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Farmingdale Enters 2021 With Strong Crop of 6 Players With Varsity Experience
by Chris Sacchi Like so many teams across the country, Frank Tassielli and his Farmingdale squad are tasked with building chemistry in a short amount of time. With less varsity experience than usual, overlap between multiple school sports in the preseason, and only eight to ten days to officially practice before game one, coach has a lot on his plate. Yet, one goal remains at the focus. “It might be a little frantic, 10 days or so before a game, you got to go through the whole process of setting up your defense. We’re going to do a lot of inner squad games,” coach Tassielli said. But listen, the bottom line is we’re going to have some fun.” “We have to get out there, have some fun with these guys, get used to each other, and become a team instead of just a group of guys throwing a ball aro...
Recap of Today’s Baseball Performance Lab
Today we co-hosted a Baseball Performance Lab in conjunction with Complete Game at Athletic Movement Protocol in Syosset, NY and it was quite a day. The unique event featured both position players and pitchers. The players ranged from high school to college age. Upon arrival, players were tested on their cognitive abilities by using the Right Eye Sports Vision EyeQ which you can watch a tutorial on below. It is as sophisticated as it sounds and several Major League organizations have adopted this training device which literally trains an athletes eyes to react quicker. After that, they went through a series of dynamic stretching with Coach T.J. Lopez before taking their hacks. With the help of Diamond Kinetics and Rapsodo Hitting, the players were measured on every aspect of their swing an...
