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17/10/2026

This is the step-by-step of PROOF from Parents + RESULTS in Link

Take it, copy it, practice it. BUT if you want to ensure you have the CORE4 fundament steps down, ill make sure you do in LESS THAN A MONTH

🚨Comment “CORE4” if you want to join the 100+ other students I have (all ages, world-wide). You’ll get personalized feedback 3x/week - the most personalized coaching your kid has ever had

I recorded talking about it, but I took it out because I just wanted to@give you the info with no pressure. But mentioning it here because i know I can help every single baseball/softball player in the world 🌍

16/10/2026

Not my glorious king, Shohei Ohtani

But for real if you're just hating on the Dodgers and happy the aren't going to 3-peat. That's cool. But if you are genuinely clowning Shohei Ohtani, he:

- Was hurt enough to not pitch in 3.5 months (also running at like 60% - see Will Smith double)
- Injuries was clearly affecting his hitting/running (we all saw the stats)
- Still played (not all injured players can say this)
- Still produced 3rd highest playoff OPS on the team (where is the accountability for the others in the lineup that were relatively healthy)
- and oh yeah, he hit a 3-run homerun last night. Blowing a 4-0 lead was the reason they lost, not that he didn't pick up his 4th RBI of the game
- Historically produces in the playoffs

16/10/2026

A Shohei Ohtani Swing Breakdown⤵️

Even the best hitters in the world go through slumps. Here's what we can learn from Shohei's swing 👇
✅ Launch Position – Everything starts when the front foot grounds.
✅ Backside Initiation – The back hip/knee works down and forward to initiate the swing.
✅ Slotting the Elbow – The back elbow works down against the body, allowing the barrel to work behind the hitter.
✅ Getting on Plane – Working the barrel behind the ball creates a flatter path through the hitting zone, meaning you can lift balls and still square it up even if you're late or early (KEY POINT)
✅ Ability to Hit in the Air – Matching plane allows hitters to lift the ball naturally
✅ Timing – A longer hitting zone gives you more room for error when early or late, with the best results coming when you're on time.
💡 The takeaway: Get the barrel working behind the baseball and give yourself the best opportunity to square it up!

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16/10/2026

This why Manny he'd be great ⤵️

1st: He's one of the best RHH ever. That doesn't always equate to good coaching, however. The best can't always explain how they were the best, but below is why I think Manny can
2nd: He got in the cage with me who's never played close to his level. But he heard how I talked about hitting and he aligned with it. Open-minded and collaborative
3rd: He's always learning. He's talked with many other hitting coaches - by now he has heard it all. Probably the most hitting experience both as a hitter and as a learner in the world
4th: Mechanics vs feels. Some hitters are great because they just are. Some are great because they learn and work relentlessly. Manny is both. He knows mechanically how the swing works well. But more importantly at the MLB level, he knows how to develop feels that are important for making adjustments, isolating certain things. For example, Manny would want to start cage sessions with certain warm-ups to emphasize a feel to make an adjustment based off our last session. Like the bracing-feel swing he was doing. Not something I'd personally recommend and looks a bit goofy, but it's just to get a feel
5th: Simple vs Complex. Sometimes the best thing you can do with the most complex action in sports is to simplify it. Why Manny and I connected so well is how much we both emphasize a strong fundamental foundation, and key themes in a swing like efficiency, simplification, etc. The more I've studied MLB swings, adjustments that are made are way more fundamental/simple than they are high-level/complex

Having Manny as a part of an MLB hitting staff would be legendary, but also valuable. A guy that can connect with players, talk from experience and from knowledge

If you liked this or learned from this, follow me Coach Murph. icoachbaseball :)

MLB OFF-SZN Workout BTS YouTube out now APEX Performance FacilityComment “APEX” to watchHuge thank you to Justin Wakefie...
15/10/2026

MLB OFF-SZN Workout BTS YouTube out now APEX Performance Facility

Comment “APEX” to watch

Huge thank you to Justin Wakefield and Wes Budge welcoming me to capture what a MLB OFF-SZN training day looks like. Makes sense why the best athletes of all sport get right with you

Tarik the headliner in all rooms he walks in but doesn’t act like it. Was the first to introduce himself and gave even more insight to his training live during a throwing session that I’m excited to share with the baseball world shortly

Finally met my name twin Chris Murphy. He talked about his rehab from TJ at Apex and allowed me to be a pest while he and Bowden Francis threw

LO was the man allowing me to interview him and get footage of him and Tarik tossing

you’re tall and has a 1.59 in Japan this year?? That’s cool

Bobby Dalbec i didn’t say what’s up but just so you know, I’m the biggest Bobby Dalbec supporter that all my friends know

Anyways, this was cool and fun. Off-season stuff about to start up again and APEX Performance Facility going to be play another big role for a lot of MLB guys this offseason

14/10/2026

This time, knocked punch with his🧠⤵️

Game-changing plays sometimes don't show up in the box score. Here's what happened
✅ 2 OUTS: Stealing third with two outs is usually a risk you DON'T take. But J-Ram had a plan.
✅ PITCH RECOGNITION: He anticipated/saw the pitcher grip/read the catcher sign for a changeup. Knowing hitters often get out in front and roll over into ground balls on changeups,
✅ KNOW YOUR HITTER: Jo Adell's pull tendency - a pull-side grounder became VERY LIKELY
✅ DEFENSIVE MANIPULATION: By stealing third, Ramírez forced 3B Junior Caminero to cover the bag, leaving his original position VACANT.
✅ PERFECT EX*****ON: Adell hit a ground ball EXACTLY where the third baseman would've been standing. Instead of an inning-ending groundout, it became a two-run double!
🔥 THE RESULT: A 7-3 lead, taking the game out of a save situation and helping seal Game 1

and dude was LAUGHING with joy because of how this big brain play was the dagger in a huge Game 1 win

This is a future Hall of Famer that doesn't just put up stats, he makes winning plays that can't be caluclated. This is a ballplayer and everyone can learn from Jose Ramirez's game in general, but particularly on this play here

12/10/2026

3 Words that'll FIX YOUR SWING ⤵️

1. Hips
2. Hands
3. Barrel

I call this the swing sequence. This is order of movement will have the body move together to smoothly create the most powerful swing. Why?

Well the hips control the biggest muscles in the center of your body: The butt & thighs. Big muscles give you the most power, and most control.

Let them lead and the REST OF THE BODY WILL FOLLOW. The hands get pulled by the hips rotation. That tension PULLS the hands forward along with the power of you driving the hands forward intentionally. Think about if you were pushing a car that was also being pulled by a rope in the front - more powerful that pushing alone.

By now, a bunch of energy has already been created. And the barrel has been along for the ride and it's ready to have all the energy transferred into it as it enters the zone.

Many hitters try to hit with their arms because their upper body holds the bat...and you hit the bat with the ball. It makes sense until you realize what objective: hit the ball and hit it hard.

The swing sequence gets your bat working more on plane (hit the ball late, early, and on time) and hit is harder (more muscles and more tension). Swings started with the upper body are just too weak and tend to not be in the zone that long. Which means quality and chance of contact are lower than if you tried this

Let me know what you think! And if this helped, I got plenty more where that came from so follow me plz :)

08/10/2026

More control = more barrels.

That’s called a split grip.

Why would a hitter do this?

• It brings the top hand closer to the barrel
• Which gives the hitter more barrel control
• It can help flatten the swing path and get more direct to the ball
• Which helps fight the tendency to swing under the ball
• It can help against higher velocity
• Which is when missing under happens most

You don’t see a full split grip very often…

But this was a home run in the playoffs by one of the game’s best postseason hitters.

So if you’re a hitter who is:

• Swinging under the ball
• Having trouble vs. velo
• Trying to put the ball in play
• Battling with two strikes

Don’t be afraid to choke up or experiment with a split grip.

Control the barrel first.

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07/10/2026

Catchers, Narvi is talking to you 🫵🏽

Thanks for having me out to the field and being down to share tips that could help all the kids out there that are training. He is truly one of those guys that LOVES baseball and that shows when he explains his training and process. More on that in Part 2

Make sure you follow:

Me
Narvi
Coach Bougie who makes training videos all for catching
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06/10/2026

The Unwritten Rule of Baseball ⤵️

Don't make the 3rd out at 3rd. Here's why:

1. 2nd Base is SCORING POSITION...especially with 2 outs where the runner can move right on contact. Better jump, even harder to be thrown out.
2. Home plate is farthest from the outfield so it would take a long throw on the money to get you out.
3. If you are thrown out, think about the NET result. If you stayed at 2nd, you just hit a double. Now have positive momentum and applied pressure and are a single away from tying the game. Instead, you make a completely avoidable mistake, opponent is pumped that they got out of a jam and feel like the better team because they are winning the ex*****on battle. Your teammates and coaches all sigh in disappointment and chances to overcome it go down.
4. Everyone watching sees you make a mental mistake. Physical mistakes happen, it's baseball. But when it's a mental mistake, people start attacking your character like you either don't have the baseball IQ or aren't disciplined. Which is a shame in this case because Austin Wells has been good this postseason and is a great catcher, very disciplined with what he does behind the plate. But in this moment, that goes out the window and you're judged for what you just did.
5. Know your speed. Take the extra base if it's there at no risk. But if speed isn't in your bag, don't push a Prius to 120 MPH. You just hit a double, celebrate that and let your team do their job to get you in.

Learning experience for everyone. I've definitely made dumb decisions trying to make a play. They happen at the highest level. But a big part of baseball IQ is knowing the situation and having the discipline to mitigate risk

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