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Hitting from March 23rd: click on a link to open it
First; click HERE to watch the pro's sample.
Luke Hagy
George Hensler
Tyler Roth
Pitching from 2/13 (Coach Koutsavlis will review them with you in person during your short box)
Brown
Bruni
Faett
Happ
Herget
McCarthy
Michalec
Shanafelt
Slavonic
Vater
Hitting Videos from 12/18 (will be up Tuesday Afternoon)
Follow these directions:
1. Watch the Pros Sample Video Lesson
2. Watch your Video Lesson
3. Watch your Slow Motion Video (and see if you can see what I was talking about in your video lesson)
4. Repeat Steps 1-3 again.
Pros Video Sample Lesson (Watch this First)
Burgan Video Lesson
Burgan Slow Motion
Brody Video Lesson
Brody Slow Motion
Brown, Hank Video Lesson
Brown, Hank Slow Motion
Brown, Zack Video Lesson
Brown, Zack Slow Motion
Bruni Video Lesson
Bruni Slow Motion
Caplan Video Lesson
Caplan Slow Motion
Corbin Video Lesson
Corbin Slow Motion
Depp Video Lesson
Depp Slow Motion
Devito Video Lesson
Devito Slow Motion
Duffy Video Lesson
Duffy Slow Motion
English Video Lesson
English Slow Motion
Faett Video Lesson
Faett Slow Motion
Fitchett Video Lesson
Fitchett Slow Motion
Girvin Video Lesson
Girvin Slow Motion
Gordon Video Lesson
Gordon Slow Motion
Graziano Video Lesson
Graziano Slow Motion
Happ Video Lesson
Happ Slow Motion
Hergett Video Lesson
Hergett Slow Motion
Hurley Video Lesson
Hurley Slow Motion
Jones Video Lesson
Jones Slow Motion
Kitchen Video Lesson
Kitchen Slow Motion
Kuzma Video Lesson
Kuzma Slow Motion
Linehan Video Lesson
Linehan Slow Motion
McGrady Video Lesson
McGrady Slow Motion
Mehallac Video Lesson
Mehallac Slow Motion
Nealon Video Lesson
Nealon Slow Motion
Neish Video Lesson
Neish Slow Motion
Nourie Video Lesson
Nourie Slow Motion
Neville Video Lesson
Neville Slow Motion
Obrakta Video Lesson
Obrakta Slow Motion
Ostergaard Video Lesson
Ostergaard Slow Motion
Oxenreiter Video Lesson
Oxenreiter Slow Motion
Paladino Video Lesson
Paladino Slow Motion
Phy Video Lesson
Phy Slow Motion
Ritchey Video Lesson
Ritchey Slow Motion
Saber Video Lesson
Saber Slow Motion
Shanafelt Video Lesson
Shanafelt Slow Motion
Scheirman Video Lesson
Scheirman Slow Motion
Sims Video Lesson
Sims Slow Motion
Smith Video Lesson
Smith Slow Motion
Stabil Video Lesson
Stabil Slow Motion
Vater Video Lesson
Vater Slow Motion
Weunschel Video Lesson
Weunschel Slow Motion
Zaslau Video Lesson
Zaslau Slow Motion
Pitching Videos from 12/21
CLICK HERE FOR COACH KOUTSAVLIS' NOTES (NOW THE CORRECT ONES AS OF THURSDAY 1/7
Follow these directions:
1. Read Coach Koutsavlis' notes (once they are posted)
2. Watch your video lesson (these are done by Coach McCloskey, and they only address the most basic aspects of your throwing mechanics on your fastball, Coach Koutsavlis' notes will be much more detailed, and comment on your off-speed pitches)
3. Watch your slow motion video (it plays through all 6 pitches first at regular speed then slow motion) and see if you can pick up what Coach Koutsavlis and Coach McCloskey were talking about.
4. Repeat steps 1-3.
Pros Sample Video Lesson (Watch this First)
Brown Video Lesson
Brown Slow Motion
Bruni Video Lesson
Bruni Slow Motion
Depp Video Lesson
Depp Slow Motion
Difenderfer Video Lesson
Difenderfer Slow Motion
Duffy Video Lesson
Duffy Slow Motion
Happ Video Lesson
Happ Slow Motion
Hergett Video Lesson
Hergett Slow Motion
Jones Video Lesson
Jones Slow Motion
Manning Video Lesson
Manning Slow Motion
Mehallac Video Lesson
Mehallac Slow Motion
Neish Video Lesson
Neish Slow Motion
Olivio Video Lesson
Olivio Slow Motion
Ostergaard Video Lesson
Ostergaard Slow Motion
Packy Video Lesson
Packy Slow Motion
Scheirman Video Lesson
Scheirman Slow Motion
Shanafelt Video Lesson
Shanafelt Slow Motion
Slavonic Video Lesson
Slavonic Slow Motion
The Rizz Video Lesson
The Rizz Slow Motion
Vater Video Lesson
Vater Slow Motion
Very Video Lesson
Very Slow Motion
Weuschel Video Lesson
Weunschel Slow Motion
Zaslau Video Lesson
Zaslau Slow Motion
Catching Videos from 11/11
Blocking
Click HERE for a sample of the pros blocking
Click on a name to see you blocking
Kelley
Klemenck
Neish
Nicholas
Pavlik
Weunschel
Throwing
Click HERE for a sample of the pros throwing
Click on a name to see you throwing
Kelley
Klemenck
Neish
Nicholas
Pavlik
Weunschel
Hitting Videos from 11/9 & 11/10
Here is the checklist for breaking down your video:
I. Stride to load; Check the following:
a)Weight stays back
b) Head stays back
c) Hands are positioned a fist away from back shoulder
II. Hip turn starts our swing
a) the back hip leads the hands
b) watch to see if your arms or hips move forward first by watching your back knee in relationship to your hands
III. Hands are coming straight to the ball
a) notice how the knob of the bat leads the way
b) when you don't turn first, the bat is coming around
IV. Impact
a) back elbow bent at 90 degrees
b) hip is all the way through
c) head is over back knee (not forward or backward)
d) front knee is locked out
e) chin is down
V. Extension
a) Back elbow is locked out
b) hands maintain "palm up/palm down" (not rolling over)
c) chin has slightly dropped and remained back
Click HERE to watch Michael Cudeyer from the side, and pause at the five points on the checklist
Click HERE to watch Michael Cudeyer from the front, and pause at the five points on the checklist
Click on a video to watch and pause at the five points on the checklist:
Bruni
Fitchett
Happ
Kuzma
McCarthy
Nicholas
Ostergaard
Shanafelt
Sims
ALL JUNIORS
Sophmores (Brown thru Klemenck)
Sophmores (Michalec thru Weunschel)
ALL Freshmen
Pitching Videos from 11.13.09
Click on the link below to Read Coach Koutsavlis Notes (IT IS NOW UP AND FIXED!!!)
http://www.mtlsd.org/district/athletics/baseball/stuff/pitching notes 11.11.09.doc
Before you watch your video, watch the samples:
Click Here to see Josh Beckett video from the side
As you watch the video, notice the following
Not sitting on his back leg, but moving foward
Front foot lands, the "load" position
Hip turn before shoulders rotate
Chest over front leg at release (front side driving forward)
Click HERE to see Tim Lincecum video from the front
Going forward (not sitting on back leg)
At the "load" position
Hips turn before shoulders (best in all of baseball at this)
Release; chin and chest forward over front side
Click on name to see your video, and go through the following checklist with yourself:
1. Am I moving forward right away, or am I sitting on my back leg?
2. Watch your head, am I going constantly forward and down hill, or do i sit, and then does my head move up, as I throw "uphill"? (Uphill is wrong by the way)
3. Pause when the first part of your stride foot hits the ground (sometimes heel/sometimes toe) and go through the checklist
a) chin over belly button
b) weight on back foot
c) elbow as high as back shoulder
d) shoulders closed
e) hips closed
f) "equal and opposite" front and back arm (the steel rod through your both your arms)
4. Do my hips rotate before my shoulders? (do I get the "Stretch" between hips and shoulder rotation?)
5. Pause when you are releasing the ball, is my chest out over my front side?
6. Does my hip pop through or drag through?
7. Does my front knee remain still as I pop my hip?
(watch these check points in Beckett and Lincecum videos, then compare to yours)
Bekampis
Brown
Bruni
Corbin
Depp
Difenderfer
Duffy
Faett
Girvin
Happ
Hergett
Jones
Manning
McGrady
Michalec
Neish
Ostergaard
Oxenreiter
Packy
Polinak
Rogan
Scheirman
Shanafelt
Slavonic
Smith
The Rizz
Vater
Weunschel
Zaslau
Pitching Videos from 2/6 (the videos will be uploaded on Monday Morning)
Click Here for Coach McCloskey's notes/pics of "problem areas" in a word document
Click Here for Coach McCloskey's notes/pics of "problem areas" in a pdf file (coming Monday)
Look at this sample, as it will help us with some of our problems
 He is going forward, not sitting on his back leg
 Again, going forward, not sitting on back leg
 At impact, see how back elbow is up, front arm is equal and opposite angle for balance. See how his front side is closed, and his chin is over his belly button.
 You can see how the chin and chest have been pulled foward to get get out over his front side
 At release, you can see how he is out over his front side, you can see that his chest is over his front knee
Click here to watch the video of the above pitcher
As you watch the above pitcher, watch for the following:
1. Never sits on back leg, everything goes forward.
2. Always goes down hill, head or arm doesn't go up
3. When stride foot hits, notice how is front side (his shoulders are cocked) You can see that his elbow is up, and his head stays back over his belly button
4. As he rotates, you can see how the hips lead his shoulders
5. Look at how he drives the chin and chest forward (gets over his front side) for this; watch from the time his stride foot lands, until the time he releases the ball
Click on a name below to see the videos
Bruni
Diffenderfer
Faett
Happ
Ostergaard
Packy
Rizzo (aka "The Rizz)
Schiemer
Schneck
Wuenschell
Pitching Videos from 1/29
Click HERE for Still pics of "problem areas" in a Word doc
Click HERE for Coach Koutsavlis' NOTES
Brown
Cox
Duffy
Gordon
Graziano
Linehan
McGrady
Mehallac
Smith
Vater
Very
Pitching Videos from 1/12
Click HERE for Coach Koutsavlis' Pitching NOTES
The film contains the following:
1.Fastball, curveball, then change-up from the side (reg speed)
2. Fast, curve, then change from the front (reg speed)
3. Fast, curve, then change from the side (slow motion)
4. Fast, curve, then change from the front (slow motion)
Bruni
Faett (sorry, coach only filmed you from the side)
Happ
Katz
Ostergaard
Packy
Rizzo
Weunschel
Hitting Videos from 1/9
CLICK HERE FOR COACH MCCLOSKEY's NOTES in a PDF FILE
Below are pics of a perfect swing from John Bruni at the various stages, compare yourself
Click here for the slow-motion video of Bruni's perfect swing, use it to compare yourself (especially look how his hips lead his hands, and since he turns first, look how his hands go straight to the ball, and notice how he gets full extension
Click here for Coach's notes in Word Document
Bruni
Donahoe
Faett
Goff
Happ
Lopato
McCarthy
Nealon
Ostergaard
Packy
Phy
Shanafelt
Sims
Singly
Soodik
Tiedemann
Weunschel
Make up Pitching Videos from 12/3 (Coach Koutsavlis' Notes are coming)
Girvin
Gordon
Ostergaard
Spicuza
Weunschel
Pitching Videos From 12/3
Click here for Coach Koutsavlis' notes
Before and after you watch yourself, look at the videos of the "pros" and compare yourself.
Pros sample (watch before and after)
Brown
Corbett
Duffy
Graziano
Happ
Hergett
Katz
Linehan
McGrady
Mehallac
Miller
Packy
Rizzo
Schiemer
Schneck
Shanafelt
Smith
Vonner
Hitting Videos From 11/24
Now I have done my part, you need to read my notes carefully and it's time to do your part. We have made some progress hitting, but we are still light years away from where we need to be. We are off to a solid start, but now it is up to you to take it forward. These observations on your hitting are not subjective, they are objective. You are compared to the five absolutes of hitting that we teach which are all presented in our instructional videos. If you want to be good, you will watch yourself over and over again until you have it clear in your mind what you need to do. Watch the instructional videos and the college videos of Steranka and Isler. Watch the perfect swings of Happ and Stobbe in our instructional videos. You have the information, now it's up to you to do something with it.
Click HERE for Coach McCloskey's Notes on Hitting in a Word Document
Brown
Bruni
Corbett
Cox
Donahoe
Duffy
Faett
Fitchett
Gavett
Goff
Gordon
Graziano
Happ
Hedin
Hergett
Hurley
Kelly
Klemenck
Kuzma
Linehan
Lopato
McCarthy
McGrady
Mehallac
Nealon
Neville
Obrachta
Ostergaard
Packy
Pardini
Phy
Rizzo
Saber
Shanafelt
Sims
Smith
Strauss
Tidemann
Trainor
Very
Vonner
Weaver
Weunschell
Catching Videos from 11/18 (I will go over notes with you at Monday's catchers practice)
Before you watch your videos, go to our instructional videos and watch the catchers blocking and throwing, then compare yourself. (click on a name to watch your video)
Blocking
Jack Faett
Will Kelly
Mitchell Klemenck
Jeremy Tiedeman
Cory Wuenschell
Throwing to Second
Jack Faett
Will Kelly
Mitchell Klemenck
Jeremy Tiedeman
Cory Wuenschell
Throwing to Third
Jack Faett
Will Kelly
Mitchell Klemenck
Jeremy Tiedeman
Cory Wuenschell
Hitting Videos from 11/5
Before you watch your video, watch the video of Michael Cudeyer and compare yourself (pause your video) at the following points:
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE CUDEYER VIDEO OF A "PERFECT" SWING!!!
Stride to load (many of you have your hands "leaking" or starting to move forward before your stride foot hits)
The hips lead the way ahead of the hands (look to see if your hands are leading your hips; many of you have made this mistake)
Your hands have to be going straight to the ball (in tight against your body) Many of you are leading with your arms (instead of your hips) and your arms take a long path, and you can see how "long" your swing looks compared to this
Impact (notice how the head is burried, the tilt, the hip turn, the back elbow bent at 90 degrees, and the palm-up/palm down)
Extension (notice the back elbow locked out pointing to where the ball is hit and he keeps the palm-up/palm-down relationship without rolling his hands over, almost none of you get to this point!!! notice how he keeps his tilt and how the chin has slightly dropped, it has not come or gone back. He clearly "extends" the bat through the strike zone, he doesn't "swing" the bat and come around)
Click on name (not yet) to see the hitting videos (I will add some names)
Brown
Bruni
Corbett
Cox
Diffenderfer
Duffy
Fayette
Fitchett
Gavett
Girvin
Goff
Gordon
Graziano
Happ
Hedin
Hergett
Hurley
Kelly
Linehan
Lopato
Mahallac
McGrady
Miller
Nealon
Neville
Nicholas
Olneck
Ostergaard
Phy
Rinaldo
Rizzo
Saber
Shanafelt
Silver
Singly
Smith
Soodik
Strauss
Tiedeman
Trainor, Marty
Trainor, Sean
Very
Vonner
Weaver
Weunschel
Pitching Videos from 11.7 (Click HERE for Coach Koutsavlis' Notes)
Brown
Bruni
Corbett
Cox
Diffenderfer
Duffy
Fayette
Girvin
Gordon
Graziano
Happ
Hergett
Katz
Linehan
Mahallac
McGrady
Miller
Ostergaard
Paladino
Rizzo
Schiemer
Schneck
Shanafelt
Kyle Smith
Verry
Vonner
Weunschel
http://www.mtlsd.org/district/athletics/baseball/stuff/mtl pitching notes 1.docx pitching notes 1.docx
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