Why Flexibility Matters: Jim Macarelli’s Tips for Youth Baseball Fielding Success

Jim Macarelli emphasizes the critical connection between flexibility and effective fielding drills. Find out how improving flexibility enhances defensive skills. Jim Macarelli, hitting instructor and founder of BoomStic “I’ll have kids doing fielding drills, and then I'll stop and I'll say, I'll have mine up and I'll go you, you and you, you can't touch your toes, can you?” What we go over: People just lockstep obeyed the order, instead of questioning it, and going into the science is that about, right? Give me an example of a cue that you wouldn't use? When teaching, it goes back to something you said in the beginning, trying to have an open mind, trying to think of different ways... How do you get the kids to take their work that they've done with you and to actually work on it at home? To me, I think stay back is a good thing “I’ll have kids doing fielding drills, and then I'll stop and I'll say, I'll have mine up and I'll go you, you and you, you can't touch your toes, can you?” BombStic: Why the design and how does that benefit the hitter? Click short link for transcribed interview in pdf format: https://gohpl.com/jimtranscription Click short link for YouTube video of interview: https://gohpl.com/jimvideo