http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog The V-Force Blog Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:16:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mattingly Sports is developing its next generation of bats and wants to include you in the process! Send us your idea(s) for a Brand New Bat Name….and if we decide it's the best, you win! PRIZE PACKAGE One (1) winner will receive: *Mattingly Sports will use your Bat Name for one of our new ... http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/featured/2008/name-that-bat/ On Tuesday June 10th, Don Mattingly gave a one-hour clinic on hitting at Modell's in Milford, CT. We'll have more details on the event posted here soon, but in the meantime you can watch a video of the clinic as shot by WTNH Newschannel 8 in Hartford, CT, by following ... http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/featured/2008/don-mattingly-teaches-hitting/ The national publication of amateur baseball, Baseball America, announced the Mattingly Beast Award Winners for May. They are Eric Hosmer, Tim Beckham, Jaff Decker, and Kyle Beverly. These four high schoolers are having outstanding seasons, and were rated as top prospects and potential first rounders in the June Major League amateur ... http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/featured/2008/baseball-america-beast-awards/ Super Series Baseball has announced the Beast Award Winners of Contest #3! The winners are Mason House of Tyler, Texas (9U division); John Hrovat of Glendale, Arizona (10U); Kyle Nicholson of Memphis, Tennessee (10U); and Elijah Christenson of Bedford, Texas (12U). Congratulations to all the winners and good luck this season! http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/beast_awards/2008/super-series-winners/ Most experts agree: the earlier a child starts using the correct mechanics, the better chance he or she will have for long-term success. That said, it makes sense to get a V-Grip bat into the hands of a child from the very beginning. Toward that end, Mattingly Sports offers a ... http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/product_spot/2008/beast-t-ball-bat/ Last week at the Dick's Sporting Goods store in Rockaway Mall, NJ, New York Yankees batting coach Kevin Long stopped by to offer hitting tips to a group of youngsters from the Rockaway Township Little League. Kevin went over the fundamentals of hitting and also demonstrated a few drills with individual ... http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/baseball/2008/kevin-long-teaches-hitting/ Mattingly Sports is proud to announce its continued sponsorship of one of the rising stars of the PFX Tour-Professional Fastpitch Xtreme Tour, Tina Boutelle. Boutelle was nominated 2006 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, leading the University of Texas to 3 NCAA Division I World Series appearances and 2 Big ... http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/fastpitch/2008/boutelle-back/ The Kaskaskia College Blue Devils have won 120 games in 3 years and have been named and Academic All-American Team for 2006 and 2007! Kaskaskia is a junior college baseball team that uses Mattingly V-Grip bats exclusively, and has had 9 ballplayers drafted by pro teams in the past five years. ... http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/baseball/2008/success-at-kaskaskia/ Super Series Baseball has announced their winners of the March 2008 Beast Awards! Two players from the eleven-and-up division -- Chaz Mighells of Goodyear, Arizona, and Charles Barnard of Frisco, Texas -- took the honors, while Frankie Padulo of Los Alamitos, California represented the 12U and Angel Acosta of Baldwin Park, ... http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/beast_awards/2008/super-series-march-winners/ The key to success in any athletic activity is to be balanced. When you are balanced, you have control of your body and can perform your best. In hitting, you want to take a balanced stance. A balanced stance allows you to wait longer on the ball -- particularly on offspeed ... http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/blog/hitting_tips/2008/dm-balanced/