--- title: FungoMan Journal | Baseball Instruction description: Baseball Instruction | 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. image: https://info.fungoman.com/hubfs/The%20Latest%20Stories.png --- [![FungoMan](https://info.fungoman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/name%20logo%20-%204-8-21.png?width=200&name=name%20logo%20-%204-8-21.png "FungoMan")](https://fungoman.com/)   # 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 [![Featured Story](https://info.fungoman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Featured%20Story.png?width=1300&height=800&name=Featured%20Story.png "Featured 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. [![Romy Cucjen - Coaching Article](https://info.fungoman.com/hubfs/Romy%20Cucjen%20-%20Coaching%20Article.png "Romy Cucjen - Coaching Article")](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/5-amazingly-effective-tactics-coaches-should-use-after-a-loss) [Coaching](https://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](https://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.](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/5-amazingly-effective-tactics-coaches-should-use-after-a-loss) [![Trent Mongero - Training Article](https://info.fungoman.com/hubfs/Trent%20Mongero%20-%20Training%20Article.png "Trent Mongero - Training Article")](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. ![Jerry Manuel - Coaching](https://info.fungoman.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Jerry%20Manuel%20-%20Coaching%20Article.png?width=450&name=Jerry%20Manuel%20-%20Coaching%20Article.png "Jerry Manuel - Coaching") [Coaching](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QxMOkDNj-g&t=380s) [Scouting Talent with Jerry Manuel](https://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. ### Behind the Scenes ## Let's Reimagine Practice Introducing FungoMan, our most significant training innovation. The platform revolutionizes traditional training methods by hacking exact line drives, ground balls, fly balls for the purpose of making a premium efficiency-minded product. It's time to games. But first, let's win practice. ### Latest Stories [![330px-Detroit_Tigers_Dugout_2010](https://info.fungoman.com/hubfs/Personas/baseball-personas/baseball-player/330px-Detroit_Tigers_Dugout_2010.jpg)](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/how-to-be-the-smartest-player-in-the-dugout) ### [How To Be the Smartest Player in the Dugout \[5 Tips\]](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/how-to-be-the-smartest-player-in-the-dugout) in [Baseball Coach](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/topic/baseball-coach) on May 10, 2019 3:00:00 PM By [Camille D.C. Sutton](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/author/camille-d-c-sutton) [Leave a comment](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/how-to-be-the-smartest-player-in-the-dugout/#comments-listing) You were once the best player on your team, but now you've leveled up. With a higher talent pool, you've got to win your starting spot. Obviously, coaches expect players to develop their skills and physicality to earn their positions. However, other qualities can set players apart from the rest. If a player can master these five habits, he'll be well on his way to becoming the smartest player in the dugout—and win his spot on the roster. [Read More](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/how-to-be-the-smartest-player-in-the-dugout) [![](https://info.fungoman.com/hubfs/Baseball_Intangibles_Pt._3.png)](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/motivational-speech-baseball-coach) ### [Powerful Language: Baseball Team Intangibles That Win Games \[Pt. 3\]](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/motivational-speech-baseball-coach) in [Coaching](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/topic/coaching) on May 4, 2016 1:18:00 PM By [Camille D.C. Sutton](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/author/camille-d-c-sutton) [Leave a comment](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/motivational-speech-baseball-coach/#comments-listing) Trying to nail down the elements of a championship team is as hard as trying to pick out the best ingredient of your grandma's secret apple streusel recipe. There are so many elements to consider, and one ingredient doesn't work without the other, so as we draw to a close on this blog series Baseball Team Intangibles That Win Games, we can consider a vital component of winning teams -- developing a culture where what you say has power. Whether you're giving the motivational speech of your life, or just giving instruction, let's take a look at how to develop your unique language as a coach. Perpetuating that language within your team will reap winning benefits in life and the game. [Read More](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/motivational-speech-baseball-coach) [All posts](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/all) #### FUNGOMAN® TECHNOLOGY FEATURES THE ONLY PATENTED BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SELF-FEEDING PITCHING AND FIELDING MACHINES IN THE WORLD. 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