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Aaron Tarr

4 years

As a coach, you can’t preach mental toughness, only to turn around and lose your mind when results don’t go your way. If you believe in the ethic then you model that every day. And your players will follow.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

2 years

When I go to high school games to evaluate players, one of the first things I notice is how passive/aggressive the players are. So many young guys regularly taking first strike FB over the middle third. Hitters hit! Even more important than mechanics. Be aggressive!

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

We are a straightforward program: If you’re a gym rat, if you’re a BALLPLAYER, if you study hard, if you love working on your game, if your teammates are your boys, if you love talking baseball, if you love your teammates and you SERVE OTHERS, you are one of us.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Outfielders hit your cuts! If you bypass the cut man to show off the arm and allow two backside runners to advance, it makes it look like your arm is good but your brain isn’t.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

There is a big difference between ball players and guys who play baseball. If being a baseball player is part of your identity and things that seem like “grind” or “work” to most don’t feel like work to you, we want you.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

What makes college baseball such an amazing game to coach/play is that if you work to win every pitch, every at bat, and every moment of the game for all 50+ games you can have great success. It’s about sheer will and commitment.

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

Even if you are a guy who believes they should play D1, if a D2 or D3 (or any) coach calls you, you call them back and hear them out. Many D2 and D3 teams are better than D1 teams, and this decision is about the next four years and beyond, not your commitment announcement.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

If we send you a camp invite or ask you to come to camp, we think you have a legit shot of being recruited and we’re trying to make sure we check the “live evaluation” box. Even our email system targets guys that we view as possible fits based on video or coach recommendation.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

If I call your coach and he says something to the effect of “is one of the best competitors I’ve ever coached”, that player instantly becomes a must-have. It’s the trait that most predicts success at the collegiate level, in my opinion.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Players constantly jumping teams to get “better exposure” makes no sense to me. Play with your boys and learn to compete as a unit—the fact you actually care about the guy next to you will take you far in this game.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

The things people seem to care about most when getting recruited? The facilities, the field, the uniforms. The thing you will actually care about when you’re there? How easy it is to build a relationship with the coaching staff and how well they teach the game. The daily.

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

High school guys: if you DM me, I 100% read it. Immediately, in most cases. If you send me video, I watch it. But if you are genuinely interested in being a Hoya, send an email too and tell me a bit about why this is the school, the culture, and the college experience for you.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

I’ve heard a bunch of guys in Twitter-verse say that it’s tacky to @ coaches when posting videos, and I get that. Honestly, if a player is interested in our program enough to @ me, I am 100% watching the vid. Plus, I get a kick out of seeing who else they tagged. It’s all fun

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

I had a prospective recruit ask today what makes a player standout once they’re at a physical level (strength, speed, Velo, etc) equal to others. The answer is: how they compete and how they interact with their teammates. It’s all about mentality and character—winners!

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

Happy September 1st to all you 2024s!

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

The most dangerous players on the planet aren’t the elite guys, but the ones just behind them that are about to be. Those are the guys we want, with something to fight for and know how to do it.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Go to the program that really wants you, not what looks most impressive to others. You’ll never choose a job that way, and make no mistake: this is a job. The best one.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

A large number of the kids I see out at showcase games just aren’t physically ready to be recruited. The skills are good and they have some awareness, but they haven’t matured enough to be evaluated against the common collegiate baseball player.

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

Your high school and travel coaches are going to be your most important advocates, but don’t abuse that and ask them to recommend something beyond your ability. Their word is their currency and they cannot jeopardize their future players by over-selling you.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

The relationships you have with your high school coaches and teammates ate incredibly important for recruiting. If you want to be a Coppin player, your HS coach is absolutely getting a call from us to find out who you are. Work to foster these relationships—it’ll pay off big.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

I’m not into recruiting kids looking for the biggest resources (not scholarship, I mean most STUFF). Culture beats stuff. We want culture kids.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

It’s one of the best feelings in baseball when things start to come together. The fun part is there’s still much more to work on, learn, teach, and execute. But the progress just feeds you energy to keep at it!

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

I’ve noticed more and more guys retweeting their friends and teammates commitments. I hope that’s genuine, because it’s exactly how it should be. Ten years ago you just wouldn’t see that as much....guys would get bitter! Part of your maturity is being happy for others success

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

I wouldn’t want to go to a program that had always experienced success, I’d want to go somewhere I can help take further than they’ve ever been and become a legend.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

When an umpire makes a bad strike call on you in front of coaches, the coaches know. But we also look for how you react moving forward: do you punt the at bat? Or do you get it back under your control?

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

4 years

Infielders: for recruiting videos (and success in general): 1). Play low to the ball. 2). Demonstrate either funnel or deflect and do it well. 3). Show rhythm 4). Have a motor 5). Proficiently use multiple arm slots. 6). Show you’re an athlete. There’s your template!

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

4 years

I’m really excited to be making the move to @coppin_baseball ! The last year I spent with @PhilDisher50 , @EricNiesen and Pete Wilk was the most rewarding of my life, and I will be forever grateful for their friendship, help, and guidance. Now, let’s go Eagles!

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

There’s no such thing as a winning team with a messy dugout, that shows up late with their pants dirty. You either care about the standards across the board or you show the world it’s not that important to you. #everythingwithapurpose

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

High school hitters: if you make great decisions at the plate (ie take balls, swing at pitches that you can hit, and can extend late into at bats when needed), you are very close to being a good college hitter.

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

Truth of recruiting: The 1st coach from a school that contacts you is really going to turn into your advocate within that program. He believes in you, and he is going to try to sell you to the rest of the coaching staff. The more information you provide them, the better.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

2 years

23s on their Official Visit! Absolutely cannot wait for this crew to get on campus next fall!

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

It’s really hard to evaluate players with highlight reels. I don’t hate them, but personally I just want to see a player hit in a cage for about 10-15 swings from a side view and like 10-15 ground balls off a fungo played at game speed. But I don’t speak for everyone.

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Aaron Tarr

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1 year

I’m a big fan of watching recruiting video of hitters taking swings off of machine or legit fastballs. It’s much easier to see how quick and aggressively a player can move when they are challenged. I know some young guys hate the machine—but you need to learn to love it!

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

HS players are going to learn patience and perseverance through this recruiting cycle. Tough on us D1s not to be out seeing kids, but do your best with your videos. No highlights, lots of BP swings and full ABs are key. I love seeing kids fail a bit—makes it more real for me.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

1 year

Opening Day Let’s Go!

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

2 years

Every season offers challenges, some foreseeable some not. Each challenge is a gift because you can’t get better without passing a test. If you want to become great, you need to expect many tests, just when you think it should be getting easy. Look forward to the challenges!

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

If you do it poorly in practice, your coach is not going to take a chance that you get it done in a game. Your chances to show what you can do occur at practice——don’t waste them.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

The best players I’ve coached had one thing in common: a great understanding of what they did well and what they didn’t, an understanding of their level relative to their peers, and a fearlessness in addressing their deficiencies. Self-awareness is invaluable. Know Thyself!

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

One of the most satisfying things in the world is having a recruit say “yes” that can do absolutely everything on a field and is going to be great to work with. And we got one today—-great day for Mount Baseball!

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Infielders: please don’t crow-hop your showcase throws across the infield to put up a bigger velo number. If it’s not realistic, it doesn’t matter to a coach. Show a great transfer and release and I’m sold.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

I honestly could spend all day watching swing video of recruits. I prefer guys to offer BP video rather than game, but a mix works too. I don’t expect perfection in process or result—-it just matters to me that the ground is being utilized in the swing

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Players that stick with the recruiting process, stay persistent and keep playing ball, always get something good out of it. Timing is everything in this, opportunities that weren’t there will suddenly appear. Send emails, make calls, play ball. Repeat X 1000.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

Players that are willing to be uncomfortable in September have the most success in April. Being uncomfortable is an imperative part of improvement.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Recruiting is often NOT about who’s good, bad, better or worse—-it’s about whether a player fits a specific program need or philosophy. Just because one team takes a pass on you doesn’t mean there won’t be others that feel you’re a great fit for what they do.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

Dude, what a huge day for Mount Baseball! Multiple kids committing, all high quality players and individuals. And some camp guys! Now we’re rolling! Works not done though….

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

So much of whether or not a player gets an offer from a school has nothing to do with how good you are but whether or not you are fit for the program culture. That’s about who you are, not what you might be able to do.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Things I care about seeing in recruits: 1). Barrel control 2). Explosive movement. Things I care about less: 1). CURRENT power. 2). Specific mechanics. Mechanics are important, but if I trust myself as a coach I can help the player to make changes I think are meaningful.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

Don’t go into your winter thinking that great preparation will save you from failure—-it won’t. But it’ll reduce the number and length of those moments and keep you from creating adversity where none should exist.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

What worries me about the transfer portal and players switching teams so much (both in HS and college) is that players won’t get the opportunity to really love their school. Obviously there are good reasons to leave, but persevering through tough times can also build loyalty.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

What really stands out watching summer showcase games is who is competing as a part of a team vs. who is showcasing themselves (in the worst sense of the word). It’s much easier for a coach to think of you as part of their program if you demonstrate you know what that means.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

HS Hitters: do not move your feet in the box on an inside pitch. Get down if something is shoulder height and above, but for so many reasons Don’t Move Your Feet! If you have light feet in the box, that’ll become a big part of how pitchers attack you.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

Hitting is a battle between you and the pitcher for home plate. The pitcher’s job is to make you forget that the plate matters, and your job is to never forget it.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

1 year

Not bad company

11Point7 College Baseball

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1 year

36 undefeated. Who will be the last team standing?

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

4 years

I’ve loved every minute of being a coach at Georgetown, but as is often the case in this world, change begets change. Good luck to @GUCoachT and the Hoyas. The future is bright. To the players—love you boys! Have a huge year. #HoyaSaxa

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

4 years

22s you guys are on deck! Looking forward to speaking with you very soon. It’s a real quality class of players across the US. Many looking to be Hoyas....

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

Love seeing our ‘22 class having so much success in their Senior year! Enjoy it boys—High School baseball creates memories you’ll have forever! Can’t wait to work with that group.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Excited to be on the road this weekend looking for the next crop of mountaineers! Let’s see how hard these kids can compete….

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

It only takes one player and one act of selfishness to negatively transform the energy of a practice, game, or inter squad. Negativity permeates and spreads easily. Make a commitment to always influence your team positively. It’s never “about”YOU, always the team.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Big things happening on the recruiting trail for Mountaineer Baseball! Watch out!

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

I absolutely love watching a team of 24s and 23s play a team of committed 22s. You learn so much about how the players adapt to game speed, advanced physicality, and in many cases IQ. That’s just like your freshman year in college!

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

My Christmas wish (now that it’s Christmas season) is that our hitters would get more satisfaction out of the small victories in taking the right pitch, making the right swing decision, and executing a game plan than they do out of getting a hit.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

It’s really tough to make quality swing decisions early in counts if you don’t have confidence in your ability to hit with two strikes. Work on your two strike approach first, then develop your process and approach for the early counts.

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

Get to know Hoya Baseball: Our program is about investing in the development and long term relationship with the players, not about watching lots of players come in and out of the program. If you are a guy who constantly jumps schools or programs, we’re not your fit.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

If you want to find out what your best is, find a coach that demands it. If you want to find the greatest consistency, find a coach that demands constant focus. If you want to be good at all facets of the game, find a coach that cares about EVERYTHING.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Parents are just as capable of losing potential opportunities based on the way they act as the player is himself. In at least half of the cases I’ve experienced in which a good opportunity evaporated, the parent was the offender . Players aren’t the only ones being observed.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

Everyone talks about culture, everyone talks about player development, but unless you have an explicit process for addressing these areas you have nothing.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

There is a magic pill to help you build more muscle, recover better, minimize injury, make better decisions, and increase focus. Want it? It’s sleep.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

1 year

As much as movement among teams, both coaches and players, has created the impression that everyone is just chasing $ or status in college baseball, there are still places where loyalty to those who first believed in you exists. Non-movement just makes for poor headlines.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

2 years

Just a little reminder that @Mount_BSB is having another camp on January 15th and our last one sold out! Really want to see 23s, 24s, and 25s with high character and a competitive nature. .

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

4 years

The NCAA roster ruling is going to make a big difference in the recruiting of many players. 21s continue to be patient—your recruiting might open up a bit very soon.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

1 year

6 runs with 2 outs in the ninth? Done. Freshman K’ing his first two batters as a college pitcher to save the game with bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth? Done. That’s Grit!

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

2 years

New Baseball Prospect Camp just posted for February 21st! Still looking for 23s, 24s, and 25s that want to get on our radar and get a great ramp up opportunity for their HS season!

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

1 year

One of the best moments of the year is seeing each of our guys when they come back to campus from winter break. Optimism at it’s highest point. The challenge is to never let it dissipate

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

4 years

Huge news!

Georgetown Baseball

@GtownBaseball

4 years

We are extremely excited to welcome @GUCoachT to the Hilltop as our newest head coach!! He brings 16 years of collegiate coaching experience and is well known and respected throughout the college and professional ranks! #HOYASAXA Link:

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

Younger guys: do not let yourself get to 17u at 140-160 lbs. It is such an uphill battle in recruiting if you’re being compared to players who are bigger and stronger than you. Doesn’t make it impossible, but you have to have special skills to overcome that. Start early.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

Elite competitors know how to win when they are at a disadvantage. Everyone wants to play for the most talented team, but you show who you really are when you compete against an opponent with superior talent, knowing it’s an uphill battle and watching the hill get bigger.

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

I had a coach text me with video of a player grounding out to the third baseman so I could see if he got out of the box hard or not. THAT is the kind creative thinking that’s needed in this recruiting environment. Not all about velo, 60s, and Highlights. Real baseball.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

2 years

Nothing better in the world than game day!

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

Players need to understand that it is very hard for a coach to commit roster spots or money to players without having seen them play. During Covid we may have had to do that, now we don’t. Players that work to get in front of us get the BOTD.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

My recruiting tan is getting legit—-there are some dudes out there! Great to be out this summer given what we all went through last year. Thank the lord it’s over.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

1 year

Three goals that I can control for 2023 (and will now set in stone via Twitter) 1). Support @CoachLeoni and our staff with everything I’ve got. 2). Support our players with every skill I have at my disposal. 3). Focus on the daily details and tasks that lead to success.

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Aaron Tarr

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What a great day for @Mount_BSB !

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

4 years

Is becoming a college ball player all you’re looking to accomplish, or do you want more? The guys who don’t view getting there as the end of the line, the guys who don’t think getting on the roster is the final destination, are the ones that become successful.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Complaining is—in my view—the #1 crime a member of a program (player, coach, parent) can commit against the group. It negatively effects the energy and culture of the whole. Conversation about what can be improved, however, is always welcome. It’s about the intent.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

If you want to play D1, this is a really great week to see what it’s all about. Watch tournament games and see what’s on the field! Some exciting mid-major teams out there, and a wide range of styles and skills.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

There is much more to the game than hits and errors——don’t measure your worth based on those results. Focus on all of the ways you can effect a game with equal intensity in practice and you’ll become a real quality player.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

In this day and age, the dedication and desire to work on your skills on your own, outside of a team organized or training context, are special traits. Self-exploration in skill building is a differentiator because it makes for more adaptable, broadly skilled players.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

Players that are tough enough to accept personal responsibility and avoid deflecting blame to others are a dying breed.

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1 year

Mount Baseball Camp! August 26/27!

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3 years

Trust me, players: you want your coaches to tell you what the expected standard is. Some don’t want to hear it, but the alternative is not knowing and having to make assumptions about what’s necessary to win. It might be more comfortable but it leads to mediocrity.

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4 years

I have a great deal of respect for the organizations that make their kids compete for playing time. THAT is an environment that develops you for advanced levels of baseball, and the real world as a whole.

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Aaron Tarr

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4 years

If you don’t play much your freshman year, are you transferring or are you going to stick and continue to work? Lots of guys create a history through travel ball of jumping. Nearly all college coaches want the stick guy, not the jump guy. Be careful as you make these choices.

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3 years

Your grades are significantly more important than just the ability to get into a school. Bad Grades are hard to invest in, good grades help a programs APR (Academic Progress Rating). The APR is incredibly important for many programs, so coaches won’t take risks with it.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

Culture building at Gettysburg Battlefield with History Professor @CoachLeoni . One of the greatest advantages of our location is the history. And a little family history.

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Aaron Tarr

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2 years

The best solutions to mature the swing of most young hitters is to just simplify their current process. Stick to really understanding stride/load, getting the barrel to a good position at foot strike, and maintaining posture, and that alone will get you very far.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

There is no better way to learn about a program then going to camp. When you get the opportunity to work with the coaches, you’ll understand better what that will be like on a daily basis. That’s invaluable.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

3 years

A great program isn’t about their resources, field, and the stuff they have. It’s about the people—-the community, the common mission, the relationships. If you have the right people you will win, and nothing else matters. The “stuff” is just eyewash.

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Aaron Tarr

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3 years

2023s, 2024s and 2025s!! We’re just more than two weeks away from camp! We want to see you if you’re interested in our program.

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Aaron Tarr

@AaronTarr4

4 years

Most programs start by speaking with players that have demonstrated interest in their program. Don’t be that guy that waits for the love to come to them. That only happens to an extremely select few.

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