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The Art of Baserunning: Strategy and Technique with Loren Hibbs, University of NC-Charlotte Head CoachCoach Hibbs knows that baserunning is a major piece of maintaining a successful baseball program. The goal is to maximize on base opportunities by stretching an extra base out of many situations. He begins with instruction on running from home plate. The teaching point is to make the transition from hitter to base runner as quickly as possible. The dynamics of baserunning changes when the runner is on first base. Hibbs breaks down the strategies involved in running from first and teaches how to get to second and third base. The lead is also a crucial element in running from first and second. Many strategies are introduced for running from third base. Hibbs covers tag plays by examining many different running situations. Once around the bases, Hibbs concludes by taking a look at drills and game situations. 61 minutes. 2008. The Art of Pitching: Pitching Mechanics, Drills and Troubleshooting with Brandon Hall, University of NC-Charlotte Pitching Coach The UNCC pitching staff was named the #1 staff in all of college baseball in 2007. Their cutting-edge expertise is packed into this DVD on the art of pitching. Coach Hall, on the mound, demonstrates the technique of using the rubber, taking signs, rocker step, rocker to balance 3-point movement, balance to power and power to delivery. Pitching out of the stretch is a skill taught in detail. Hall believes in three goals in the set-up; create a downhill plane, maximize velocity and put pitchers in the position to allow them to do the same thing every day. To relieve pressure on the arm, Hall instructs through dry drills. This keeps pitchers sharp without throwing every day. With the ball, a good drill is the hand extension and spin drill. Kneeling drills put pitchers on a knee to emphasize power and finish. Other drills include the square drill, stretch stride and stretch stride to balance. The 60-foot and 90-foot toss drill focuses on footwork and throwing. This drill works out to the player's maximum distance. Crow hop, arm action, and grips complete the drill catalog. 59 minutes. 2008. The Art of the Infield: 3-Step Approach for the Complete Infielder with Bo Durkac, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Assistant Coach The UNCC pitching staff was named the #1 staff in all of college baseball in 2007. This instructional baseball DVD is packed with their cutting-edge expertise on the art of pitching! Brandon Hall, UNCC pitching coach, takes you on the mound with a demonstrator and provides a thorough step-by-step progression for pitching mechanics. He includes instruction on using the rubber, taking signs, mechanics from the stretch and every aspect of the full pitching motion from the rocker step to the delivery. Coach Hall includes over 15 drills to work on identifying areas of weakness in your pitchers' wind up and delivery, how to spin the baseball, how to improve hand speed for improved velocity, creating muscle memory for every phase of pitching motion, and building arm strength. Hall shows drills to fix balance problems and create clean arm action. Hall delivers an excellent bullpen session that hits every major focus of the delivery using wind-up and stretch mechanics. He also includes a section on how to set up your catcher to make your bullpens more effective. Hall closes the video with a rundown of grips for the two- and four-seam fastball, change up, curve ball, and slider. Learn to the attack the plate on every pitch with this comprehensive instructional pitching DVD. 81 minutes. 2008.
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