559 ✈️ 480 | Head Baseball & Badminton Coach at Desert Ridge HS | Marucci Athletics East Valley | M.ED. |

Joined November 2015
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The game knows...#Leadership
The best player on the planet…picks up trash in his dugout that probably wasn’t his. The game knows. x.com/n6mac41717/status/1417…
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‘27 Gavin Cram - SS - Perry High School with his 4th hit of the day. #uncommitted #azhsbaseball @PordlRecruiting
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Hunter Newkirk Marucci Athletics 2028 Thomas 3.0 IP, 0 R, 3 K, 1 BB @AZ_Athletics @prospectwire #PWBaseball🌊 #PWPoG
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William Parker (‘27, AZ) showed a FB at 79-82 T 84mph and a SL at 67-72mph. Righty with with good pitch selection and tempo. #AZAllState
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Zach Osborne (‘27, AZ) has a multi hit game with this line drive to CF. Keeps his operation simple and direct to the pitch to create contact often. #AZAllState
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Vincent Richard (‘27, AZ) ground rule double to LF. Feel for the barrel and a slight uphill path. #AZAllState
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2028 Landen Leatherman Marucci Athletics 2027 Durkiewicz 2-for-2, 3 RBI Delivered the go-ahead hit, driving in 2 runs to break a tie and help lead his team to the victory. @AZ_Athletics @prospectwire #PWBaseball🌊 #PWPoG
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Multiple angles of @will_parker__ 3 Run HR today in @PG_FourCorners pullside shot today about 355 ft after an oppo HR Tuesday night. Picking up where he left off in spring with 2 triples, 1 HR and 9 RBI so far this summer with @AZ_Athletics 2027 @DRBaseball2021
I had a great high school scrimmage against Mesquite. I hit the ball hard all game, including a 355 foot opposite-field home run with a wood bat. #uncommitted 3 for 3 HR 2B 1B @Coach_Ponce @wondrboy31 @durkiewicz2004 @brandon_adams12
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.@AZPFABASEBALL 17U's Tre Hallberg (@Tr3s_base21) blasts a double to deep right field. Desert Ridge (AZ) 2027 #uncommitted Profile: fivetool.org/players/8195337…
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1-2 with another single yesterday. Currently hitting .294 in the MLB Draft league. Uncommitted Juco Grad seeking D1 opportunities. Cell- 623-760-5766 @GaetaSportsMgt @spnsrwtkns @Marcusmcbeth @draftleaguedata @mlbdraftleague @JucoPipeline @Juco_Spotlight @TyWente
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#FourCornersProCase ‘28 INF Troy Tewers (Liberty) Strong 6’0 203lbs frame and continues to consistently trend upwards. Smooth/quick mover. One of the bigger risers in the recent ‘28 ranks after a strong Sophomore szn for @LibertyLionsBB 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖 (wood) Max EV 99.4mph Avg. EV: 90.8mph Max Dist: 358ft Sweet spot: 69% @troy_tewers @ShooterHunt @TweetTonyT
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RT @nextlevelbb: But Johnnies high school coach, travel ball coach or college coach told him not to lift heavy because he would get too big…
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Prayers up for Liberty High AD @Egardner15 in for surgery this am! 🙏🙏💪💪❤️❤️ !
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Physically mature LHH SS in the 2030 class. Top ranked SS in his grade, high baseball IQ, smooth defender and a tough out at the plate. On top of that very vocal and a great team guy! A name to know in his class @PrepBaseballAZ @AZ_Athletics @DRBaseball2021 Go Jags!
High school baseball summer ball highlights so far. Blessed to be around such a great group of coaches and teammates. All the glory goes to god. #2030 #AZ #Shortstop #freshman @Coach_Ponce
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Just finished working with this stud player. His dad told me: "He's reaching for the outside pitch." And honestly, I could see it too. The farther away the pitch was, the more he felt like he had to go get it. So here's what we did. I had him choke up about 6 inches. Then I started flipping him baseballs middle-in. I wanted him driving line drives back through the middle and into the left-center gap. Not pulling. Not hooking. Just staying through the baseball. Then we moved to middle. Same goal. Line drives through the middle. Then we moved to away. Still choked up. Still staying through the baseball. Still focused on letting the ball travel. Something interesting happened. The more reps he got... The more comfortable he became letting the baseball get deeper. The outside pitch stopped feeling so far away. Then I told him: "Okay. Now swing normally." No choke up. Same thoughts. Same targets. And almost immediately he started covering the outside part of the plate better. Then we took it into BP. And he started consistently driving baseballs into the opposite-field gap. So try this tonight: 10 front toss swings choked up 6 inches Middle-in. Drive the ball through the middle and into the left-center gap. 10 front toss swings choked up 6 inches Middle. Line drives through center field. 10 front toss swings choked up 6 inches Away. Let the ball travel and drive it into the opposite-field gap. Then grab your normal bat. 10 swings Same thoughts. Same targets. One thing I've learned in baseball: The more comfortable a hitter becomes letting the baseball travel... The more they stack the odds in their favor of gettng consistent hits. Thank you for reading, Jermaine Curtis P.S. - if you enjoyed this, and thought it was helpful, share it. (This tells me you want more content like this.)
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Baseball is tough but can be manageable
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LETS GO, LeMo!!!
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One of the top 27’s still on the market but not for long! All conference, all state, offensive player of the year in region, WSS Silver Slugger award, 10 HR his junior year
I had a great high school scrimmage against Mesquite. I hit the ball hard all game, including a 355 foot opposite-field home run with a wood bat. #uncommitted 3 for 3 HR 2B 1B @Coach_Ponce @wondrboy31 @durkiewicz2004 @brandon_adams12
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Overheard a parent talking about the importance of being on a “top team” so you could make it to the semifinals of a tournament so more coaches would watch you play. My thought? Be on a team whose coach can pick up the phone and get people to watch you play whether it’s on the premier field or on a field in the middle of no where. In my personal experience, most scouts are cleared out by semifinal and final day anyway!! Scouts show up for good players, full stop!
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