Yadi. In the time he has caught in MLB he has given up approximately 450 fewer stolen bases than the next closest TEAM.
- Cleaning out my files last night & I found this doc from Mike Gillespie when he was the Head Baseball Coach at USC. These WERE the rules & not just a bunch of words on paper. Great stuff. Enjoy!! jw
- This is how you run balls out. BEST SPEED from an elite veteran player on a ball that he is going to be out on 99+% of the time. You win with guys like this.(Your best players are your hardest players)
00:00 - Pretty much every MLB team is using a dropped glove pick at 1B to combat the “movement before action” steal. In this case it works to perfection in this early break scenario.
00:00 - GOOD MESSAGE “Not all the fruit gets ripe at the same time.”
- Challenging two ball receiving drill. Big time distraction & focus exercise. Use your lite-flight balls & not baseballs.
00:00 - Pretty good chance the game is not going to speed up on this team.
00:00 - Mets Francisco Alvarez creating angles on either edge & moving the ball fast.
00:00 - CATCHER AS A LEADER 1 Know your pitchers. 2 Know their hitters. 3 Block everything. 4 Run on & off the field. 5 Run every ball out. 6 Be early leave late. 7 No emotional outbursts. 8 Be positive but transparent. 9 Study the game. 10 Catch sides/flat grounds.
