Today we finished our first speed and agility course and the results were impressive. We started with ten kids and because of other obligations finished with five and one old guy. The old guy was impressive! The course was designed for two weeks of training. We tested our kids on day one with the following results. The times are for the 40 yard dash:
Elijah Knight 8.45 seconds final time 6.0 seconds.
Ben Slate 6.2 seconds final time 5.8 seconds .
Nick Adams 5.35 seconds final time 4.7 seconds .
Aubrey Smith 7.0 seconds final time 5.8 seconds.
Joseph Adams 5.15 seconds final time 4.7 seconds .
Dean Slate 5.4 seconds final time 5.2 seconds.
Pretty awesome improvement!!!
The First week we had in camp:
Colin Brubaker 7.1 seconds.
Hunter Sprinkle 6.47 seconds.
Jacob Souza 5.1 seconds.
Will Sprinkle 6.14 seconds.
Darrell Cates 7.8 seconds.
Way to go guys you were great!!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Overby Hitting Center: Hitting never changes
Overby Hitting Center: Hitting never changes: "We spend so much time trying to improve our ability to hit baseballs and softballs we loose the most important thing in hitting. Hitting nev..."
How can I help my Child playing sports
The most important thing in helping your child is to support Them. Let him know how much you love Them. Make sure they know you will love him no matter what happens. Give them the freedom to play sports because it’s fun. Let him know they are your champion even if they loose or don’t get to play. Some day they will grow up and have a life that is separate from yours. You can build a legacy of love and caring that will live forever. It is super important for you to know what your child thinks about regarding sports and life in general. They hear what you say and see what you do. Your influence is more important than anyone else’s. Children carry with them many of your lessons of life. Many of these are what they see and hear.
Ask your child to help you understand what their thoughts are about the sports they play. What is it about their performance they like or dislike? Help them get over barriers or limitations that probably don’t excise, but they do in the child’s mind . These are things that can be done through reassurance and basic knowledge. When you identify some aspect you don’t understand, ask for help from someone who has knowledge of this area. One of the hardest things for a child playing sports is a parent living his athletic life through the child. Let him play for fun to build character and self-esteem. Give their involvement the opportunity to make new friends and have personal achievement. Down play the necessity to win at all costs. Let him know you would rather lose the game than win and lose a friendship.
Hitting never changes
We spend so much time trying to improve our ability to hit baseballs and softballs we loose the most important thing in hitting. Hitting never changes so we must spend our time wisely if we want to improve. We have to develop mechanics that are always the same. When working with us at OHC thats our main goal. We spend most of our time in lessons trying to do away with old habits that are not efficient. As we get your mechanics more refined so you can repeat them effortlessly your hitting improves. We like to say once you can duplicate your mechanics the only person who can get you out is you. Having said that thats where we use all of the tools we teach to help you keep your focus and mind calm so you have a chance to be successful. Centering, shaking it off, counting and seeing the ball out of the pitcher hand. we will discuss those in a later blog. Let me know what you want to hear about.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)