Pushing on

This week we continued our rotation of defense one day, hitting the next. We've done a lot of tee work. Today we wrapped up the hitting by doing the *Basile Drill with front toss.

(*Basile Drill - you get three pitches. Pull the first, middle on the second; oppo on the third. Jordan basile, the Hits Leader, used to finish his BP every day by calling his final three swings.)

Bat control, focus (small number of reps that are measured) and competition were the focus during the drill. Great hitters can take any pitch and hit it anywhere they want.

W's this week have gone out to Sean Larson (excellent focus in his bullpen session); Ciro (his second - intense practice player) and Quinn Danahy. Quinn stood out in the Basil Drill and is extemely coachable. Good for other teammates to compare themselves to.

I'd like to complement Trot Kelly. He struggled with his mile goal, but finally reached it on Monday when he turned in a 5:55. Pretty good time.

Monday saw our final "Delinquent Milers" turn in their best times. Now we can focus on baseball everyday.

The Mile concept: Be up to any challenge. Be mentally tough.

-A mile does NOT equal better baseball performance.

-Putting yourself through the rigors of improving your mile time and achieving a higher personal standard DOES REQUIRE mental toughness.
- Mental toughness and competitive drive DO improve performance.

I'd like to give shout out to Jeremy Engquist. Jeremy was my first assistant I hired back in the day. He recently gave birth (his wife, actually) to twins. FOur kids and counting. Congrats to the slef-proclaimed No. 1 Dad!