Tip of the Cap Athletics

10/07/2024

Going to be starting to book indoor lessons Mondays and Wednesdays at The Athlete Factory in Depew. Hitting, Fielding, and Catching lessons available.

I am also in the process of working on athletic training camps for athletes as well, along with a power hitting camp. If you're interested in private lessons or training, let me know and stay tuned for more on the camps coming soon!

09/07/2024

08/14/2024

Local showcase tournament hosted by Erie CC.

08/13/2024

08/07/2024

Max Giordano was in a coach’s mindset long before he drove to Virginia. He just needed the official opportunity to get started.

08/07/2024

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06/26/2024

Shared from X:

Data provided by NCAA regarding the 2023 portal…

We all know the portal is loaded and has changed the game in college athletics. In baseball specifically. And we all know the portal is loaded with dudes that can play. With almost 5000 players in the portal this year, getting recruited out of high school and being playing time is harder than ever. With that in mind…did you know that in 2023 more than HALF the players that hit the portal never enrolled in another NCAA school, or flat out stopped playing?

**this figure does not account for guys who went to non NCAA conferences like NAIA**

06/25/2024

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06/12/2024

Last month I shared one of my favorite Tee drills with you guys. This month, it’s the next step in that progression. This I call the 9 fields drill.

All swings taken with the tee middle middle. The goal is to hit a deep fly ball, then a hard ground ball, then a hard line drive to Center, then move to your push field (RF for a righty) and then to your pull field.

Can’t move on from the deep fly, until you hit one. Can’t move to the next field until you get all 3.

The goal is to help teach feel for situational hitting. Putting the ball in the air with runners on third, hitting behind runners, and being able to use the whole field regardless of where the ball is.

(I apologize for the crude diagrams, I’m working on putting this on video soon)

06/10/2024

High School Players....lets talk about the hottest topic in College Baseball.

THE PORTAL.

4,000 guys have entered it. From D3 all the way to D1. That's 4000 guys who were ALREADY college baseball players. That's enough to fill 133, 30 man college rosters with players to spare.

Will all of them land somewhere? No. Absolutely not. The reasons why are many...from not getting looks from the division they're looking for all the way to not getting looks close enough to home and everything in between. But, almost all of them are going to get looks. So, what does that mean for you?

That means coming out of high school, you don't just have to compete against the guys who were already there AND the guys coming in with you. But now you've got 4000 other guys who could come in and take a spot...and we haven't even mentioned the JUCO crew yet.

There's a lot of unknown to this process, but in my opinion here's what your going to see in the next few years:
1. The portal stay consistent every year, if it doesn't grow
2. Freshmen going D1 out of high school almost automatically get redshirted day one
3. Both of those cause talent flux to D2, D3, and NAIA school
4. Eventually a TON of really good ball players decide to take the JUCO route so they can walk in to the school they wanted to go to two years ago with 400 AB's/130 innings pitched to take a job from a guy who red shirted his freshmen year and logged minimal time the following year...

Recruiting is the wild west of college athletics. And it's only getting wilder. Now more than ever, it's important to do your homework when choosing a college to play at.

05/20/2024

This is easily a top tier account for any baseball family to follow. The Baseball Dudes spread valuable info and often state hard truths that people need to hear.

05/19/2024

Sure would

Imagine playing ball here 😍