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10/19/2026

⚾️ NE ELITE BASEBALL | KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT ⚾️

WEEK 9 OF 10 | WHAT DOES BEING COACHABLE ACTUALLY MEAN?

We hear it all the time:

“He’s a very coachable player.”

But what does that actually mean?

Being coachable isn’t about never making mistakes or immediately mastering every adjustment.

It’s about how a player responds when someone is trying to help them improve.

A coachable player:

⚾️ Listens when instruction is being given

⚾️ Asks questions when they don’t understand

⚾️ Is willing to try something that feels different

⚾️ Doesn’t become defensive when receiving feedback

⚾️ Makes an effort to apply what was taught

⚾️ Understands that correction isn’t criticism

Sometimes an adjustment works immediately.

Sometimes it takes hundreds of repetitions.

The important part is being willing to listen, try, adjust and keep working.

Talent gives a player a starting point.

Being coachable helps determine how far that player can develop.

🖤💛 Keep learning. Keep developing. Keep getting better.

10/16/2026

😂⚾️ FRIDAY FUNNIES ⚾️😂

Ride home after a game….

Parent: “Want to talk about the game?”

Player: “No.”

Okay. No problem. 🤐

Five minutes later…

“Okay, so in the second inning, Jake was up and then the pitcher threw this curveball, and THEN…”

Suddenly we’re getting a complete inning-by-inning breakdown of everyone else’s at-bats, every questionable call, and every play since the first pitch. 😂

But ask how they played?

“Good.” 🤦‍♀️⚾️

10/12/2026

⚾️ NE ELITE BASEBALL | KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT ⚾️

WEEK 8 OF 10 | THE MENTAL SIDE OF BASEBALL

Baseball guarantees one thing:

You are going to fail.

Even great hitters make outs more often than they get hits.

Pitchers will give up hits.

Fielders will make errors.

The question isn’t whether something will go wrong.

It’s what happens next.

Can you strike out and still be ready to make the next defensive play?

Can you make an error without carrying it into the next inning?

Can you give up a hit and attack the next batter?

Good players learn from mistakes.

Great competitors learn how to move on from them.

That doesn’t mean players shouldn’t care. It means learning to separate the last play from the next one.

Take the lesson.

Reset.

Then compete again.

Because in baseball, the most important pitch is usually the next one.

🖤💛 Keep learning. Keep developing. Keep getting better.

10/09/2026

😂⚾️ FRIDAY FUNNIES ⚾️😂

Kid slides into home like the World Series is on the line.

There was no play at the plate.

There wasn’t even going to be a play at the plate. 🤦‍♀️

Baseball parent watching from the stands:

“THAT BETTER HAVE BEEN NECESSARY.” 😂

Because while they’re thinking about looking cool…we’re already thinking about those WHITE baseball pants waiting for us at home. 🧼😩

Baseball parents: so…what’s your secret for getting those things white again?! 😂

10/05/2026

⚾️ NE ELITE BASEBALL | KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT ⚾️

WEEK 7 OF 10 | DEFENSE BEYOND THE ERROR COLUMN

Good defense is about much more than fielding the ball cleanly.

In fact, some of the best defensive plays a player makes might never show up in the scorebook.

⚾️ Backing up a throw
The player behind the play can be the difference between one base and two.

⚾️ Hitting the cutoff
Strong throws are great. Smart throws are better.

⚾️ Communication
Calling the ball, communicating cutoffs and helping teammates know where the play is keeps everyone working together.

⚾️ Positioning
Knowing where to be before and during the play puts you in position to make the next one.

⚾️ Knowing when to hold the ball
Sometimes the smartest defensive play is recognizing that there isn’t a play and preventing runners from advancing.

Errors are easy to see on a stat sheet.

Good defensive baseball often isn’t.

The best defenders aren’t only good at catching and throwing.

They’re constantly thinking, communicating and moving.

🖤💛 Keep learning. Keep developing. Keep getting better.

10/02/2026

😂⚾️ FRIDAY FUNNIES ⚾️😂

Thursday: First game Saturday at 10:00 AM. 🙌

9:47 PM Friday night: SCHEDULE UPDATE — First game 7:00 AM. 😳

And just like that, baseball parents everywhere are setting alarms for a time that starts with a 4. 😂☕️

Because nothing says tournament weekend quite like coffee before sunrise and questioning all your life choices on the drive to the field. ⚾️

Who else has been personally victimized by the late-night tournament schedule change? 😂🙋‍♀️

09/28/2026

⚾️ NE ELITE BASEBALL | KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT ⚾️

WEEK 6 OF 10 | QUALITY AT-BATS AREN’T ALWAYS HITS

You can have a great at-bat and still walk back to the dugout without a hit.

That’s baseball.

A quality at-bat is about more than what appears under the H column.

It could be:

⚾️ Working a walk

⚾️ Battling through a long at-bat and making the pitcher throw extra pitches

⚾️ Hitting the ball hard directly at a defender

⚾️ Moving a runner into scoring position

⚾️ Driving in a run with a sacrifice fly

⚾️ Putting the ball in play when the situation calls for it

And the opposite can be true too.

A softly hit ball that happens to find a hole might count as a hit, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was the hitter’s best at-bat of the day.

Baseball has a funny way of rewarding bad contact sometimes and punishing great contact other times.

Players can’t control every result.

They can control their approach, preparation and quality of contact.

Focus on having good at-bats and the results will follow.

🖤💛 Keep learning. Keep developing. Keep getting better.

09/21/2026

⚾️ NE ELITE BASEBALL | KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT ⚾️
WEEK 5 OF 10 | ARM CARE & RECOVERY

More throwing doesn’t always mean more development.

For young baseball players, recovery is part of training too.

After a long spring and summer season, throwing arms need time to recover.

That means paying attention to:

⚾️ Rest
Your arm needs periods without high-intensity throwing.

⚾️ Gradual Progression
After time off, don’t immediately jump back into throwing at maximum distance or intensity. Build back up.

⚾️ Proper Warm-Up
Prepare the entire body to throw instead of picking up a baseball and immediately throwing hard.

⚾️ Listening to Your Body
Soreness and pain aren’t something players should feel pressured to hide or “throw through.”

⚾️ Whole-Body Development
Strong legs, core, shoulders and good mobility all contribute to a healthy throwing motion.

The goal isn’t to have the strongest arm in September.

It’s to build an arm that can stay healthy and perform throughout an entire baseball season.

Sometimes development means putting the baseball down long enough for your body to recover.

🖤💛 Keep learning. Keep developing. Keep getting better.

09/14/2026

⚾️ NE ELITE BASEBALL | KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT ⚾️

WEEK 4 OF 10 | THINK BEFORE THE PITCH

One of the easiest ways to improve your baseball IQ happens before the ball is ever hit.

Every player on the field should know:

⚾️ How many outs are there?

⚾️ Where are the runners?

⚾️ Where is my first play?

⚾️ Where is my second play?

⚾️ Where do I need to go if the ball isn’t hit to me?

When players wait until the ball is hit to figure those things out, the game suddenly feels very fast.

When they think through the situation before the pitch, they’re ready to react instead of stopping to think.

That might mean knowing where the force play is, covering a base, backing up a throw, hitting the cutoff or knowing when there isn’t a play at all.

Physical skills are important.

But understanding the game can turn a good athlete into a very good baseball player.

Before every pitch, ask yourself:

“What am I doing if the ball comes to me?”

🖤💛 Keep learning. Keep developing. Keep getting better.

09/11/2026

😂⚾️ FRIDAY FUNNIES ⚾️😂

Baseball parent: “Do you have everything?”

Player: “Yep.”

Gets to the field…

Player: “I forgot my glove.” 😳

You had ONE job. 😂⚾️

Baseball parents, what’s the most important thing your player has ever managed to leave at home?

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