Here I Go Again On My Own A few years ago, I had a situation where 3 different players and their families came to me for their son’s pitching work. All 3 started within a few weeks of each other so they all were learning and training about the same speed and also were throwingContinueContinue reading “November 2024 ENewsletter”
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October 2024 ENewsletter
Play Games, Year Round Baseball, Ice Your Arm, Get Rest As You Only Have So Many Rounds… AARGH!!!! There is SO much information that is out there for baseball players and their parents, and not all good. Slick marketing for this showcase, you need to play in tournaments to be seen, win a ring forContinueContinue reading “October 2024 ENewsletter”
September 2024 ENewsletter
Why You Should NOT Like Cookies Back in my youth, in a time that seems so far away, I always stayed away from the kitchen for fear my Mom would have me help her (and eventually scold me) to prepare things, breakfast, lunch, dinner, it didn’t matter.We used to fry french fries in a greaseContinueContinue reading “September 2024 ENewsletter”
August 2024 ENewsletter
It’s The Most Important Time of the Season Here we are with another summer season behind us. Vacations were completed, baseball for our sons are in the rear view mirror and now we start to look forward to our next school year. Did we accomplish everything we set out to do in terms of baseball?ContinueContinue reading “August 2024 ENewsletter”
June 2024 ENewsletter
Father’s Day and Baseball My father, Jim Wagner Sr, was my hero…..no if, ands or buts about it. He was a role model for working hard and being there for his family. Every Father’s Day he was asked what he wanted for ‘his’ day and I remember clearly him saying the same thing each year……he just wanted toContinueContinue reading “June 2024 ENewsletter”
May 2024 ENewsletter
Why Training Trumps Games Years past, there were many MLB players who had a second job in the off-season. Those players did not get paid enough over the 6-7 month season so they either sold cars, insurance, or for many of them they worked on a farm as a farm-hand. (Side note….Mickey Mantle grew upContinueContinue reading “May 2024 ENewsletter”
April 2024 ENewsletter
Lessons Learned….the Hard Way Growing up in the 1970 / 1980’s, there were moments in life where your own personal milestones were met. I remember my first bike where I learned to jump off a homemade ramp like one of my heroes, Evil Knievel. Every kid wanted to jump over cars, Caesar’s Palace fountain andContinueContinue reading “April 2024 ENewsletter”
March 2024 ENewsletter
Pleasure and Pain There is a very popular saying about pleasure and pain. It is a fine line between what some might define as pleasurable one moment and the next moment can be painful. Initially, I think of the movie 50 Shades of Grey where people may think of it in terms of one wayContinueContinue reading “March 2024 ENewsletter”
February 2024 ENewsletter
Rain, Rain, Go Away The College, High School, Travel and Rec league seasons are here! Players have trained so hard over the past 5 months to get themselves ready to play the game they love so much. Pitchers, particularly, have been slowly building up their arm strength during this time. They are at peak conditionContinueContinue reading “February 2024 ENewsletter”
December 2023 e-Newsletter: ‘Tis the Season
The blustery cold that sweeps in from the north has an awful impact on players in getting their workouts going, throwing the long toss, and getting their mound work in before games begin in 2 months—NOT. It’s 65 degrees, sunny, with nary a cloud in the sky! You see, this SoCal weather is perfect forContinueContinue reading “December 2023 e-Newsletter: ‘Tis the Season”
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