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Formatio Athletics retweeted
Mistakes in training are a sign the session is working. If nobody’s failing, it’s too easy.
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Practice tasks must contain lots of repetition without repetition
Another way we can think of this is 'many times, many ways'
We need to give players opportunities to solve the problem 'many times' but because of our practice design they need to solve it in 'many ways'
Formatio Athletics retweeted
“Good technique” in a queue isn’t good technique. If it falls apart under pressure in a game, it was never learned.
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A team has hit in a baseball game 4,934 times this year.
The Brewers’ 20.5% Whiff rate in World Series Game 3 was the 1,267th best mark of the season.
Why are people losing their minds over this
Formatio Athletics retweeted
Baseball games are broadcast by guys who have a really poor grasp of what actual analytics are, and then fans interpret what they’re hearing poorly. It’s a terrible game of “telephone”. If these guys actually understood what “analytics” are they wouldn’t have a problem with them.
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Practicing against the same opponent can lead players to become very good at solving that particular problem.
Competition requires them to solve problems they haven't seen in exactly the same way before
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Make way for DeBarge 💨
The @Twins prospect races around the bases for an inside-the-park homer, his first homer of the Fall! DeBarge is batting .367 this Fall
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Adaptable > Optimal
Don’t train for perfect technique.
Train for tough responses to challenging problems.
#TheJungle
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Walls with plus vault steal timing on this SB. Bailey makes it close on a tough low out pitch. Low slot on target athletic throw.
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Drills make coaches feel organised. Games make players better. Those aren’t the same thing.
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Never conflate winning A game for winning THE game
NEW: UCLA head coach Bob Chesney on his goals for the 2026 season and whether they've changed:
"Goals are for people that want to win once. Process and standards are for people that want to win longterm."
(via @3xOptionShow)
on3.com/news/bob-chesney-on-…
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The Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, and Cleveland analytic departments.
These teams are teams that are definitely not obsessing over analytics.
We’ve spent years talking about the Dodgers payroll, but are we asking the WRONG question?
Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, Cleveland… year after year, these organizations find ways to compete without spending like the giants.
At what point do big-market teams stop obsessing over analytics and start POACHING the scouts from these organizations?
Maybe the biggest competitive advantage in baseball isn’t payroll. It’s knowing how to IDENTIFY TALENT that can compete when the lights are the brightest?..
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“Coverages are coverages. Fronts are fronts. It’s very rare that a team just does something nobody else does. They just do it better.”
Do simple better…. **Especially** when you have better players.
Kyle Shanahan says great defenses shouldn't have to trick their opponents
“Coverages are coverages. Fronts are fronts. It’s very rare that a team just does something nobody else does. They just do it better.”
“You try to find ways to attack it, and you can always come up with some new ways in the offseason, but usually a new way has to do with putting a different player in a different spot and finding a better matchup.”
“Seattle is pretty much the same scheme with a lot of the same players, especially at the pivotal spots. They’re into what they do. There’s no reason for them to change.”
“They don’t have to trick too many people. They’re very sound at what they do, and they’re very good at what they do. They make you line up and play.”
“It’s similar to how we were in 2019. Everybody knew what we were doing, but we were really good at it, we had really good players doing it, and we did it over and over again.”
“That’s the best way to build a defense. You don’t have to get lucky with calls or put guys in risky positions.”
