Be The Stud Camps

10/05/2020

09/04/2020

This is from one of my power points from a coaches clinic I spoke at.

07/04/2020

Softball Pitching Round Table: Kyle Harris hosts Josh Johnson, Darrick Brown, & Shelby McCombs

07/04/2020

Quantifying team chemistry to maximize team performance is a huge challenge considering there may be dozens of formulas that each produce the same result. On the one hand, if every athlete on a team was exactly the same, they would probably mesh very well together because they would share identical

07/04/2020

Last month, SFGiants bench coach, Kai Correa led first basemen through drills working on defensive positioning. With MLB on hold, we are going to try and del...

07/04/2020

Last month, SFGiants bench coach, Kai Correa led middle-infielders through drills working on hand speed and accuracy. With MLB on hold, we are going to try a...

07/04/2020

SFGiants bench coach, Kai Correa, leads Austin Slater and Kean Wong through infield drills, focusing on the fundamentals necessary to be a successful infield...

11/01/2020

05/01/2020

05/01/2020

Hitting philosophy: Something in the air in big part of the park. Can be an inch off the ground I don’t care. - Craig Snider Hitting Coach Texas A &M

22/11/2019

Looking to book small group or team clinics for both baseball and softball. If interested please message us or contact Darrick Brown at 269-806-2659.

23/02/2019

Notice pic 1: hips square pre coil/load. Pic 2: shows front back pocket to pitcher slightly, belly button slightly to catcher, k**b to catcher. It’s more of a pelvic turn and not a shoulder turn during load phase. This allows you to uncoil with great force. Get bigger! Any way we can create more force to the softball will just add distance to the result. You only need to hit it 200 feet!

20/09/2018

Home run spray chart of Khris Davis. 43 home runs mostly middle to away! 5’10 frame and proof that an efficient swing can make even the smaller players a stud!

20/09/2018

Good stuff!

13/07/2018

Check out this video about Evan Longoria's mental emphasis. More and more elite athletes are opening up about what they're doing mentally...

11/06/2018

12/12/2017

Only 1% of MLB hitters squish the bug. Why? It’s bad and no longer ever said! So stop!

Hitting Mythbuster #1: Squish The Bug.

About 1% of MLB hitters squish the bug for rotation or at contact. About 25% have their back foot completely off the ground, about 40% are up on their toe and another 25% drag their back foot/toe.

Some coaches of younger hitters will advocate squishing the bug as a way of introducing the concept of hip rotation. I understand the logic of this, but in my experience, even the youngest hitters can achieve proper hip rotation & don't need to use squishing the bug to do so.

My friend Dan Farnsworth did a great job of explaining for young people to understand: "You throw a ball; you transfer your weight to the leg closest to your target. You run your weight transfers. You throw a punch, your weight transfers. You throw a Frisbee, your weight transfers."

This myth is basically dead but I thought I would add it to the Mythbuster Series.

21/11/2017

November tip: How do we check transfer? Pic 1 is Megan Wiggins at the launch position. Notice we drew line at back hip. Pic 2 we drew a second line at back hip at contact. Notice the distance traveled during transfer. If you want to create the max force to the softball then we need this. No more sit and spin or squash the bug! Pic 3 we drew line to show head over knee posture after transfer. We want transfer to occur under control with good posture. No lunging at ball!

04/08/2017

Be The Stud moment for Goldschmidt!

12/01/2017

Be The Stud Camps are coming soon! Message us if you want a camp in your neck of the woods! Who wants to be a stud?

05/08/2016

Gibby had a lot of Be The Stud moments but this one was a moon shot! #23

04/08/2016

JD in his first at bat goes BTS mode! First pitch see ya!

23/07/2016

Be The Stud Moment for Miggy! 1500 RBI's!

07/07/2016

I believe in getting into that back hip during the load phase. I often tell kids to get big. Hitting is timing so I believe you can get as big as you want as long as you understand timing. Getting big allows max transfer! Max transfer gives you max force to the ball! The result? Serious power! The pic below is a pic of one of my new students Katie Parker from Finesse. In one lesson we took Katie from a no stride to this and I believe she will get crazy good results! Her first tourney after the change was a success! - Darrick Brown