--- title: FungoMan Journal | St. Louis Gamers description: St. Louis Gamers | 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 [![Barehanded-Outfield-Drill.png](https://info.fungoman.com/hubfs/Barehanded-Outfield-Drill.png)](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/barehanded-outfield-drill) ### [Barehanded Outfield Drill with St. Louis Gamers \[Videos\]](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/barehanded-outfield-drill) in [St. Louis Gamers](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/topic/st-louis-gamers) on Jan 16, 2018 7:00:00 AM By [Camille D.C. Sutton](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/author/camille-d-c-sutton) [Leave a comment](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/barehanded-outfield-drill/#comments-listing) This simple drill gives and keeps on giving. With no gloves, your outfielders are challenged to make an easy play by taking an efficient route, catching the ball overhead, and seeing the ball into the hand. Check out how it's done. [Read More](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/barehanded-outfield-drill) [![](https://info.fungoman.com/hubfs/baseball_coach_instructing_player_.jpg?t=1445964799569)](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/baseball-academies-baseball-drills) ### [Baseball Academies + Baseball Drills: the Jedi Way \[Videos\]](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/baseball-academies-baseball-drills) in [Yoda and Baseball](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/topic/yoda-and-baseball) on Oct 28, 2015 6:30:00 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-academies-baseball-drills/#comments-listing) Greetings young padawans. You've been selected from a large population of baseball elite to be henceforth subject to the training of Jedi-masters, learning the ways of the force...er, technological advances of the baseball dynasty for the greater good of the baseball empire. Yes, some of us are getting pretty pumped about the release of the next Star Wars chapter, but we're also thrilled to propose a rather futuristic approach to training your baseball apprentices in the world of the baseball academy. Baseball academies are becoming increasingly profitable for both academy owners and players alike in their pursuit of making the high school starting lineup, winning college athletic scholarships, and increasing their chances of getting drafted into pro-ball -- and the choice to train young athletes with specialized baseball professionals has become the optimal way to go. [Read More](https://info.fungoman.com/journal/baseball-academies-baseball-drills) [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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