Sam Kuhnert is a youth that was born without a left hand. While many of us would let the loss of a limb hold us back Sam loves to play sports and is a pitcher for his high school baseball team. Next year Sam will be playing baseball for Greenville College. In Sam’s spare time he volunteers at Camp No Limits where he teaches sports to other kids that have lost a limb. Each of us can learn an important lesson from kids like Sam, for he demonstrates that our limits are limited to the work we are willing to put into overcoming the challenges that we may face.
May 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
Youth Baseball Pitcher Born With One Hand
May 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
May 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Conquering Your Fears of Baseball
As a t-ball or baseball player there are times we may experience fear. Maybe our fear is striking out or getting hit by a ball or perhaps it is something else. Fear is normal and if we learn to control it and use it to our advantage we will become a better baseball player. In this fun video a young boy goes into a ball pit. Find out if he conquers his fears.
May 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
Learning Self Control as a Youth Baseball Pitcher – Jeff Suppan Major League Pitcher
In this Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth featured video Jeff Suppan a 14 year Major League veteran player and pitcher gives tips to youth baseball players on establishing goals to achieve success in self control. Jeff shares that as a pitcher his success became greater as he started thinking on a level encouraged by his coaches to 1- Throw a first pitch strike, 2- Get ahead and 3- Put away the hitter. He goes on to explain the importance of loosing the fear of giving up a hit or walking a player and learning small successes for the big picture.
~Coach Jake Alba, Coaching Simplified~
April 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
Youth Baseball Arm Conditioning and Throwing Technique
Pro baseball and champion youth baseball players practice both technique and conditioning of the throwing arm. At Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth our youth baseball players have the opportunity to learn these techniques thanks to our many fine coaches and people such as Jim Vatcher who won the honors of top arm in the Pacific Coast League as he worked his way up from AAA to MLB and now shares many of these techniques in this video.
Today Jim Vatcher works for Jaeger Sports in Los Angeles a company that is dedicated to keeping your throwing arm strong. Jim puts on clinics around the world and shares many of these techniques in this video for the youth of Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth and youth baseball players worldwide. Enjoy the video as you learn the basic fundamentals of developing a great throwing arm.
These great tips are ones that can be used from tee ball to the pros. This video has been produced and furnished to Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth by Coach Jake Alba of Coaches Simplified.
