The New Era – Pitch Count and its Impact on Offense
With new legislation sweeping the nation from the latest high school ruling on pitch counts coaches are scrambling to make sure that they are prepared to handle the new regulations that their [...]
Quality At-Bats
QUALITY AT-BATS OFFENSIVE PHILOSOPHIES – PERSPECTIVE SHIFT One major flaw in baseball is the way we measure and evaluate a player’s performance. Most players will evaluate how well their season [...]
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In 1PW Perspective, Coach Dehmer, Practice Strategies, Team Builders Posted The Best Compliment
The Best Compliment Winning championships, coach of the year awards, coaching all-state teams, are all awesome and certainly events to celebrate. To be apart of those kind of moments as a coach [...]
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In 1PW Perspective, Team Builders Posted How to Truly Win the National Anthem
Winning the Anthem has become increasing popular. In recent years there has been many National Anthem standoffs during baseball and softball games across the country. You can YouTube all kinds of [...]
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In 1PW Perspective Posted SPORTS PARENTS: 6 Ways You're Doing It Wrong…
After reading the following article by a friend of mine Dr. Rob Bell. I asked him if I could use it as a guest spot on my blog. Thankfully he kindly agreed. As my own kids start to get older and [...]
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In 1PW Perspective, Coach Dehmer Posted Why Do You Coach?
Why Do You Coach? America today is filled with people working jobs they don’t enjoy, to buy things they don’t need, to impress people they don’t like. I wouldn’t put coaches in this category by [...]
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In 1PW Perspective, Mental Toughness Posted 7 Ways to Take More Risks This Season!!!
In life you get just about as many chances as you’re willing to take. The two biggest regrets people have as they near the end of their lives are not connecting with others more often and not [...]
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In 1PW Perspective, Coach Dehmer Posted LEADERSHIP – BLAME vs. CREDIT
LEADERSHIP – BLAME vs. CREDIT Last weekend I was in Utah working with some high school baseball teams. My flight was delayed from Salt Lake City which was good and bad. I was able to watch the [...]
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In 1PW Perspective, Championship Coaches Corner, Coach Dehmer Posted 2 TAKEAWAYS
2 TAKEAWAYS This past weekend I had the chance to work three different venues. I worked with Auburn Softball on Thursday, spoke at the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association on Friday, and then [...]
Quality At-Bats, Part 2
QUALITY AT-BATS – PART 2 DATA BEHIND QABs After keeping this data for a number of years, I have found that when it comes to QAB percentage as a team, 60% is the number to aim for. We keep track [...]