During the execution of any play - a pitch, a hit, a catch - the body and its parts are in motion. It's why we favor dynamic warm-ups, and it's also why this lesson is so important for every player, and so challenging for every coach.

In any skill, many parts of the brain are (or can be) involved. At the end of this lesson, we show an illustration of the sequencing that goes on. Don't panic!  You don't need to memorize how this works, but you do need to appreciate that it must work well. As explained in early lessons, that's why learning the skills of baseball requires patience.


You've no doubt noticed that some players just seem to have better natural balance. The theories out there on how we learn suggest that performance is improved because three motor control processes are tuned to specific tasks...

1. Selecting spatial targets for movement,
2. Sequencing these targets, and
3. Transforming them into muscle commands.

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