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Oct 244 min read

WALKS WIN! The Dodgers recipe for the 2024 NLCS championship

One of the most misunderstood and underrated offensive weapons in baseball is the WALK! At a young age, hitters who walk are often...

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High school Baseball Offense vs. MLB Baseball Offense: THE MLB WAY IS NOT THE ONLY WAY

Chris Turco

Oct 19, 20228 min read

High school Baseball Offense vs. MLB Baseball Offense: THE MLB WAY IS NOT THE ONLY WAY

The game of MLB baseball exists as it does in its current form because data analysts have crunched numbers and worked formulas to come up...

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Creating a video library for your hitters

Chris Turco

Mar 21, 20214 min read

Creating a video library for your hitters

Many of today's HS athletes are visual learners and game video is a must have tool in any hitting coach's arsenal.

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Chris Turco

Feb 18, 20215 min read

IMPLICIT TRAINING

Your brain will learn to quickly recognize pitch types and accurately track pitch movements and pitch endpoints even if you are unaware...

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Defining and perfecting in game coaching roles to increase offensive efficiency

Chris Turco

Dec 28, 20205 min read

Defining and perfecting in game coaching roles to increase offensive efficiency

Coaches in high school baseball can play an integral role in the gameday offensive performance of a baseball team. High school coaches...

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The Data that can put you on track to deep playoff runs!

Chris Turco

Dec 3, 20207 min read

The Data that can put you on track to deep playoff runs!

JUST GET ON BASE lots of times and you’re team significantly increases their chances of winning. Sounds pretty basic and obvious doesn’t...

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Chris Turco

Jun 30, 20203 min read

Building Championship Hitters - Step 1

If you can understand how your hitters move than you have won ½ of the coaching battle! Every year we start out our season the exact same...

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Chris Turco

May 12, 20204 min read

THE ART OF BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WAR

Art of War is the 1st coaching and leadership book I ever read and to this day, I still find that Sun Tzu’s masterpiece is still the most...

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Stock Market & offensive stats: A study in mental TOUGHNESS

Chris Turco

Mar 2, 20204 min read

Stock Market & offensive stats: A study in mental TOUGHNESS

Last week the DJIA and the S&P 500 took a BIG TIME HIT into “correction” territory losing close to 10% of value. Looking at my retirement...

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The true value of foul balls and protracted hitter battles

Chris Turco

Feb 9, 20204 min read

The true value of foul balls and protracted hitter battles

Quality at bat charts - are coaches charting all the right things?

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Tuning up your Ferrari / Daily Lead up drills

Chris Turco

Jan 26, 20203 min read

Tuning up your Ferrari / Daily Lead up drills

What good is a Ferrari it if the engine isn't roaring efficiently pumping out maximum horsepower! I frequently use the analogy with our...

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Developmental Technology: A breakdown of the future of Amatuer Baseball

Chris Turco

Jan 5, 20206 min read

Developmental Technology: A breakdown of the future of Amatuer Baseball

Data driven player development has taken over the game, but what is the ultimate impact?

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Your team's best PERFORMANCE ENHANCER = YOU

Chris Turco

Dec 19, 20195 min read

Your team's best PERFORMANCE ENHANCER = YOU

Establishing trust and a knoledge base with your hitters in an attempt to better enhance their offensive performance!

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Chris Turco

Nov 22, 20196 min read

The PROCESS of Winning State

We finished state runner up during the 2018 softball season and it had nothing to do with our teams talent. We had averaged 8.5 runs per...

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Chris Turco

Sep 21, 20194 min read

"0-0 FLOW" and 0 strike hitting

When given the proper meaning, phrases can be invaluable to coaching. When players can properly translate the phrase and understand what...

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Chris Turco

Sep 5, 20194 min read

Turning the barrel and 0 strike hitting

(1st post in my series on 0K hitting) I would describe my journey learning about the swing and proper kinetics to be like the scene in...

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How a great 2 strike approach just may win you a CHAMPIONSHIP (PART 2)

Chris Turco

Aug 27, 201911 min read

How a great 2 strike approach just may win you a CHAMPIONSHIP (PART 2)

Come up to the Pope baseball field on any given practice day in the spring and you’re sure to hear someone from the enclosed batting cage...

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How a great 2 strike approach just may win you a CHAMPIONSHIP (PART 1)

Chris Turco

Aug 18, 20197 min read

How a great 2 strike approach just may win you a CHAMPIONSHIP (PART 1)

Imagine being down by 1 run, state championship is on the line, your freshman hitter who is a combined 0-7 on the day faces an 0-2 count...

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Facing a pitcher with Elite "STUFF"? NO PROBLEM!

Chris Turco

Aug 3, 20196 min read

Facing a pitcher with Elite "STUFF"? NO PROBLEM!

Have you ever found yourself saying: “got to tip your cap to that pitcher, he was just on today”…………well in 2015, my team walked away...

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Tried and True ways to shorten a hitters' slump

Chris Turco

Jul 25, 20194 min read

Tried and True ways to shorten a hitters' slump

When I was 16 years old, I was at a Georgia Tech hitting camp and I was awarded “best hitting” mechanics in the camp. At the time, I was...

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