RBI Academy coaches Nick Kern and Randy Santiesteban talk about 2 Ball Soft Toss: This drill is good to help develop hand eye coordination for kids and then help with pitch identification. So you would setup like normal soft toss, as a coach you want to be setup on a 45 degree angle with 2…
RBI Academy Coach Nick Kern is talking about Batting Stance. Step 1: The first thing to focus on when learning or teaching a batting stance is to be in an athletic position. So, focus on where their feet are, so having your feet on the outside with your knees being inside that your hips being…
RBI Academy coaches Nick Kern and Randy Santiesteban talk about Taking a breath and composing yourself. For pitches you can do this by when you get your sing and come to your set you take one deep breath before making your next pitch, the theory behind this is that a deep breath will help relax…
RBI Academy coach Nick Kern talks about Perfect Swing Vs Adaptable Swing. Baseball isn’t about the perfect swing it’s about having an adjustable swing and barrelling the ball. Hitting is not about just looking at your mechanics it is more of how I can be more athletic to do anything you can to barrel up…
RBI Academy coaches Nick Kern and Randy Santiesteban demonstrate how to do the Off Side Front Toss drill. When doing this drill, you want to be on the players opposite field side. This drill is for the hitter to focus on hitting the ball up the middle and away to get them away from spinning…
RBI Academy coach Nick Kern talks about his hitting workout: So, Nick always starts with a warmup and any routine drill work, then Nick moves into a confidence stage bring his swing together and barreling up the ball, Nick then moves into his challenge stage where he goes into a game like drill. As Coach…
RBI Academy coach Nick Kern talks about mixing pitches in practice. As Coach Nick says he believes this is the number one hitting drill for advanced players. As a coach you need to find a distance where you can throw at a good velocity but also being able to throw strikes and having some off-speed…
RBI Australia will be closed from April 07 – 10, 2023 for the Easter holidays. We will see you Tuesday the 11th!
RBI Australia will be closed on 26/01/2023 for the Australia Day public holiday. We will see you Friday the 27th at 3:30 pm.
Term 1 – HIIT Defence When:Term 1 –24/04/2023 – 19/06/2023 (including break for King’s Birthday 12/06/2023)Monday Evenings Timeslots:4:30pm-5:30pm, 5:45pm-6:45pm and 7:00pm-8:00pm.A timeslot preference can be requested but Players are grouped into sessions taking into account their age and ability. Where:Sessions are mostly held at RBI Australia – Unit 5, 147 Smeaton Grange Road, Smeaton Grange…
