While walking by a house league practice the other day I became sad when I saw a coach having his players in a single-file line while hitting ground balls to one player at a time. I saw that and wanted to rush out there and offer a few tips to that coach.

That’s where this episode comes in. In today’s mid-inning broadcast I share why the infamous ground ball line is bad and offer several options on how that coach could have improved his practice INSTANTLY by making it more effective and fun without needing any more equipment.

00:00: Introduction

01:35: Setting the scene

02:45: Explaining the inefficiencies

03:55: Effects of players standing around

04:55: Dead air

06:15: Instant improvement #1

07:30: Instant improvement #2

08:30: Instant improvement #3

09:15: Using proximity to build connections with players

10:55: Instant improvement #4

12:10: Instant improvement #5

13:50: Increase your efficiency by 400% in < 3 minutes

15:55: Other options with a hitting net

16:20: Keep in contact with our podcast

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