--- title: FungoMan Journal | Infielding description: Infielding | 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 [![Hands-&-Glove-Positioning_FungoMan.png](https://info.fungoman.com/hubfs/Hands-%26-Glove-Positioning_FungoMan.png)](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/hand-and-glove-positioning-with-the-masters-videos) ### [Hand and Glove Positioning With the Masters \[Videos\]](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/hand-and-glove-positioning-with-the-masters-videos) in [baseball drills](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/topic/baseball-drills) on Jan 26, 2017 8:00:00 AM By [Camille D.C. Sutton](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/author/camille-d-c-sutton) [Leave a comment](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/hand-and-glove-positioning-with-the-masters-videos/#comments-listing) Baseball culture throws around the compliment "he's got good hands" like it's something only a few innately talented players possess. But who's to say, those hands didn't become that way without purposeful practice? A baseball player's hands are arguably some of his greatest tools; after all, your hands catch with a leather glove, throw a 108-stitched ball, and grip a bat, making up the primary actions of baseball. Let's take a look at a few little details that go into making your hands some of your greatest assets on the field. [Read More](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/hand-and-glove-positioning-with-the-masters-videos) [![](https://info.fungoman.com/hubfs/Mastering-Hops-Groundballs.png)](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/baseball-infielding-ground-balls) ### [Case Study: Mastering Ground Ball Hops \[Video\]](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/baseball-infielding-ground-balls) in [Baseball](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/topic/baseball) on Nov 18, 2016 1:00:00 PM By [Camille D.C. Sutton](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/author/camille-d-c-sutton) [Leave a comment](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/baseball-infielding-ground-balls/#comments-listing) Infielding ground balls is no job for the dazed and confused. Only the quick, sharp, and agile survive the split-second decisions that must be made to get outs. Alright, alright, alriiiiight? Let's get to the business of fielding ground balls and making sense of ball hops. We've all been there. We've seen a player over-anticipate the second hop, fumble the ball, give a late throw, or even worse, make an error. So in this post, we will be dissecting ball behavior, addressing common mistakes, and giving fielding notes for the intermediate to advanced player. [Read More](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/baseball-infielding-ground-balls) [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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