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Coachability

As high school seniors start to prepare to head off to college campuses around the nation next fall, we thought it was a good time to...

Letter to My High School Self: Eric del Prado

The Players’ Tribune has a great series of articles called Letter To My Younger Self. In this feature series, professional players pen a letter to...

When to Contact College Coaches

[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”24″ bg_color=”#000000″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]Not all the fruit on the tree gets ripe at the same time. – Jerry Weinstein, on player development timelines...

Hit The Cages: Focal Point

Every at-bat is a new battle. Situations, pitchers, and tendencies all change from at-bat to at-bat. As a hitter, you have to be able to...

High School Coaches Corner: A Better Way to Teach the Bunt Part 2

In a Better Way to Teach Bunting Part 1, I explained why I think the way most people teach bunting is fundamentally flawed and laid...

High School Coaches Corner: A Better Way to Teach the Bunt Part 1

Even as the game’s understanding of how to best use different kinds of bunts to generate offensive production shifts, bunting can be a great equalizer...

What it Takes to Make the Team: Shortstop

A college shortstop is required to be a defensive creature. Teams will carry, and play, poor hitting shortstops,  if  they are really good defenders. A good hitting shortstop...

What it takes to make the team: 2B

In this post, we’re going to tell you more about what college coaches are looking for at each position. We’ve already covered  Relief Pitchers, Starting Pitchers, and First Basemen. Today,...

Understanding Tandem Relays

By Andrew Bennett Back when I used to coach high school basketball, I developed a passion for teaching great team defense, largely as a result of...

Social Awareness: Adapting Behavior to Different Recruiting Situations

Social intelligence is an incredibly important skill for recruiting success. During my first year of coaching college baseball, I would tell one of our players...

Think The Game Articles

Think the Game is where players sharpen their baseball IQ and develop how to win awareness. Each article presents a game situation and describes what happens. We then break down what went wrong, what went right, and what you can learn from it to improve yourself as a player!

KPB Blog: Year-Round Recruiting Resources

Coachability

Letter to My High School Self: Eric del Prado

When to Contact College Coaches

Hit The Cages: Focal Point

High School Coaches Corner: A Better Way to Teach the Bunt Part 2

High School Coaches Corner: A Better Way to Teach the Bunt Part 1

What it Takes to Make the Team: Shortstop

What it takes to make the team: 2B

Understanding Tandem Relays

Social Awareness: Adapting Behavior to Different Recruiting Situations

Think The Game Articles

The Run Doesn’t Count

Tagging At 1st

Think The Game Quiz: World Series Edition Part 2

Errors Pile Up

Keep The Ball On the Infield: Playoff Edition

Think The Game Quiz: World Series Edition Part 2

Think The Game Quiz: World Series Edition Part 1

Think The Game Parents Edition: The Natural Shortstop

The Back Edge of the Base

College Levels and Divisions: What’s the Difference?

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