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2019 Fall Baseball Plans

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Hi, we hope that you have all stayed safe and healthy over the past 6 weeks!

We need to collect come information DIRECTLY from you.  The reason Matt and I and Kevin and Nick and every other coach in the Gamers program does this is for YOUR SON.  Frankly, YOUR SON is all that matters to us.  Each of you, as a family, is in a different situation regarding CoVid-19.  You need to decide what is right for YOUR SON, versus EVERYTHING else going on in your family, etc…

I promise you that any input you provide in the survey below will be kept confidential AND will not impact the position of your son in the Gamers program.  If you do not want to play until July 1 because of XYZ, it is 100% OK with us.  We understand completely and will make sure that your son’s position in the Gamers, playing time, etc… is not impacted by your personal family health decisions.

In many ways this is a defining moment in all our lives.  For the Gamers, our mission is to develop baseball players and well-rounded young men.    We have decided to stick with our overall goal/mission and make it available to people on a “when ready” basis.  If that is consistent with where your family health and mindset is at right now, then we want to be here to help you. If you are not ready for this yet, we 100% understand.  We will be here for YOUR SON whenever that right time is.

Please provide us with the best feedback you can.

St. Louis Invitational – Player Highlights Day 2

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Mash Baseball – Justin Firpo 6 IP, 8 hits.  Daniel Turner 7 IP, 6 hits, 1 run.

Gamers 16 Blue – David Olejnik 2 hits, 4 RBIs. Cameron Allen 3 hits.  Carson Aycock 2 hits, 3 RBIs.

Top Tier Americans – Ryan Howe 5IP 4H 1 run. Trey Torain 3 run HR.  Connor Kelly 5 IP, 3 hits, 0 runs.

Top Tier Nationals – Brandon Mahoney 2 hits, 2 RBI.

Gamers 17 Blue – Logan Bent 5.1 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER.  Ricky Maddock 7 IP, 2 hits, 1 run.Hayden Cooper 2 hits, 2 RBIs.

Nashville Knights – Ben Coulthard 5.1 IP, 6 hits, 2 runs.

Illinois Sparks – Ryan Turgeon 5 IP, o hits, o runs. Zaid Walker 2 hits, 2B, 3B,.

KC Prodigy – Garrett Presko 7IP, 6 hits, 2 runs. Doug Wood 2 hits, 3 RBIs. Cameron Chick 3 hits, 2 RBIs.

Dayton Classics – Austin Nuessgen 3 hits, 2B, 3B, 3 RBIs. Riley Poulton 3 hits, 2B, 3 RBIs.

Central Illinois Outlaws – Nate Lavender 4 IP, 2 hits, 1 run.

Memphis Tigers – Dalton Fowler 5.1 IP, 6 hits 1 run. Jacob Simmons 7 IP, 6 hits, 4 runs.

Ganers 17 Gray – Hunter Canada 3 hits.  Drw Mize 3 hits, 2 2B, 2 RBIs.  Drake Gaines 6 IP, 4 hits 1 run.

Longshots Baseball – Zach Aehlert 2 hits, 2 RBIs.

Decatur Commodores – Will Horve 5.2 IP, 2 hits, 1  run.

St. Louis Invitational – Player Highlights Day 1

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Mash Baseball – Collin Denk 7 IP, 3H shutout. Daniel Turner 2-4 with 4 RBIs.

Gamers 16 Blue – Ryan Neise 3 hits. Tyler Ruhl 2 hits, 1 HR.

Top Tier Americans = Scott Youngbrandt 4 hits, 3 runs scored. Michael Carery 4 hits, 3 runs scored. Sammy Batera 5 IP, 2 hits, 0 Runs.

Top Tier Nationals – Ben Rosengard 7 IP, 2 hits, 0 ER.

Gamers 17 Blue – Ian McMahon, 5 IP, 2 hits 1 Run

Nashville Knights – Beaux Escobar 3 hits, Kaleb Jenkins two 2B’s.

Illinois Sparks – Caleb Larson 7 IP, 2 hit shutout.

KC Prodigy – Cameron Johns 4IP, 2 hits, 1 run. Grant Mertz 3IP, 2 hits, 0 runs. Gibson Brown 7 IP, 6 hits, 2 runs. Matthew Schrick 3 hits.

Dayton Classics – Aaron Denlinger 3 hits with 3B, 3 runs scored.

Central Illinois Outlaws – Taylor Catton 5.1 IP, 1 Run. Jack Donnelly 3 hits, 2 RBIs.

Memphis Tigers – Will Dunlop two 2B’s, 2RBIs. James Dodd 3 hits.

Ganers 17 Gray – Andrew DeLaCruz three hits, 2 runs scored.

Longshots Baseball – Ryan Jemar 4 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs.  Chris Torres 5 IP, 1 run.

View Videos and Metrics on BlastConnect

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Although the BlastMotion sensors are the best, the software is still a little rough.

For now, we are using the metrics for immediate feedback in the cage and will also be using the video feature, where we can identify individual players.  This system will get better over the next month, but for now to view your videos and metrics on the video swings:

Go to http://stlgamers.blastconnect.com

Login in with the following:

user name:

15u.blast@stlgamers.net or 16u.blast@stlgamers.net or 17u.blast@stlgamers.net or 14u.blast@stlgamers.net

password: Gamers2017

DO NOT CHANGE OR EDIT ANY FILES OR SETTINGS ON THIS ACCOUNT.  THIS ACCOUNT IS SHARED BY ALL PLAYERS AT YOUR AGE LEVEL.

Click on the top menu >Analyze>Library

The videos are by date and by player name (but not alphabetical).  So you will have to look around for your videos for now.

Select your video to review.

Click on play and you can see the swing (with adaptive slow motion) and the metrics.

If you are on a laptop (not mobile):

Click on “Action” below the video and you can see all the swing metrics along with the video.

Click on the Download Arrow to download the video to your computer.

Here is a summary of metrics:

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When watching the videos, focus on the 2 things we have worked on so much:

1 – good lower half (whatever specific aspect you have been working on)

2 – upper half/lower half separation when the stride foot lands

For instructional or comparison purposes, you can watch the MLB swing videos by typing in MLB in the “tag” filter of the library.

Here is an instructional video if you have trouble navigating through BlastConnect (it is not hard!).

Also, you can review the video analysis checkpoints in the pictures below:

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