Your Kid’s Swing Isn’t Your Kid’s Swing
A swing copied from a video or a big leaguer is a swing built for someone else’s body. Here is why we build mechanics around the athlete, and how a parent can tell the difference.
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The Strikeout You Take Is Smarter Than the Hit You Chase
The strikeout you take is smarter than the hit you chase. That sentence goes against everything a hitter feels in the moment. In the box, chasing is winning — swinging hard at something feels like attack, feels like you want it. Taking a pitch feels like giving up. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: your best…
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Hand Speed Wins Battles: Why Extension Matters More Than You Think
Coach Trev’s hitting tip: hand speed wins because it creates backspin and the fastest path through the zone. Build extension with the knob-short drill.
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Is a Winter League Worth It? A NorCal Family’s Decision Guide
The flyer shows up in late October: eight games, a jersey, a Sunday slot. Here is what a winter league genuinely gives a kid, what it quietly costs, and five questions a parent can answer before signing up.
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Your Bat Path Is Why the Ball Stays Low
You squared it up and it still went into the dirt. Or it climbed high and died in the outfield. That is a bat path problem, not a launch angle problem. Here is the cue, the three-round drill, and a number to retest.
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The Pitcher Is Telling You What’s Coming
He threw the same curveball four times and you swung at three of them in the dirt. That is not a curveball problem. Here are the three reads, the on-deck drill, and a number to retest in two weeks.
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Your Swing Doesn’t End at Contact
Balls that die on the warning track are usually not a strength problem. They are a swing that stopped at the baseball. Here is the extension and finish fix, three drill rounds, and a number to retest in two weeks.
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You’re Not Slow. You’re Drifting.
Late on the fastball is usually a stride problem, not a bat speed problem. Here is the land early, stay back fix, three drill rounds, and a number to retest in two weeks.
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Why You Roll Over Every Outside Pitch
Rolling over the outside pitch is not a strength problem. It is a decision problem. Here are the three contact points, the two cues I use in every lesson, and a drill that gives you a number to retest.
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How We Build Your Plan: The Three Kinds of Players in Every Dugout
Hand ten players the same drill sheet and you get three different practices. Here is how Coach Trev studies the athlete before building the plan, and why it changes the way a rep gets coached.
