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title: FungoMan Journal | MLB Youth Academy
description: MLB Youth Academy | Find limitless innovation in the latest stories from FungoMan. Browse baseball and softball coaching and training articles, and get to know the people, places and innovations that drive the game forward.
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# FUNGOMAN JOURNAL
*Stories to inspire training.*
### We’ve spent over 20 years challenging traditional ideas with innovative, training-intuitive platforms evolving our products, powering our design ethos, and celebrating our athletic community.
## Feature Story
[](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/assessing-natural-movement-vs.-one-size-fits-all-system)
Department of FungoMan Archives
## Empowering Athletes and Those Who Train Them
We built our technology from a dad's desire to empower his son with better training. Our latest articles honor ideas of the past and advance them in service of tomorrow's generation of athletes.
[](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/5-amazingly-effective-tactics-coaches-should-use-after-a-loss)
[Coaching](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/5-amazingly-effective-tactics-coaches-should-use-after-a-loss)
[5 Helpful Tactics Coaches To Use After a Loss with Romy Cucjen](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/5-amazingly-effective-tactics-coaches-should-use-after-a-loss)
[FungoMan President, high school coach, and professional baseball player, Romy Cucjen shares his shortlist for handling a tough loss.](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/5-amazingly-effective-tactics-coaches-should-use-after-a-loss)
[](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/5-amazingly-effective-tactics-coaches-should-use-after-a-loss)
Training
7 Creative Infield Drills To Effectively Develop Players with Trent Mongero
Winning Baseball fielding guru, ABCA Coach of the year, Trent Mongero shares infield drills you'll want to implement in your next practice.
[Coaching](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QxMOkDNj-g&t=380s)
[Scouting Talent with Jerry Manuel](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/8-baseball-practice-secrets-for-the-coach-who-wins-championships-checklist)
"The Sage" Jerry Manuel is former MLB Player, Manager, Coach, MLB Network Analyst, and CEO of the Jerry Manuel Foundation. He shares on scouting talent—seeing movement and rhythm.
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## Let's Reimagine Practice
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### [\[VIDEO\] Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy Meets FungoMan](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/texas-rangers-mlb-youth-academy-fungoman)
in [MLB](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/topic/mlb)
on Nov 15, 2018, 7:00:00 AM
By [Camille D.C. Sutton](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/author/camille-d-c-sutton)
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A well oiled practice regiment is a fantastic thing. But you know what's better than filling your hour and half with drills? Developing skills that lead into real game outs (video below). The key to turning drills into skills is giving your player the chance to practice the exact feed (i.e. game ball) until he masters it. Too often, we focus on getting through the drills, giving everyone a handle full of tries to complete a play that isn't really the same ball. The instructors at Texas Rangers Youth Academy in Dallas, TX are making sure their players get quality feeds in practice—and it's already paying off.
[Read More](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/texas-rangers-mlb-youth-academy-fungoman)
[](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/states-play-california-texas-fungoman)
### [MLB Develops x USA Baseball x FungoMan Host STATES PLAY](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/states-play-california-texas-fungoman)
in [MLB](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/topic/mlb)
on Aug 30, 2018, 11:00:00 AM
By [Camille D.C. Sutton](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/author/camille-d-c-sutton)
4 Comments
Last week FungoMan participated in STATES PLAY, a tournament hosted by MLB Develops and USA Baseball, highlighting the best seniors of California and Texas. Dallas, TX: At Mercy Street Sports Complex—Texas Rangers Youth Academy—MLB Develops served this year's top high school prospects with premiere opportunity to train with FungoMan, an automated fielding and pitching baseball machine, and showcase their talent. WATCH HIGHLIGHTS FROM THEIR ELITE PRACTICE
[Read More](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/states-play-california-texas-fungoman)
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### [FungoMan At The MLB's Elite Development Invitational](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/fungoman-mlb-elite-development-invitational)
in [MLB Youth Academy](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/topic/mlb-youth-academy)
on Aug 3, 2018, 12:00:00 PM
By [Camille D.C. Sutton](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/author/camille-d-c-sutton)
2 Comments
It's not everyday that you get to play on a diamond, hear Ken Griffey Jr. talk about hitting, and watch the Commissioner of baseball give a state of the game. Let's talk about the incredible work of MLB's Youth Academies creating opportunity through the Elite Development Invitational. Read on and get an inside look at how Major League Baseball is providing the best training and opportunity for the most prolific players of the Urban Youth Academies from across the nation. WATCH THE VIDEO!
[Read More](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/fungoman-mlb-elite-development-invitational)
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