
6th Grade Special Education Teacher, Assistant Coach @RUNewarkBase, Founder of @FindAWayMP
Hillsborough, NJ
Joined June 2019
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Justin Kessler retweeted
Practice Plan Friday!
Want to keep your players on the bench sharp and locked in 🔒 to the game?
Have the bench players do shadow at-bats during the game. They might not be able to get the physical reps, but they can get the mental 🧠 reps!
youtu.be/A-gUAunnKgo
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This has really changed the conversation that my daughter and I have at bedtime.
She will actively seek me out to do the questions, even when it is not my turn to do bedtime with her.
I highly recommend this!!!!
Everyone needs to listen to this! One of the best podcast episodes that @TheMayorsOffice and @Chinch4 have ever put out!
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Justin Kessler retweeted
Thursday Pro Tips⚾️
This week's breakdown is a clip from the @netflix documentary that followed the Japanese baseball team in the @WBCBaseball and @Padres Yu Darvish encouraging pitchers to use visualization.
youtu.be/lxkXjMT5GC0
Check out the thread below🧵
Great drill for the youth level and even high school to teach players where they need to be on a ball in play.
As my high school coach used to say, "Do you want to buy a ticket to the game or play in the game?"
Backing up bases matters!
Practice Plan Friday!
Notice that your defenders are standing around watching the play?
Invisible Ball Backing Up The Bases is a terrific drill, especially for the youth level to teach players what their responsibilities are on a ball in play.
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Justin Kessler retweeted
Mindful Minute Monday🧠🧘♂️
M.V.P. Process
The previous two weeks, we talked about mission and vision.
Today, we will focus on your Principles.
Principles define how you want to behave on a moment-to-moment basis and how you want to consistently show up.
Keep reading ⬇️
Justin Kessler retweeted
Practice Plan Friday!
"You have to be in control of yourself before you can be in control of your performance." -Ken Ravizza
It is hard to learn how to be in control of yourself without practice.
Try out Batting Practice Traffic Lights!
youtu.be/6kKf-NK6iag
Justin Kessler retweeted
Play catch with your kid.
Not because he needs more reps. Not because his throwing mechanics need work. Not because you're trying to make him a better player.
Just play catch.
Someday, neither of you will remember what he hit in 12U. You probably won't remember the score of that tournament game or the trophy you brought home. But you might both remember those summer evenings in the backyard...
A glove. A baseball. A conversation between throws.
The crazy thing is, when you're living it, it feels like you'll have a million more of those nights. You won't.
It goes by unbelievably fast.
So when he asks, “Dad, wanna have a catch?”
Grab your glove. Everything else can wait.
Justin Kessler retweeted
Mindful Minute Monday🧠🧘♂️
M.V.P. Process
Last week, we went over creating a mission.
Today, we will focus on your Vision.
A vision is the goals you have for yourself. Goals can be broken down into microscope and telescope goals.
They must have a clear finish line 🏁
Phenomenal drill to do with youth, high school and college players!
Get mental and physical reps with one of the most under utilized game changers in baseball, baserunning.
We just used it @RUNewarkBase practice last week!
Practice Plan Friday!
Everyone from @Coach_KGraber to @Coach_Jimmy_ have been sharing how important baserunning is.
Do you have a lot of players standing around during baserunning practice?
Try out Clapping Baserunning! Get physical and mental reps!
youtu.be/7P2xKVRP0jI
How do you prepare your bench players to execute as pinch hitters when the game is on the line?
Mental imagery!
Try this out and see the importance of pinch hitters during the @MLB playoffs!
Think it, before you do it Thursday🤔
Everything happens ✌️, first in your head and then in reality.
We are coming down the home stretch of the @MLB season and having a routine as a pinch hitter could decide the difference between a win or loss.
youtu.be/sU5V83mmO8M
Check out @FindAWayMP over the next couple Mondays so that you can come up with your M.V.P. process.
The school year just started and fall sports are just getting going.
No better time than now to make sure your M.V.P. process is locked 🔒 in!
Started this technique a couple years ago because I was tired of trying to "guess" what the child did not know.
Let the child give you some "breadcrumbs" so you can help them.
Take a strength-based approach💪, not a deficit approach!
This is a terrific drill to encourage TEAM first at bats.
Most college, high school and youth teams cannot sit back and wait for the home run.
A rally is started and momentum shifts in a game when players put together consecutive team first at bats.
Try it out!
Practice Plan Friday!
Most teams are not @MLB teams where you can sit back and wait for the home run.
Most teams need to manufacture runs with TEAM at bats.
A rally can only get started with multiple players putting together good at bats.
youtu.be/hakJEPqEE3w
If John Wooden could teach his players the proper way to put on socks to prevent blisters on their feet, you can take some time out of practice or your class to model what they "should" have learned.
Being proactive with your teachings is better than reactive!
Great drill to use with any age!
Hitters will be super engaged and the defense will be putting out so that their teammate does not get a hit!
Practice Plan Friday!
@Yankees Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak is one of the greatest athletic feats of all-time!
This drill allows hitters to try to create their own hitting streak in a batting practice setting.
youtu.be/NErk4dknZyY
Justin Kessler retweeted
🚨 DBU 3 Cone Front-Toss
• Set up 3 cones in a line from back foot to front
• Call out a cone before you flip the ball
• Back Cone = Oppo
• Middle Cone = Middle
• Front Cone = Pull
⭐️ Great drill for working on timing & hitting to all fields!
Justin Kessler retweeted
Thursday Pro Tips⚾️
This week's breakdown comes from an interview with @Brewers pitcher Logan Henderson during the @MLB Little League Classic game where he discusses his one pitch mentality.
youtu.be/g9V3iumPrHc
Check out the thread below🧵






