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Coach Crowhop's Baseball Camps  2011
Serving Fort Bend Youth Baseball Since 1995...Featuring Ft. Bend Area High School Coaches

 


COACH CROWHOPISMS                                        

 

What makes a GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER- the 3 A’S:                REMEMBER- IT'S A GAME; ENJOY IT & HAVE A BALL   

GREAT ATTITUDE- Love the game ; Want the ball                                                                    

GREAT AGGRESSIVENESS- Lay Out ; Get Dirty; Take

                               the Extra Base; Charge The Ball;

           Good pitch- Take A Rip

GREAT ANTICIPATION- Stay a Pitch/Play Ahead

                               

HITTING- 4 R’s       Resting  Rocket Ready  Rip                                               WE CAN’T COACH The 7 C's

                                                                                                                               CHARACTER   CLASS            

NAME OF THE GAME!!!!                                                                                                                      CONFIDENCE  COURAGE       

                Stay Ahead in the Count as a Hitter                                                                                CONCENTRATION  COACHABILITY           

                Stay Ahead in the Count as a Pitcher                                                                                    COMPETETIVENESS                         

                                                                                                                                                               

3 UNPARDONABLE SINS OF HITTING!!!!

                Don't Move Your Head                                                      IT'S A GAME OF THE HEART, MIND ,  BODY, & SOUL

                Don't Be on Your Heels                                                     IT'S A GAME DESIGNED TO BREAK YOUR HEART.             

                Got to keep your hands back                                        NO MATTER THE AGE, IT BRINGS OUT THE JOY OF A LITTLE BOY 

 

MOST IMPORTANT POINT IN  HITTING!!!!               .

Watch the Ball- Release, Rotation , Location                                                  5 T's of HITTING:              5 T's of  PITCHING:

 

CHIN POSITION- Front Shoulder to Back Shoulder                                     Tuck                                              Take

                                                                                                                          Throw                                           The

MOST EXCITING HIT IS A TRIPLE-Hustle, Speed, Power                           Top hand drive                                    Time

Stay on the Diving Board  & pose for Sport's Illustrated                          Turn the hips                                     To                                                                                                                                                                             Twist the feet                                   Tuck

3 L's- Listen to the Coach                                                                                                                                                

       Lay Out- Be Aggressive                                                            THROWING: Grip the handles: the laces

       Love the Game- Give It All You Got & It                                                        Pressure point- fingertips

                                      Will Give Back To You                                                                   Extension out the front,

                                                                                                                                                            Extension out the back

RESPECT- 1)The Umpire: We Can't Play without Them;                                                                Keep front side closed

                   They're out there because they love the game too                                                             Palms down

               2) The Other Team: We can't play without them                                                                          3 P's- PUSH PULL POP

             Put yourself in their shoes                                                                                                        You throw with your feet                                              

               3)  The Equipment: We can't play without it                                                            Remember: Front side is your gunsite     Back side is your  power 

                 It's not the helmet's fault                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         FIELDING:            

                                                  Catching-Above waist- thumbs in     

                                                                                                                                                                 Below waist- thumbs out

FIELDING STANCE- Feet: If playing up- feet square                                                           Ground balls: Look for candy -easiest way to        

                                                     (corner infielders)                                                                               catch a ground ball is in the air.         

     If back- Play Deep and Creep                                                       Charge it; 1st possible bounce.

     (middle inf.'s & OF's)                                                                  Extend arms; catch ball out in front.

      Hands: Alligator mouth; glove open to hitter                                          Be an alligator; eat the ball.  

                                                                                                                                                   Cushion the catch; stab your  throwing side                                                                                                                                                                                       

3 THINGS IN GLOVE- Ball, Throwing  Hand, Bill of Cap                                                             Throwing foot is back.

                                                                                                                                                   Good crowhop; makes your arm stronger

BUNTING-More desire than skill      Catch the ball with the barrel                                    Fly Balls- Get your face behind the ball

`                Belly to the pitcher            Cushion the catch                                      Be moving forward on the catch  

            Bat in the eyes             Don't move the bat ; bend the knees                                    

What makes a GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER- the 3 A’S:                 

GREAT ATTITUDE- Love the game ; Want the ball                                                                    

GREAT AGGRESSIVENESS- Lay Out ; Good pitch- Take A Rip

                               Get Dirty; Take the Extra Base; Charge The Ball;

GREAT ANTICIPATION- Stay a Pitch/Play Ahead

REMEMBER- IT'S A GAME; ENJOY IT & HAVE A BALL