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Andrew Parks

20 days

Excited to accept a position with the Minnesota Twins as FCL Hitting Coach. @RandySullivanPT - thank you for a life changing experience as part of @ArmoryFlorida Minnesota - thank you for turning my dreams into reality. Let’s get to work. 👊

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Minnesota – Let’s Get to Work. - Pen to Paper with Andrew Parks

It was about a year ago I read something that stopped me in my tracks. I read it in Tom Verducci’s book The Cubs Way - a behind the scenes look at how the 2016 Chicago Cubs finally won it all,...

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Andrew Parks

5 years

192.1 IP, 292 K, 2.62 ERA, 13.7 K/9, 6.49 K/BB.... What this guy is doing this year is an absolute joke. It’s gotten to the point where scrolling through my feed and seeing 100 painted on the black with 10+ Ks is completely normal to see from Cole.

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5 years

Gerrit Cole, 89mph Changeup and 86mph Knuckle Curve, Overlay.

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Andrew Parks

5 years

Huge fan of these stop gifs. Helps people better understand how hitters make decisions and how pitchers can deceive them into making bad ones.

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5 years

Carlos Carrasco, 93mph Two Seamer and 86mph Slider, Stop GIF.

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Andrew Parks

5 years

I’ve ditched out traditional static stretching warm up for some movement prep with our younger campers. Every morning, each kid gets a PVC pipe and practices learning how to hip hinge - along with a squat, lunge, and glute bridge.

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Andrew Parks

4 years

Really good thought from @ZachDechant : “The real conditioning is skill-specific. The ability to throw 90 pitches in a game doesn’t come from road work and miles on the legs. It comes from building throwing workloads gradually & the ability of the body to handle those workloads.”

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Andrew Parks

3 years

Wtf is this 😂😂😂

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Rob Friedman

3 years

Hayden Wesneski, Sick 82mph Frisbee Slider. 🥏 22" of horizontal break.

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Stop taking get-me-over curveballs in neutral/plus counts. Start depositing them into the seats. Pitchers at all levels are stealing strikes with average breaking balls in counts where auto takes are required until 2K. I think it’s time we rethink this “strategy.”

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Andrew Parks

5 years

It’s honestly a joke it took everyone nine weeks to figure out Burrow was the clear Heisman pick. I could have told you after week 2 when he sliced “DBU” for 471

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Andrew Parks

5 years

This kind of stuff is awesome for the game of baseball - we need more of it going forward 👍

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Rob Friedman

5 years

My ESPN PitchingNinja segment on Manaea. 😊

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Andrew Parks

5 years

Love the cue “Extension through rotation.” Push off the rubber might be one of the most common cues I hear from coaches/kids, but it never actually happens in high velocity throwers/hitters.

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Zach Dechant

6 years

Teaching pitchers to hinge is huge for incorporating the glutes to get pelvic rotation. No better way than @LantzWheeler core velo belt. Essentially tricking the nervous system by feeding the compensation of being quad and anterior push dominant!

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Andrew Parks

5 years

My first campus visit November 2014 to my last day on campus May 2019. Thanks for a great four years @MedailleCollege

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Andrew Parks

5 years

I can’t help but think of @jaegersports when I see a guy execute a quality deep breath. Kid gets it! #justbreathe

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Andrew Parks

5 years

Alright it’s official, in less than one month I’ll be California 🌴🌞bound to take on an internship with @108_Performance ! Couldn’t be more excited to get started with Eugene, @WMarsh108 , and a great group of guys obsessed with pushing this game forward.

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Andrew Parks

5 years

In a world with endless distractions, the ability to teach kids mindfulness is a crucial. Inspired by @jaegersports , I’ve incorporated belly breathing into warm ups with all of our kids.

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Andrew Parks

6 years

For those of you that watched Jim Kelly’s speech at the ESPYs tonight, I wanted to reiterate the last point he made: The Lord did not call you to be a pro athlete, businessman, or any other title that we falsely place our identity into. He called us to love our neighbor as we...

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Andrew Parks

2 years

A glimpse into how movement creates the data, but from the hitting side at @ArmoryFlorida The left is @Z_Miller22 from about a month ago. The right was a baseball he hit 104.1 off high velocity machine work. Two very different swings with very different data. (1/13)

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Andrew Parks

4 years

Everyone's heard about deGrom & Bieber, but have you heard what Yusei Kikuchi's been doing this season? If you haven't, you should:👇 Kikuchi might be ⚾️'s hidden gem in '20, but his ERA suggests otherwise. We were confused too until we looked into it:

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Andrew Parks

4 years

Pretty excited to finally release: “Mass...doesn’t equal Gas?” Mass = Gas might sound catchy, but adding mass doesn’t always ⬆️ velo. Learned a ton from @ZachDechant @jameshbuffi @garzstrength @108_Performance & @WMarsh108 putting it together. 👊

Mass… doesn’t equal Gas?, Pen to Paper with Andrew Parks

Let’s create a scenario.

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3 years

@BauerOutage has received a ton of criticism over the past month for his role in “sticky gate.” His success, however, is much more than spider tack. This article is my attempt to give him credit where it’s due. He’s a much different & better pitcher.

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Andrew Parks

5 years

5800 words later and I finally found a way to sum up what I learned this past year at the @ABCA1945 (at least most of it). Read the full article here:

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Andrew Parks

2 years

I love shooting balls into the oppo gap, but I don’t love when it’s the only thing you can do. Being able to pure a baseball to the pull side gap is a skill. And it gives you a ton of information about your swing. Which means we can - and should - do it well.

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Moved across the country, joined one of the best baseball player development teams in the world, and found a place that finally feels like home. On to 2023. 👊 @RandySullivanPT @ARMory_Alan

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2 years

EVERYONE INCLUDED :: Please brag to me about a thing you did in 2022 that you’re proud of.

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9 years

Positive energy only

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Andrew Parks

1 year

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you can’t out-mental game bad moves. If your swing sucks, taking a deep breath before each at bat won’t help you hit the ball any better.

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Andrew Parks

6 months

More movement is not bad. Bad movement is bad. Before you shorten a kid up, consider what it would look like if you gave him the freedom to experiment with a bigger move. Sometimes it’s exactly what they need to sync their swing up. 91 mph / 318 ft ain’t bad for 13, either.

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Today I got the most excited I’ve been in weeks watching a high school kid hit an indoor PR at 77 mph. On the outside, it’s not that exciting. I’ve caught 3 different guys who all throw 90+ in the last week. But for him, that was a big deal. And we’re going to celebrate it.

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2 years

This past month has been a ton of work, but man has it been fun. @ArmoryFlorida @RandySullivanPT

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9 months

Starting to view chest out while rotating as a big contributor to bat path. If the chest rounds, it has to compensate to buy space for the arms to deliver the barrel. But if the chest stays out, the barrel has space to turn & get on plane early. @ArmoryFlorida 🧵

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Andrew Parks

4 years

Remember when everyone was talking about this? Since then: 8.1 IP, 8 ER, 9 BB.😳 Ray's arm might be shorter, but his arm might not have been the problem in the first place. Now it's become a problem. If only he had something to anchor him down...🤔

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Andrew Parks

4 years

As I reflect on this year, I can confidently say I’ve grown more this year than any other year of my life. The skills I’ve learned, people I’ve met, & experiences I’ve been a part of since moving my life across the country have been life changing. Bring it on, 2021. 👊

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Andrew Parks

3 years

Jacob deGrom might be stealing the show in 2021, but the other ace in the Big Apple is off to one of the hottest starts in ⚾️. Gerrit Cole isn't just back. He has a chance to do something he's never done before. 👉

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Andrew Parks

5 years

And as a result we’ve created lesson babies that can’t compete because they can’t stop thinking about what their back shoulder looks like while also tracking an incoming pitch. Mechanics are such a small part of the equation.

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Chad Longworth

5 years

The biggest ripoff and outright lie in the baseball and softball world today is being sold that "If you fix your mechanics you will be good, and I can fix your mechanics" Parents buy this hook, line, and sinker Then when their kid still can't play they just blame the coach

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Andrew Parks

9 months

Path adjustments are hard to cue up. It’s a lot more effective to pair the right hitter with the right combo of bats, give them an external goal, and then put them into an environment where the goal/bat will create the desired path.

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Florida Baseball ARMory

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Variable Bats Variation in regards to the length, weight, and size of the barrel can create opportunities where athletes can improve their bat path and capture increased bat speed or bat to ball skills. Can be used in any training environment and paired with specific movements!

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Andrew Parks

5 years

So I’ve taken a new approach to coaching this summer. Before each practice, I take 10-15 minutes to teach our 18/19U team a life skill. This past Sunday, I asked where the return address goes on an envelope. They looked at me like I was from outer space.

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Andrew Parks

2 years

As kids transition back into season, we have to put a premium on their daily habits and routines. Every time we pick up a bat or ball, we have an opportunity to either 1) develop good movement habits, or 2) develop poor movement habits. Every day we're getting better, or worse.

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Andrew Parks

5 years

For those of you that missed it, my speech from the @MedailleCollege commencement ceremony - Separating who you are from what you do. It was a great honor to represent my classmates and speak at the event. 2019 Medaille graduation speech via @YouTube

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My speech from the 2019 Medaille commencement ceremony discussing the need to separate who you are from what you do.

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1 year

We talk a lot at @ArmoryFlorida about getting the first move right for pitchers, but it’s also where we often start with our hitters. When evaluating the back leg, we typically group hitters into one of 2 buckets: 1) under active (sway/shift), or 2) over active (stack/push). 🧵

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Andrew Parks

10 years

I just hope Mr. Daniels is doing okay, everyone keep him in your prayers

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Raise your hand if your favorite college baseball player is Pat MacDonald 🙋‍♂️ @LukasDiehm22 @matthew_porchas @demetrius_viz @camvollmer14

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CSUSM Baseball

2 years

We're nearly ready for the home opener against Biola. #BleedBlue 📊 📺 ($)

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Andrew Parks

6 years

This is phenomenal

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Rob Friedman

6 years

Ross Stripling, Fastball & Curveball, Overlay. Why did you swing at that curveball in the dirt?!! That's why. 👇🏼

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Andrew Parks

6 years

Your annual reminder that the NCAA, a “non profit organization,” will generate over 80% of it’s $1 billion in revenue over the next three weeks. For those of you doing math at home, that’s over $800 million in not even a month’s span - and $0 go to the participating players. 🧐

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Andrew Parks

4 years

Can’t seem to go deep into games? Your 15 pitch bullpens might not be helping you on this one. Last time I checked, you don’t run the ball to home plate... Train accordingly.

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Andrew Parks

4 months

We had way too much fun this week. Opposite handed machine sliders, unpredictable feed. FB/Machine CB mix, also unpredictable. Create hard problems, give kids space to solve those problems. The game isn’t getting any easier. Train dirty, play clean. @ArmoryFlorida

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2 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but saying “I can’t hit slower pitching” is not a flex. If you need the speed calibrated to your swing, you don’t have a very good swing. Hitters hit.

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Andrew Parks

9 years

Hakim's back at it 😂 http://t.co/G5U9U4xXjo

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Andrew Parks

2 years

The other day, @RandySullivanPT made fun of me for how I shake hands. I tried out his suggestion, only to butcher my next handshake. So I went back to my old handshake.🤷‍♂️ And then I thought about it further.. Maybe this is exactly how our "uncoachable" athletes feel?

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Andrew Parks

5 years

Watching kids and the power of self organization is a really cool way to see how kids develop their optimal mechanics organically. Below is Evan - an 8 year old I’ve been working with since August who just recently got up to 50 mph for the first time! (he started around 45)

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Andrew Parks

4 years

Have you ever heard @108_Performance talk about "Biotensegrity?" Is it hard for you to understand how it can possibly improve how you train your baseball athletes? Here's our attempt to simplify it for you:

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Andrew Parks

6 years

Just finished up Movement over Maxes and it is - by far- a must read for any sport/strength coach. Provides a clear framework to teach the basic fundamentals of movement so athletes can move well, get strong, and stay on the field. Well done @ZachDechant !

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Nothing in life beats the feeling of having a close knit circle of deep and trusting relationships with people who share your dreams, ambitions, successes, and heartbreaks. As John Wooden once said: “Treat friendship like a fine art.” Make it your masterpiece.

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Andrew Parks

4 years

This angle is 🔥. So many cool things to dive into. Thanks for sharing!

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4 years

Pelvic Rotation 🤔

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Been seeing a lot of complex pitching/hitting mechanical "breakdowns." We really don't have to make this thing that hard: 1) Keep the middle in the middle 2) Find a point of leverage 3) Pull out slack 4) Move from the middle out The rest is more style than substance.

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Telling a hitter he’s “early” or “late” is about as useful as telling him the color of his shirt. Observations are not coaching strategies. They’re just observations - but with potential to turn into positive interactions. But saying “just be early” doesn’t cut it. (1/4)

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Andrew Parks

8 years

If Rex Ryan loses his job after this season and Doug Whaley doesn't, I will not invest a penny into Bills games next year.

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Andrew Parks

5 years

#ABCA2020 was a huge success! Had a great time connecting with some brilliant minds, mentors, and hearing advice from people who once stood in my shoes. Can’t wait for next year! 👊

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Give kids tools & exercises that elicit loud & obvious feedback rep to rep. If kids can’t notice it, they won’t change it. Or, to put it simply: You have to make the body give a damn if you want it to do something different.

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Swing changes demand loud feedback When under time pressure, we don’t have time to think. These tools & environments create loud and noticeable feedback for hitters they can use in real time to make subconscious adjustments swing to swing.

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1 year

The real value you gain as a coach does not come from the records broken or contracts signed. It comes from the relationships you build along the way. We are lucky to have the opportunity to make our mark on kids, while they simultaneously make a mark on ours. Well done. 🤝

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With the second day of the MLB draft settled, one name chosen today rings a little louder than others to me. Camden Minacci. Here’s the story 👇

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1 year

Did a breakdown on a young kid today. The swing we broke down was his in house PR. But he didn’t like how it looked.. This thing isn’t a beauty pageant. It either works, or it doesn’t. Aesthetics are irrelevant. Stop chasing what looks good & start focusing on making it work.

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Show me a bad "lead leg block" and I'll show you a bad back leg and a bad trunk.

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Andrew Parks

8 years

So we got Syrian "refugees" blowing Europe halfway to hell and Hillary wants even more of them here... Open your eyes America

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Andrew Parks

2 years

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2 years

Announcement: I’m starting a campaign called “Bring back high strikes at amateur levels.” Like if you’d be interested in joining this cause.

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Andrew Parks

2 years

For reference, below are nitro zones from the top 10 MLB wOBA hitters this past season. Even with sample size issues, there are a lot of “balls” these guys hit pretty well. A lot more layers to managing K zone than simply just swinging at strikes.

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Florida Baseball ARMory

2 years

Randy’s Rants Episode 11: On Getting A Good Pitch to Hit.

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Marrying mechanics to performance is a really dangerous game. Everything is a movement problem, but that is the problem. There are so many things that impact how & why we move a certain way. Which makes it easy get lost - and never find your way out of - the minutia. 🧵 (1/10)

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Andrew Parks

4 months

Create loud feedback, pick the right implement, establish a clear goal. Body, bat, and ball flight. All three are constantly giving you information on how you move. All three should be addressed simultaneously whenever you design a training environment.

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Florida Baseball ARMory

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Blending 🌊 Check out this water/cage blending work @ARMory_andrew does with our hitters. In this video the athlete starts out working with the water bag and progresses to an end loaded bat with the foot slider. Listen to Coach Parks explain this progression ⬇️⬇️

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Andrew Parks

6 months

Create a habit of complimenting good questions. Curiosity is often dampened, rather than complemented. If you’re encouraged to ask, you’ll keep looking. And you can’t find what you’re not looking for.

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Andrew Parks

11 months

I don’t understand the whole under vs. over rotating thing. You either rotate well, or you don’t rotate well. And if you’re focused on stopping rotation because you “over-rotate,” you actually stop rotating. Which would fall under the category of bad rotation.

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Andrew Parks

7 years

We don’t get burnt out because of what we do, we get burnt out because we forget why we do it...

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Andrew Parks

8 years

Maybe all these Trump protests would die out if we just gave them all participation trophies

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Andrew Parks

2 years

This might be unpopular, but I think hitters are babied far too often when they're learning a new movement skill. There comes a time where we need to freeze degrees of freedom & get kids away from specific environments, but I see a ton of value in challenging patterns earlier.

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Andrew Parks

2 years

The best thing you can provide for a kid solving a problem isn’t a solution. It’s to lay out a better path in which they can find one. The effectiveness of your work will not tested in 30 minutes. But it will be exposed in the time that follows.

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Andrew Parks

4 years

Really good thought from @Pitching360 : Command = winning counts. MLB avg % of P’s in K zone is 49%. Just defining command as throwing strikes isn’t enough. Best pitchers aren’t good in hitters counts & best hitters aren’t good in pitchers counts. Miss w/ best stuff over plate.

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Andrew Parks

4 years

Went back through @ZachDechant and Nick White’s ABCA podcast and pulled out an interesting thought. When Zach/Nick teach speed, they first teach how to stop, land, and control BW. Only after this baseline has been created do they teach kids how to punch the gas. Parallels?🤔

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Andrew Parks

2 months

Summer 2024 ✅ Over the past 10 weeks, our 42 hitters accomplished the following as a group: Avg EV: +6.33 mph (+8.14%) Avg BS: +1.97 mph (+3.17%) Avg SF: +0.04 (+3.41%) @RandySullivanPT @ArmoryFlorida 🧵

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Can we eliminate the word “projectable” from scouting vocabulary? He either has it or he doesn’t. And if you’re banking on him becoming something he currently is not, that is called risk taking. Which means you’re taking a risk based not on fact - but on someone else’s opinion.

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Andrew Parks

1 year

Everybody talks about building trust, but no one wants to be honest. Want to know how much a player trusts you? Tell them something sucks when it sucks. Kids are lied to enough on a daily basis. They don’t need to feel good. They need to know what to work on.

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4 years

Few people possess the passion & charisma that @deanadams99 exudes everywhere he goes. I would highly recommend you check his story out and see just how baseball is much more than a game to him. Nothing but a first class human being.👊

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4 years

Orville’s 2020: Dean’s Perspective

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1 year

Excited to send @wywymorgan10 off to summer ball. Kid set the tone every day in the cages with us over the past six weeks. Wasn't afraid to get uncomfortable. Pushed us as a staff to be at our best. All while rehabbing from TJ surgery. @ArmoryFlorida

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9 years

*listening to Lil Wayne* Mom: Do you guys listen to these disgusting lyrics? Colin: Sorry, my man Lil Wayne gets a little heated sometimes

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Andrew Parks

3 years

If you’re a college football fan and you have the opportunity to watch your team play in the Rose Bowl, don’t think twice. Insane venue, incredible environment, unforgettable trip. Felt like a 🐯 home game. Let’s run it back next week. @LSUfootball

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Andrew Parks

10 months

Starting to view the transition from hinge to back leg IR differently the more I’m around golf. I think he nails it when he talks about clearing the back hip as your back leg starts to rotate. If your hip gets in the way, your club runs out of space to work. Which kills path.

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Andrew Parks

8 years

My professor just called @Dan_J_Ortiz Danielle for the fourth straight class this semester...

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Andrew Parks

5 years

Congrats to my hero on point number 1,000 😊

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5 months

The safest bet you’ll ever place in your life is the one you make on yourself. If you think you’re good enough, find a way to get in the room. Don’t blame a lack of luck. Make your own.

@BBisntBoring

Baseball Isn’t Boring

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Dustin actually talked his way into a full scholarship at ASU 😂😂

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6 years

Can’t be losing too much money off this, great idea

@BleacherReport

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@BleacherReport

6 years

A Baltimore bar is offering free shots every time Chris Davis gets a hit, per @baltimoresun

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Andrew Parks

1 year

One of my absolute favorites from my two years out west. Special ball player, but an even more special kid. Figured I’d return the favor and give him an east coast experience, @ArmoryFlorida style 😏 Until next time @_lukesun 🤝

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Andrew Parks

5 years

This thread is phenomenal - all players should read this. The same principles apply for hitters as well. A large part of training/competing is learning how to master the monotony. Building a solid foundation in routines helps you do this.

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Ben Brewster

@TreadAthletics

5 years

Struggling with consistency? You've got to be able to go back to your routines as an anchor. Study any truly elite MLB pitcher & they all have incredibly detailed routines. Kluber. Kershaw. Scherzer. DeGrom. We can learn a lot from how they prepare.

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Andrew Parks

9 months

The average big league fastball in 2023 was 94.2. But you’re getting worked up because your swing doesn’t look perfect off flips.

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Andrew Parks

3 months

“One of the great mistakes in life is suffering for years because you didn't want to feel foolish for 5 minutes.” - @JamesClear

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Andrew Parks

3 years

A quote to ponder: “If you can find a way to change the number without making a change in behavior, the metric is bad.”

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Andrew Parks

5 years

Met some awesome people, learned a ton, and received a compliment from @EricCressey about my Buffalo Bills phone case😎. Doesn’t get much better than that. Thanks for putting on a great event Eric and @pete_dupuis !

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Andrew Parks

5 years

Can’t have a farewell tour without a cookie cake (thanks @CollinSmeltzer )

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Put on an absolute clinic on the Keiser yesterday (commentary by @Z_Miller22 ). One of the more impressive things I’ve seen. And he’s got a pretty damn good set of brakes in the box, too. Was awesome having you around yesterday 👊

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Chase Shelton

2 years

Had a good session with @ARMory_andrew last night. Glad to be part of the @ArmoryFlorida family! @RandySullivanPT

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Andrew Parks

2 years

If the foot rotates before the hip, you are not “firing” your hips (idek what that means?). Efficient rotation is proximal to distal. The hip must rotate first. The foot cannot drive the hip. The hip rotates around the foot. Why would you just actively give up the ground?

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Andrew Parks

11 months

Certain waterbag movements are tough to replicate with speed - agreed. But below are 4D graphs of 3 different waterbag drills with 3 different hitters. Peak trunk rotational speeds in the 800-900 degrees/sec range are plenty fast for me.

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Aaron Rozek

11 months

What you can do with a water bag you can do with greater speed and control with just your body weight and/or a lighter weight med ball. They’re overused and we’re over complicating things with the only reason being “insert big words to sound smart to whoever asked the question”

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Andrew Parks

1 year

Our closest friendships will fall apart without work. Our best skills will fade without practice. The things that become important to us are not a one time purchase. They require continuous investment of time & sweat equity. You have to re-earn who you want to become.

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Andrew Parks

9 years

Gameday😎⚾️🌴

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Andrew Parks

2 years

Most people think coaches just draw up whiteboard plays, blow whistles & yell at refs. This is actually what coaching looks like: Being in front of a group of young men with broken hearts who trust you and need you to find the right words when none are left to say. Well done.

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Doug Gottlieb

2 years

This is just outstanding

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