FUNGOMAN JOURNAL

Last week we did a baseball movie/coaching style assessment where close to 500 coaches weighed in to see if their favorite movie reflected their coaching philosophy. We think you might find the results as intriguing as we did, and you may discover some fascinating trends about where coaches fall on the coaching spectrum (more on that later). For the past several years our FungoMan team has gone to the ABCA conventions and enjoyed the benefits of participating in the baseball coaches community, including the wide variety of coaches representing every coaching philosophy you could imagine. One thing you're sure to find at the American Baseball Coaches Association Convention is this: People talking baseball. Read on to see what the talk is all about this coming convention.

A person's favorite movie tells quite a bit about that person's sense of humor, likes, dislikes, and who his heroes might be. What better way to know a baseball guy, than by his favorite baseball film? Baseball movies are most sacred to those in baseball because stadiums across America are filled with thousands of individuals who feel what Shoeless Joe Jackson felt when he mused: "It was the game... The sounds, the smells " in Field of Dreams. Folks love Moneyball because it represents the underdog who fights like heck to make a way, and beat the system. And films like Trouble With A Curve remind us that some things about the game will never change, and that the soul of the sport will tell you everything you need to know about the player. Every baseball movie has its central truth; we think we might be able to boil down your's by taking this quiz. Read on for the link to our Baseball Movie: Coaching Style Quiz...

Let's face it: Executing a successful baseball practice requires time, energy, and forethought. And with so many different aspects of the game to work on and improve -- batting practice, fielding practice, conditioning, etc. -- your practice time disappears faster than a Kelvin Herrera fastball. Ever leave the field feeling like you put in the best practice you could, but haven't been able to hone in on those game situations that keep stealing the should-have-been-wins? Ready to sharpen your players with pin-point focus on the skills they really need to produce? Well, we have gathered some of our most creative coaches to answer these questions. Read on to discover some untraditional ways coaches are using FungoMan.