🎯 MIKE TOMLIN ON COACHING "I don't run away from coaching. I run to coaching... When you're a coach that's talking about 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣, you're seeking comfort because 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜." ~ via @jammer2233

Brian Garman, a very highly regarded pitching coach in the #Reds organization who has coached at Dayton for several years, has been promoted to minor league pitching coordinator. Bryan Conger remains as the senior pitching coordinator.

“non-tryers”

The first thing every young player should prioritize is getting stronger and faster. 99% of players will never have the chance to gain MLB caliber skills because they’ll never develop MLB caliber strength and speed. The smaller you are, the more you need ELITE athleticism.

Yes! Nikolai Bernstein first proved this principle in the 1920s. The most elite movers or those with the higher level of skills take different paths yet have greater accuracy in performance. It’s not the ability ti repeat, it’s the ability to feel the difference in reps & adjust.

Selfless individual and a guy that I want in my foxhole

I urge any college coach not to miss on this one. Bar raiser!

GIRD or Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit is often blamed for injury. Determining whether it’s actually part of the problem requires looking at the full picture. You need to determine if it’s functional or pathological 🧵

This is absolutely absurd

Didn’t take a hitter off. Gas pedal for 7 innings with his best stuff in the zone when he needed to be, and out of the zone when he wanted to be. Great job JT

Don’t be surprised when this kid becomes an absolute player at the next level. One of the ones you love putting on the same jersey as. Super competitor with a high motor! Go get him!!

If you throw mid 9s and have thrown under 20 college innings at your mid major (or a “lower level”), the answer is not the transfer portal. The answer is learn how to pitch.

Probably got caught staring at the pitchers ankles…balks are dead and so are socks apparently

Proud of this group! When expectations aren’t sky high and you lose the fear of failure, all that’s left to do is play ball!

I can promise this one is going to continue to climb. Makeup beyond his years, dedicated to his craft, and someone who raises the bar for every pitcher who walks into our building in terms of what the standard is both on and off the field.

The winningest pitcher in our program’s history is still #uncommitted

To perform your best under pressure, you must overcome the fear of failure, which is the root cause of nervousness.

Gonna jump off the page soon. Whether it be in the OF or on the mound. Loves to be challenged, has the presence of a future pro.

Floating into foot strike and then ⚡️

Pitching, in its most general sense, is the disruption of a hitter's timing. Inducing weak contact, or swings and misses, is the goal. Greg Maddux told me one time, during my first WBC when he was the World Baseball Classic USA Baseball pitching coach, that every pitch he delivered was